Scintillating Scents

WITH THE LAUNCH OF A NEW LIFESTYLE COLLECTION,

Eklund

|

Gomes

PRESENTS THREE DESTINATION-THEMED CANDLES THAT ALLOW SHOPPERS TO BRING THE BRAND’S AROMAS INTO THEIR OWN HOMES.

By ASHLEY RYAN

Creating custom scents isn’t a new thing for the team at Eklund | Gomes — in fact, John Gomes, founder and licensed real estate broker, has long had a role in crafting fragrant settings for open houses. “I used to bake breads,” he recalls. “I would have an open house and take a bread that I prepared —l ike a cinnamon bread — and I would put it into the oven and … bake it so that it had a beautiful, warm, ‘welcome home’ kind of scent.”

Later transitioning to candles and room sprays, the team became known for the beautiful scents that are now an integral part of touring an Eklund | Gomes property. “Sense of smell is the strongest of all your senses and we have found, over time, that when we introduce people to a space [with our scents], they like the experience,” Gomes says. And, with the desire to launch a luxury lifestyle collection, candles felt like the perfect fit.

The inaugural line of Eklund | Gomes Home features three distinct candles, inspired by three prominent cities where the brand has offices: Los

Angeles, Miami and New York. Gomes himself helped develop the fragrances, and says they hope to expand in the future with aromatic products for the living room, kitchen, bathroom and beyond.

“We thought that this could be a good way to market our brand and could introduce someone to the Eklund | Gomes brand through our lifestyle line,” Gomes notes. “We’ll be doing an online store. The candles are our first foray into the lifestyle sector — however, it’s just the beginning for us.”

TOP NOTES: crisp white grapefruit, Anjou pear, watery accord, fern leaf, white lily

MIDDLE NOTES: hawthorn, peony, mimosa, linen, freesia

BASE NOTES: amber, white musk

LOS ANGELES

TOP NOTES: green, cypress, sage, rosemary

MIDDLE NOTES: cedarwood, galbanum, pine needle, thuya wood

BASE NOTES: frankincense, tree moss, patchouli, aldehydes

NEW YORK

TOP NOTES: green, citrus, lemon, herbal

MIDDLE NOTES: cedarwood, wood smoke, hickory

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