For the new moon. When darkness is complete.
 
Tilem — the Balinese new moon, the moment of full darkness before renewal begins.
 
Cedarwood — the scent is warm, resinous, quietly ancient.
 
Worn at tilem for what needs to be released — the accumulated weight of the cycle just ended.
 
Cedarwood naturally increases melatonin, shifting the body from alertness into deep rest. Not sleep as escape. Sleep as renewal. The body releasing what the mind is still holding.
 
The darkness of tilem is not empty. It is necessary.