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Armored Samurai - Japan, circa 1885

Armored Samurai - Japan, circa 1885

Taken roughly 20 years after the end of the Samurai’s 700 year reign in Japan, this image represents an effort by the Japanese photographer Kusakabe Kimbei to provide a historical record of the armor and weapons used by this mythic warrior class. In this photograph, each Samurai carries his Katana...
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Baobab Candle - Max 10 - Madagascar Vanilla

Baobab Candle - Max 10 - Madagascar Vanilla

Madagascar, the ’Big Island’ in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique, is the largest producer of vanilla beans in the world. Madagascar bourbon vanilla is considered to be the highest quality pure vanilla available, described as having a creamy, sweet, smooth, mellow flavor. Estimated burning time: 60 hrs Notes: Frangipani(Plumeria)...
$95.00
Baobab Candle - Max 10 - Masaai Spirit

Baobab Candle - Max 10 - Masaai Spirit

Pastoral nomads from the northern regions of Tanzania, Masaai people are dressed with their traditional red coloured coverings. The Masaai’s culture centres on their cattle which provide many of their needs. The land, cattle and all elements related to cattle, especially the grass, are considered sacred. Estimated burning time: 60...
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Baobab Candle - Max 10 - Pierre de Lune

Baobab Candle - Max 10 - Pierre de Lune

The moonstone is characterized by an enchanting play of light. Indeed it owes its name to that mysterious shimmer which always looks different when the stone is moved. In earlier times, people believed they could recognize in it the crescent and waning phases of the moon. In India, moonstones are...
$100.00
Baobab Candle - Max 10 - Platinum

Baobab Candle - Max 10 - Platinum

This Platinum scented candle is presented in a 10cm high casing. The Baobab Platinum collection is a beautifully created, limited edition range of scented candles in a hand made glass vase encased in the rarest of metals, Platinum. It is 30 times rarer than gold making it extremely valuable and...
$105.00
Baobab Candle - Max 10 - Victoria Falls

Baobab Candle - Max 10 - Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls or 'Mosi-oa-Tunya' (the Mist that Thunders) are one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the world, located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe. David Livingstone, the Scottish explorer, is believed to have been the first European to view the waterfall that is claimed...
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Batik - Java - circa 1860

Batik - Java - circa 1860

Batik is a dyeing technique that creates rich and higly intricate patterns on fine fabrics by applying wax to regions of a cloth that the artist wants to remain undyed. Believed to have originated in Egypt over 1500 years ago, the art form was perfected by the Javanese during the...
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Buddha Bar III (2 CD's)

Buddha Bar III (2 CD's)

The third issue in a series from the infamous Buddha Bar in Paris, Buddha: Bar, Vol. III is two-CD set that diverges from the "Dinner"/"Party" split that Buddha Bar owner Claude Challe had used on the series' first two installments. DJ Ravin, who is at the helm for this issue,...
$39.95
Buddha Bar IV (2 CD's)

Buddha Bar IV (2 CD's)

At the age of 25, David Visan signs his first track-listing on the now famous collection of the Buddha-Bar. These albums which are sonorous snapshots of one of the most valued venues of the capital, have become in a few years time, the recognition sign of a tribe of faithful...
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Buddha Bar Ten Years (2CD's)

Buddha Bar Ten Years (2CD's)

It was in September 1996 that everything began near the famous "Place de La Concorde", when a gigantic Buddha transformed Parisian nightlife. An exceptional place featuring fusion cuisine straight out of California and quality lounge music, Buddha-Bar quickly became the most happening restaurant in Paris. To celebrate that success, George...
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Buddha Bar V (2CD's)

Buddha Bar V (2CD's)

The mystique of Paris's trendy Buddha-Bar exists largely due to its enthralling background music, as exemplified by the venue's highly successful series of compilations. The two discs of this fifth installment are filled with a diverse selection of artists from around the world. The first disc is a serene session...
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Buddha Bar VI (2CD's)

Buddha Bar VI (2CD's)

The sixth installment in the famed Buddha-Bar series is the creation of producer Ravin, a Paris-based DJ of Indian extraction who has been combining traditional sounds of South Asia with European electronica for the past 15 years, and is currently the resident DJ at the London bar from which this...
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