A small note, kept away from the front door.

Evelina’s role is to learn, select, make and host. Her attention rests on tea, incense, Chinese aesthetics, and the everyday rituals that gradually settle both a space and the people within it.

Zhioise did not begin as an expression of personal identity. It began with the objects on the table, the incense rising through the air, and the trace of fragrance someone chooses to carry with them.