UNBOXING FESTIVE 2022
Art-chives unveils Khayaloń kā shēher - A day in the life of India
From the art-chives of India’s olfactory traditions, our soy scented candles are hand-poured in small
batches, by master candle-makers at the atelier, capturing India’s unrivalled artisanal savoir-faire of
fragrance creation.
KHAYALOŃ KĀ SHĒHER - A DAY IN THE LIFE OF INDIA
In the skies of an erstwhile time, the Huma, a mythical bird of good fortune takes flight.
Almost evading the eternal screen of time, we fly with it into a fabled land. India. A famed and folkloric
enigma of mystique, magic and stories that have honed it’s mountains and shores for millennia.
Straddling the past, present and the unrelenting hypnosis of the subcontinent’s allure, Art-chives takes
you into another world. Paying an ode to miniature painting, old havelis wrapped in the decadence of
chiqs and pietra dura, this is a story embossed with plump brocade cushions and ever breezy jharokas.
In the courtyard of time, two lovers embrace. As divans, dreams and desires come together in an
unabashed play of centuries, a phantasm comes alive. And as the looming and haunting fragrance
overtakes us by its whiff, we crack open the ageless legend of infinite imaginations.
The Wild Indian garden
Once upon a time
After their sudden escapade into a royal dressing room, the monkeys dash into the wild Indian garden, glistening in delight. With a sumptuous pearl necklace and a regal silk turban as their loot, they are a sight to behold. Amidst the yellow burst of voluptuous mangoes, the earth laughs in flowers, as the koel sings taking flight over a Mughal ruin.
The Art of Indian Fragrance
The morning sunrise
A floral burst
The air is intoxicated
A wild Indian garden
Light up your home
Good old traditions in India always suggest lighting a diya or jyot come dusk. It brings in great energy and, well, light. Different homes have different traditions from diyas and kandeels to agarbatti and frankincense. Today scented candles are au courant and at Art-chives India we bring you the fragrance of the wild Indian garden in all its glory.
