Marais. Ripe stone fruit and soft leather, hand-poured in Los Angeles. Named for the Paris arrondissement where the cafés smell like espresso and the boutiques smell like tanned hide and warm peach.

You light it at the end of a Saturday. In the apartment the friends arrive at before going out. On the desk during the afternoon that needs to feel like somewhere else.

A gift for the friend who keeps a vintage Hermès. The collector. The traveler in between trips.

Lavune, Los Angeles. Hand-poured soy wax. Cotton wick. 8.5 oz, 50-hour burn. No synthetic dyes.