Scent can tell you a lot about a city’s energy.
Scent can tell you a lot about a city’s energy.

It just has this powerful trigger.
It just has this powerful trigger.

You can smell trees, and wood, and sap.
You can smell trees, and wood, and sap.

Smell saltwater. You can smell fir and cedar.
Smell saltwater. You can smell fir and cedar.

Feels good.
Feels good.

Feels clean.
Feels clean.

Feels like home.
Feels like home.

I’ve always just had a really strong draw to the outdoors.
I’ve always just had a really strong draw to the outdoors.

I love just walking through the forest
I love just walking through the forest

and truly smelling it and being like, “What is that?”
and truly smelling it and being like, “What is that?”

And being curious about
And being curious about

the different scents that are around me.
the different scents that are around me.

It’s one of our only senses
It’s one of our only senses

that actually is connected to memory.
that actually is connected to memory.

Growing up in Lebanon, I grew up on an olive orchard,
Growing up in Lebanon, I grew up on an olive orchard,

and the smell is so intoxicating.
and the smell is so intoxicating.

Olive oil has that almost like
Olive oil has that almost like

steely, irony kind of smell,
steely, irony kind of smell,

really green and bright.
really green and bright.

You’ll never forget that smell.
You’ll never forget that smell.

I grew up with a lot of scents and smells in my home.
I grew up with a lot of scents and smells in my home.

Chai simmering and curry simmering.
Chai simmering and curry simmering.

It just brings me back to my childhood.
It just brings me back to my childhood.

Growing up, my sisters and I
Growing up, my sisters and I

would sit with our mom and roll cotton wicks.
would sit with our mom and roll cotton wicks.

And so, I just knew that there was a way
And so, I just knew that there was a way

that I could tie in this experience that I had as a kid,
that I could tie in this experience that I had as a kid,

to be able to take the different things
to be able to take the different things

that make up Vancouver and try to encapsulate that.
that make up Vancouver and try to encapsulate that.

We’re so close to nature on the West Coast
We’re so close to nature on the West Coast

that it’s visceral, like, you feel it,
that it’s visceral, like, you feel it,

you feel nature all around you.
you feel nature all around you.

It feels alive.
It feels alive.

It feels like the city is breathing in a way.
It feels like the city is breathing in a way.

I love being able to take simple ingredients
I love being able to take simple ingredients

and turn them into something that we can feel proud about.
and turn them into something that we can feel proud about.

As an immigrant, I feel like you’re always kind of,
As an immigrant, I feel like you’re always kind of,

you know, missing that real connection to home.
you know, missing that real connection to home.

A home comes with time.
A home comes with time.

Vancouver is my home now.
Vancouver is my home now.

There are a lot of Canadians spread all over the world,
There are a lot of Canadians spread all over the world,

and if they are missing home and they light this candle,
and if they are missing home and they light this candle,

the whole idea of creating that scent
the whole idea of creating that scent

is to give them that piece of home.
is to give them that piece of home.

If we’re able to convey that,
If we’re able to convey that,

as an artist, that’s really exciting.
as an artist, that’s really exciting.