From Holly Tupper’s San Antonio-based fragrance, skincare, and jewelry house, Cultus Artem, comes a trio of vegetal wax-blend candles housed within artfully crafted and refillable porcelain vessels. The latter took more than five years to develop in conjunction with artisans from three different continents. Each is produced by hand in Portugal, and designed for reuse. That wax blend within is derived from a renewable biological source.
Tupper, who undertook classical perfume training in France, developed the three botanically-derived fragrances. A Petal, A Poem marries tuberose, musk, gardenia, sandalwood, and copaiba wood. Through Smoke pairs amber, Haitian vetiver, coconut pulp, and cedarwood with smoky notes. Lucent Place assembles magnolia, hay, wild honey and green stems with the aroma of earth. Tupper referenced the interiors of homes she’s lived in with each fragrance. The full collection is available online at Cultus Artem, and at San Antonio homewares boutique Lin Marche.
