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Narda

Brand Strategy · Naming · Identity · Packaging · Digital2026

The problem

Nobody displays a citronella candle on their coffee table — they all look like pharmacy products, not home objects.

Protective home fragrance solves a real need, but every existing product screams utility. The opportunity: make protection feel intentional, display-worthy and connected to a credible botanical origin for people who care about what their space looks like.

The solution

A product family designed to be displayed, not hidden — rooted in the botanical source itself.

The name comes from Cymbopogon nardus — and that origin story drives everything: logo, material language, pattern system, sculptural forms, packaging and retail applications. The result turns a product people normally hide under the sink into something they place on their shelf.

Scope
Strategy · naming · identity · material language · packaging family · digital · retail and social
Range
Sculptural candle · cylindrical candle · outdoor candle · protective spray · bakhoor
Role
Independent — positioning, identity, packaging, brand experience
Status
Self-initiated concept — developed as a complete brand system
Brand line
“Protection, made beautiful.”
Narda — protective home fragrance identity and packaging
Narda — Page 01, case-study cover
Narda — Page 02, problem and solution
Narda — Page 03, naming
Narda — Page 04, object family
Narda — Page 05, logo system
Narda — Page 06, typography and colour system
Narda — Page 07, material language
Narda — Page 08, packaging system
Narda — Page 09, digital experience
Narda — Page 10, brand experience
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