Cayman Islands · West Indies

Keep the island.

Cayman is not a beach. It is the top of an underwater mountain. From the floor of the Cayman Trench to the top of the Bluff is almost eight vertical kilometres, and the islands rise from that depth to meet the light.

We make one thing from each layer. Four elements, and the fifth at the bottom of the sea.

Begin at the top ↓
Looking out from the top of the Bluff on Cayman Brac: grey ironshore and low scrub in the foreground, a rock islet in white water directly below, and open blue sea to the horizon under a sky of small clouds.
From the top of the Bluff, Cayman Brac, looking out to Little Cayman Brac.Photo: EvaZL, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Colour grade and wordmark added.
+43 m Bluff · Air

The highest ground in the country, on Cayman Brac.

The scentDry white height. Frangipani, sea grape leaf, sun-bleached grass, limestone dust.
Coming later

Every piece we make carries the height of the place it comes from, printed under its name. The numbers are only true here, which is the point.

+20 m Caymanite · Earth

A banded stone laid down in the fissures of the Bluff.

The scentWarm mineral. Red clay, labdanum, saffron, dry cedar, a trace of hot iron.
Coming later
The stampCAY RIT cut into the face. Never printed.
The stoneCaymanite, banded stone of the Bluff, from documented sources only.
The handTurned by hand, so no two bands fall alike.
The lifeBought once. It moves onto every refill after.
In development

The Keeper

A lid turned from caymanite. You buy it once, and it moves onto every candle refill after that.

The cutSliced so the bands run level. A section you can wear.
The stoneCaymanite, from documented sources only.
The framePlain gold, closed around the edge. Caymanite is soft; the frame keeps it.
The backCAY RIT stamped where only you will see it.
In development

The Slab

A slice of the stone, cut so its bands run level, set in a plain gold frame. A section you can wear.

+8 m Thatch · Fire

The canopy of the silver thatch palm.

The scentGreen and fibrous. Fresh palm, dry plaited frond, coconut water, vetiver, hay. Cured by sun.
One of the first three
The plaitSilver thatch, plaited by hand in Cayman.
The craftAn island craft, kept alive in new hands.
The numberEvery piece numbered, and filmed from frond to wrist.
The endsBrass ends. When the cord wears, it is replaced, not thrown away.
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The Rope

Silver thatch rope was a Caymanian export within living memory, and very few people still plait it. Ours carries the old plait into new work, by hand, and every piece is numbered. Rope No. 001 is being made now.

The capWrapped by hand in plaited silver thatch. The one part no catalogue sells.
The glassHeavy and plain. The ornament is the island, not the bottle.
The scentNamed for one layer of the island and its real height.
The timeRested before it is bottled. Never rushed.
In development

Eau de parfum

Plain heavy glass, with the cap wrapped by hand in the same plaited thatch.

0 m Ironshore · Water

The fossil limestone where the island meets the sea. Sharp enough to open your hand.

The scentThe cut itself. Sea salt, seaweed, wet rock, driftwood, clean ambergris.
One of the first three
The markLetterpress on torn cotton paper, glued on by hand.
The pourThree bands poured by hand, one at a time, set level like stone.
The scentOne layer of the island, named for its real height.
The vesselHeavy glass, made to be refilled. The Keeper moves to every refill.
In development

The Section Candle

Poured in three bands, like the stone. As it burns, it melts down through its own layers.

−7,686 m Trench · The fifth

The deepest water in the Caribbean, just off our north coast.

The scentCold depth. Black pepper, ink, ambrette, cold musk, a far-off smoke.
One of the first three

Everything we make starts somewhere on this line, between the Bluff and the Trench. Nothing on it can be made anywhere else.

First Pour

The First Pour: fifty coconut candles, planned once a year.

The first Cayman Rituals candles were poured into coconut shells at a kitchen table. The First Pour is planned as fifty numbered coconut candles, cleaned and prepared by hand. When that edition is gone, that year is gone.

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For villas, hotels and spas

A scent that belongs to your property alone.

We cut a layer for your site: its height, its exposure, what grows on it. It arrives as diffusers, room spray and candles, refilled on a schedule, with a caymanite tablet for your door.

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