For a long time, growing up between two cultures felt like a question that needed answering. Nigerian or English, which one was I supposed to be?

I was born and raised in London with Nigerian heritage, and for a period of my life I leaned more heavily into one side of that identity than the other. It took time to understand that there was nothing to resolve. The strength was in being able to hold both.

That realisation became the starting point for Ibeji.

Ibeji is the Yoruba word for twins. In Yoruba culture, twins hold a particular significance and are traditionally associated with spiritual power, prosperity and good fortune. What stayed with me was the idea of two distinct presences belonging to one whole.

The first Ibeji product brings that idea into physical form: a candle in a ceramic vessel that holds two distinct fragrances, each able to be experienced independently or burned together.

Developed with ceramicist Idris Olabode Opeyemi of Clay of Lagos, the vessel translates Ibeji’s idea of duality into form.