Where wax, form, and fragrance collapse into ephemeral rituals.
“The First Soap Was Made From Ashes of Heroes” — The Philosophy
SOAPMEN is more than an object brand. It’s a living exploration of impermanence — where candles melt like time, and form collapses by design.
Emerging from the mind of an interior designer and industrial furniture designer, SOAPMEN challenges both what we call sculpture and what we call scent. Each piece speaks to a rebellion against functionality for functionality’s sake — instead embracing transience, sensuality, and quiet resistance.
Through fragrance, geometry, and decay, SOAPMEN invites us to reconsider the objects we live with — and the meaning we assign to them.
The Origin Story — A Practice Born from Space and Material
The founder of SOAPMEN comes from the world of spatial design — someone who has shaped interiors, furniture, and sculptural environments with industrial precision.
But unlike traditional product designers, they ask deeper questions:
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Why must a candle conform to expectation?
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What happens when a sculpture disappears in real time?
What began as experiments in deconstruction and form — carved, cast, and burned — evolved into a full-fledged sensory brand. From brutalist busts to vertical towers that melt like forgotten monuments, SOAPMEN turns wax into a time-based medium.
The result? Objects that feel like sculpture, but behave like memory
The Artist Behind the Fire
Behind SOAPMEN is a quiet force — an artist trained in interior and industrial furniture design, whose career has been shaped by material, tactility, and spatial tension. While their name remains under the radar, their work speaks volumes: massive cast furniture forms, abstract lighting installations, and experimental fragrance sculptures across Asia’s design scene.
Their signature? A philosophical balance between structure and impermanence.
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A soft rebellion housed in sharp lines.
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A poetic burn layered in scent.
SOAPMEN is their way of making the invisible felt — where scent, texture, and time become new forms of spatial storytelling.
Playful Decay — A Sculptural Candle Collection
🕯 Deconstructivism Candles
Slabs, spikes, and fragmented volumes. These candles challenge the notion of symmetry and purpose — and melt like memories. Each one is a tactile paradox: solid yet soft, grounded yet fleeting.
Fragrance pairings include:
• “Frigid Wonderland” — Bergamot & Vetiver
• “Land of Fire” — White Tea & Ginger
• “Looks Yummy” — Cinnamon & Coffee
🕯 Vertical Bar Series
Inspired by their earlier architectural sculptures, the Vertical Bar candles offer stratified elegance. Different heights. Solid blocks. Brutalist lines. Available in red, black, and blue — each infused with refined fragrance and hand-cast texture.
🕯 Head Candles
Miniature busts echoing classical forms, but rendered in soy wax. Melting temples. Disappearing eyes. Lit at the right moment, they become an emotional performance — a quiet meditation on time, form, and self-erasure.
A Candle You Don’t Just Burn — You Witness
Each SOAPMEN piece exists in a dual state: art object and ritual device. The act of lighting it is ceremonial. The burn? A slow unraveling.
Fragrances are developed in collaboration with French heritage suppliers and independent Chinese perfumers — resulting in scent profiles that are bold yet nuanced, rooted in nature and memory.
And while they may resemble museum pieces, each candle is meant to be lived with, lit, and eventually — let go of.
Available Variations — A Sculptural Series
From compact tabletop busts to towering, jagged decon blocks, the SOAPMEN collection spans multiple sizes and styles:
🟫 Deconstructivism 1–8
Bold geometry with unexpected fragrance pairings. (Up to 950g)
🔵 Vertical Bar Series 8 / 21 / 27
Minimalist architecture meets olfactory performance. (320g–370g)
👤 Head Candles A15 / B17 / C17
Sculptural portraits in warm earth tones. (Up to 900g)
All crafted with natural soy wax and essential oils.
Final Note
SOAPMEN isn't a candle brand. It's a philosophy in flame. It burns away the ordinary — slowly, poetically, unapologetically.
For those who live at the intersection of art, design, and scent — SOAPMEN is not just a collectible.
It’s a reminder: beauty fades, and that’s the point.
Now available exclusively at BOLTBOLT (Gallery) or www.boltbolt.io
Eunice
Co-Founder & Editor, BOLTBOLT