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Introducing

The Banbū Leather Candle

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What does vegan leather smell like?

We get asked this all the time. Our alternative leather doesn’t have a smell—yet. But what an intriguing question!

Scents connect
us to memories

The smell of leather might remind you of your first baseball glove, a vintage jacket or a classic car.

Unlike other materials, leather has a distinctive scent. Our brains connect that scent with powerful memories that spark emotions.

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What could our
leather smell Like?

Thrillingly, the answer is anything we want. For this initial project, we worked with Lola James Harper, a like-minded brand that makes planet-friendly vegan candles in France.

The Banbū Candle has notes of cardamom, carrot, incense and iris. More importantly, it uses the power of fragrance to inspire ideas for a bright future.

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The Banbū Leather candle
The Banbū Leather candle

The Banbū Leather candle

A limited-edition release with unlimited potential.

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The future of leather

Soon we might be supplying alternative leather to a major automotive partner or fashion brand—and infusing it with a remarkable scent so bespoke it doesn’t even exist yet.

It’s ok to still love that classic-leather scent. Just make room for a new version that evokes a new vision in harmony with nature.

The Banbū Leather Candle. A limited-edition release with unlimited potential.

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Calling All Material Innovators

Ready to try our next-generation leather alternatives on your products?

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