Lustre

LustreImagine You wake up, soaking wet and covered in sand, near the surf on a beach. It's warm, oppressively humid, and dark out, and you have no idea how you ended up here. Shakily, you climb to your feet and begin walking in the moonlight. What you're walking toward, you have no idea, but at least you're moving. You pass under tall trees and duck under giant spiderwebs glistening in the reflection of the moon on the water, and you wonder where the

She drew a breath and closed her eyes for the last time

all the creatures are stirring with excitement as a log from the best tree in the forest is brought in and prayed over

a long necked beast slowly peaks out of the water

descending deep under the ground

Dying to smell them all

A place to kneel

and cinnamon bark

Candlemaker's Note

Marie Antoinette's Last Breath

You light a match

Lead notes of ruby red grapefruit give way to yuzu (a tart East Asian hybrid that resembles grapefruit paired with a mandarin orange) and a zing of lemon

sweet resin