New store-in-store at Bend’s Box Factory offers ‘Reverie State’: Where scent, sound and memory bring nostalgia to life
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend’s creative retail landscape is about to get a little more nostalgic.
Reverie State, the new scent-driven lifestyle brand built around the connection between scent, sound,and memory, is opening its first retail space inside Pac Nor Westy at the Box Factory, the company said Tuesday in a news release that continues below:
The grand opening event will take place Saturday, October 25, from 2 PM to 7 PM, featuringintroductions to Reverie State’s nostalgic scent collections, refreshments, raGle, and gift withpurchase.
Founded in 2022 as Adventure Story, Reverie State reimagines the brand and creates small-batchcandles, incense, and room sprays that evoke memories from the past. Each custom-blended scent isdesigned to spark feelings of nostalgia and help us reconnect with the times and places that made uswho we are. Each scent is paired with a curated streaming playlist accessible by QR code, blendingfragrance and music into a fully immersive sensory experience.
“We all long for a place and time that no longer exists… that’s the bittersweet part of growing older,” saidfounder Rich Murphy. “What I’ve discovered is that every story from our past has a scent connected toit, and every memory has a soundtrack. When you bring those two things together — the scent and themusic — you get to revisit those moments from the past, even just for a little while. Reverie State isabout slowing down, feeling that nostalgia, and remembering what made us who we are. We do thatthrough the shared experience of scent and music.”
Housed within Pac Nor Westy’s flagship store, the Reverie State space oGers an intimate setting wherevisitors can explore signature lines like Core Memories (candles in reusable rocks glasses inspired bycoming-of-age moments paired with curated playlists) and Soundtrack Memories (candles andincense cones in retro nostalgic packaging paired with a curated “mix” playlist).
The opening event invites the Bend community to experience the brand first-hand: smell, listen,reminisce, and take home an artifact of nostalgia.
Grand Opening Event Details:Location: Reverie StateLocated inside Pac Nor Westy at the Box Factory550 SW Industrial Way, Suite 105Bend, OR 97702
When: Saturday, October 25, 20252PM – 7PM
Event Details: Refreshments, RaGle, and Free Gift with Purchase
About Reverie State:Reverie State is a nostalgia-driven fragrance brand based in Bend, Oregon, creating small-batchcandles, incense, and room sprays that merge scent, sound, and storytelling. Each piece invitesreflection through the pairing of scent and curated playlists. Learn more at reveriestate.com.