{"product_id":"la-ofrenda","title":"La Ofrenda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo fragrances. Seventeen pieces. One box that opens into a place for somebody you miss.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoes live Thursday, October 29 at 8pm Eastern. Sharp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Mexico, families build ofrendas for Día de Muertos. Photographs, food, flowers, the small things somebody loved. Every family does it a little differently. None of them do it for show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat tradition isn't ours and we're not pretending it is. We built a tribute with the same care we put into everything else. A wooden box that opens into a three-tier display. A full shave set inside it. And the pieces you'd need to make it personal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe photo is yours. The person is yours. We just built the place to put them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the soap is gone and the bottles are empty, the box stays. Put it on the dresser. Rearrange it. Add to it. It was built to be lived with, not shelved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTwo fragrances, two sides of the same day\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDía de Muertos holds two things at once. Remembering the dead and getting on with living. So we made two scents and named them plainly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eLa Muerte\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the shaving soap and the black-bottle aftershave.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMexican chocolate is the whole idea. Dark, a little bitter, and warm the way a cup whipped with a molinillo is warm. Cinnamon and raw sugar on top. Roasted cacao and toasted almond underneath, with a thread of ancho chile you feel more than smell. Vanilla bean and smoked wood hold it down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop:\u003c\/strong\u003e cinnamon, piloncillo sugar\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeart:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mexican chocolate, roasted cacao, toasted almond, ancho chile\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBase:\u003c\/strong\u003e vanilla bean, tonka, smoked wood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReads like the kitchen after the pan de muerto comes out of the oven. Sweet, spiced, and heavy enough to sit with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eLa Vida\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the white-bottle aftershave and the cone incense.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCempasúchil forward. Marigold the way it hits you in a market at the end of October, green and peppery and bright. Lime peel and orange blossom keep it moving. Rose and tuberose fill in the middle with a little honey. Copal resin and soft woods underneath, so there's smoke in it even before you light anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop:\u003c\/strong\u003e marigold, lime peel, orange blossom\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeart:\u003c\/strong\u003e rose, tuberose, honey\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBase:\u003c\/strong\u003e copal resin, vanilla, soft woods\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReads like flowers on the table, smoke from the next room, and somebody on their way over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTogether\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bottles are mirror images. White with a black wax seal. Black with a white wax seal. Each one carrying a little of the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWear one. Wear the other. Layer them. They were built to sit next to each other on the shelf and on your skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat's in the box\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeventeen pieces. Here's every one and why it's there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe box.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood, with opening doors and a fold-down bottom shelf. Skeleton doors, sugar skull crest, marigolds in the corners. It's the display, the packaging, and the thing you keep.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWoven mat.\u003c\/strong\u003e A nod to the petate. Goes under everything else. Lay it down first.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhotograph frame.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hangs on the screw inside the box. Rear-loading slot for a 1.5\" × 2.625\" print. Wallet size. The most important picture in the box is the one we couldn't design.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBlack-glazed clay cantarito.\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 oz. For a cup of fresh water in the display. The oldest welcome there is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCopper coin.\u003c\/strong\u003e One ounce, with a Día de Muertos motif. Every box gets one coin. There are four designs, and which one lands in yours is up to chance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSugar skull shaving brush.\u003c\/strong\u003e A calavera at the sink. Built to be used every morning, not looked at.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShaving soap.\u003c\/strong\u003e 100 g in a ceramic dish. La Muerte fragrance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLa Vida aftershave.\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 oz. White bottle, black wax seal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLa Muerte aftershave.\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 oz. Black bottle, white wax seal. Matches the soap.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCopal resin.\u003c\/strong\u003e In a storage tin. Burned in Mexico long before any of this.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLa Vida cone incense.\u003c\/strong\u003e Same fragrance as the aftershave, so what you wear and what fills the room match.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClay incense disc.\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 inches. Where the cones burn. Cones only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMiniature papel picado.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cut paper sized for the box. A little movement above a still photograph.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBox of matches.\u003c\/strong\u003e No digging through the kitchen drawer when you finally sit down to do this.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDried marigolds.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cempasúchil. The flower that runs through the whole collection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeven-day candle.\u003c\/strong\u003e A warm point of light while you spend time with it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLotería cards and boards.\u003c\/strong\u003e Our addition. The only piece in here meant for the people who are still around.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHow to set it up\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLay the mat down. Set the box on it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen the doors. Drop the bottom shelf.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlide your photo into the frame and hang it on the screw.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFill the cantarito with fresh water. Set it beside the photo.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScatter the marigolds along the shelves. Hang the papel picado across the inside, away from any flame.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePut the coin wherever it feels right. Or in your pocket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight the candle or the incense outside the box, on a heat-resistant surface, away from the decorations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePull up a chair. Say the name out loud. Remember something specific.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, when you're done, deal out the Lotería boards and let somebody get a little too competitive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eRead this before you light anything\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCandles and incense burn outside the wooden box. Always. Set them on a heat-resistant surface away from the mat, the dried flowers, the papel picado, the photo, and the aftershave bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe clay disc is for cone incense only. Copal resin needs a proper resin burner, which isn't included. The tin is for storage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut the candle out before you leave the house or go to sleep. Every time. \"Seven-day\" is the name of the candle, not a suggestion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eNot a Halloween set\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDía de Muertos is a remembrance tradition with deep roots in Mexico. It is not costume season. We built La Ofrenda to honor that tradition the way we'd want our own people honored, with care and without pretending it belongs to us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're new to it, the companion guide in the box covers the history, what each piece means, and how to build your display. Read it. Then make it yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe drop\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLa Ofrenda goes live Thursday, October 29 at 8pm Eastern. Sharp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited run. 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