Kozuki Yui, 29 years old.
International flight cabin crew.
On the night she returned from a California flight, before turning on the lights in her room, she opened a small package.
── Aiko incense made from hemp charcoal.
A cone-shaped black incense made by the Kyoto brand "Kyoto Asanoha."
When lit, the smoke rises gently.
The scent is almost unassertive.
But Yui thought that this "quietness" was the most luxurious of all.
The decision to gift this incense to her American colleague was sparked by her remark, "I've been having trouble sleeping lately."
In her colleague's room, there was a large candle.
Sweet, heavy scents that assert themselves.
But this hemp charcoal incense is different.
It doesn't scent the air; it calms it.
It brings stillness into the room.
"Japanese fragrance culture is about restraint," she casually mentioned during the flight, and her colleague's eyes widened.
The following week, Yui carefully packaged two cans of the hemp charcoal incense.
She added a simple note on stationery.
This is a fragrance that doesn't try to smell.
It just clears space.
For you to rest.
The message came via LINE three days later, late at night.
"The moment I lit it, everything became quiet. I felt the air thin out."
Those were her words.
Yui did not reply; she turned off the lights in her room.
She lit another piece of her hemp charcoal.
It's not about the scent.
It's not just about "organizing."
Yui thought of it as a ritual to wash away the "time without self."
As the smoke slowly dissipated, Yui thought.
── This is indeed a "giftable fragrance."
A scentless scent. That means gifting space.
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