When you survive open heart surgery, you stop taking the small moments for granted. Krish came home from hospital not to the life she'd left — but to something quieter, more present. Candles became her ritual. The flicker of a flame marking time not by the clock, but by feeling. The comfort of a warm scent anchoring her to the now.
But the deeper she fell in love with candles, the more a contradiction became impossible to ignore. For something so deeply tied to wellbeing, mindfulness, and care — why did every beautiful candle leave behind so much waste?
Glass jars stacked up in corners. Too lovely to toss. Too many to keep. She tried everything — DIY projects, repurposing, recycling. Nothing worked. Because single-use candles were never designed with intention. They were designed to be replaced.
That's when Quincy — her partner in life and in Lunaire, with a background in industrial design — stepped in with a question that changed everything.













