These two names were born one afternoon in the workshop, while we were struggling to find a way of naming two very different things. Leu heu is the word Cam's family used for a child who spends all day out in the fields, keeping to no hour, coming home with grass still in their hair. Lo tho is the word for a stretch of hillside left with only a few tufts of grass standing in the wind, sparse without being empty.
LEU HEU and LO THO, therefore, are not divided by men or women. They are divided by the day you are having. A day when you want to step out of the door and meet people, or a day when you want to stay still and hear your own voice. Both bottles are currently available in 50 ml.
LEU HEU, for the day you want to go out
If we had to tell LEU HEU through a scene, we would tell of early morning on a trail still wet with dew, when you have just stepped into the edge of the forest and the cool air rushes into your nose at the same moment as the smell of leaves your legs have brushed. There is a little joy in it, a little mischief, and the feeling that today is still very long.
It is the bottle often chosen for meetings, for short trips, for days when you need to feel you have strength. It rises quickly in the first minutes, then settles into a warmer layer closer to the skin, like walking on and on and then finally sitting down beside a boulder to rest.
LO THO, for the day you want to stay still
LO THO is like a late afternoon in a room with the window ajar. The breeze comes in slowly, the thin curtain stirs, and outside is bare hillside with a few tufts of grass. It is sparse, and that sparseness makes breathing easier. This bottle asks nobody to notice you; it simply stands there with you.
We find LO THO often chosen for days working at home, evenings of reading, times when you want something gentle beside you without wanting to say anything more. Many of you spray once on the wrist and let it stay there quietly all afternoon.
Choosing between the two bottles, and how to make one last
What we usually suggest is that you think about your next seven days. If most of those days have you out on the road, LEU HEU will travel with you more easily. If most are at home, LO THO suits better. And if the two are even, just begin with whichever bottle has the story closer to you, because scent is a matter of feeling rather than of calculation.
A 50 ml bottle gives about 600 sprays, so if you use it two or three times a day, that bottle travels with you for more than half a year. Spray it on the warm areas of skin such as the wrist, behind the ear, or the inner elbow, so the warmth of the body opens the scent out gradually. Essential oils composed by ZUNGZA keep best when the bottle stands somewhere cool, out of direct sun, and the shelf life is three years from the date of production.
A few questions you often send us
Are LEU HEU and LO THO for men or for women
Both are for anyone who finds themselves in that bottle's story. We divide by the mood of the day rather than by gender.
How long does a 50 ml bottle last
About 600 sprays. At a rhythm of two or three times a day, that is around seven to eight months.
How can I try before buying
Come to no. 31, DM6, Van Phuc craft village to try both bottles on your own skin, sit for about twenty minutes and then smell again. Scent on skin is always truer than scent on paper.
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