Fazeek

Fazeek is an Australian design studio whose signature is a rippled wave shape, carried across hand-blown borosilicate glassware, candle vessels and incense holders. We stock the home fragrance side of the range, being the charcoal incense cones, the Wave incense holder and the Wave candle, plus the Jewel Coupes. The Wave candles are hand-poured in Melbourne; the glassware is hand-blown, so every piece varies slightly.

We carry three in the incense cones. Teak and Neroli is the brand signature: rosemary and lemon over fig leaf, neroli and a woody, faintly leathery base. Cedarwood and Saffron is the warmest and most unisex, spiced rather than sweet. Vetiver and Pink Pepper is the brightest, earthy with a peppery lift, and the easiest of the three in a kitchen or bathroom. The Wave candle we stock is Magnolia Leaf and Star Anise, green and lightly spiced.

They need something even, heat-proof and non-flammable to burn on. The Fazeek Wave Incense Holder is made for them and comes with black sand, so the cone sits on the sand and the ash lifts out afterwards with a teaspoon. Any heat-proof dish will do the job, but the sand is what keeps the glass clean. One pack holds 20 cones and each burns for about 50 minutes.

More than 70 hours from 300g of natural soy wax on a lead-free cotton wick. Trim the wick to 5mm before every burn, never burn it longer than three hours at a time, and stop once about 1.5cm of wax is left, because burning it dry can crack the glass. Wash the vessel out afterwards and keep it; the rippled glass is the point of the thing.

Yes, though hand washing keeps it looking better for longer. Two habits matter more than the dishwasher: pour the drink in before the ice rather than after, and avoid sudden temperature changes such as hot liquid into a cold glass. Borosilicate is tough but it is still hand-blown glass, so set it down gently on stone benches.

Because they are blown by hand, one at a time. The Jewel Coupes have their coloured glass cubes applied individually, so no two glasses in a set match exactly, and the wave vessels vary a little in ripple and thickness. Slight differences in shape, colour and finish are the nature of the material rather than a fault.

The candle if you want something that gets used up and leaves a keepable glass behind, the coupes if you want something that stays on a shelf. The cones and the incense holder sit at the small-gift end, the candle in the middle, and the Jewel Coupes are the set-of-two present for a wedding or a milestone. Everything arrives in Fazeek's own printed boxes.