Ingredients & process
What a candle is made of
A candle is four things: wax, wick, fragrance and a vessel to hold them. Every quality decision we make sits inside that very short list — which is why we are particular about all four.
Soy & coconut wax
A natural blend, free of paraffin and synthetic hardeners. It melts at a low temperature, which means the fragrance lifts gently rather than being pushed into the room.
Unbleached cotton wicks
Braided cotton, sized individually to each vessel diameter. No metal cores, no chemical treatment — a wick should burn and nothing else.
Fragrance & essential oils
Compositions built from natural essential oils supported by IFRA-compliant fragrance materials, kept at a deliberately moderate load so the scent stays legible over a full burn.
Refillable vessels
Stoneware and thick-walled glass, chosen because they survive the candle. Wash them out and they become a holder, a vase, or nothing in particular.
The process
Fourteen days from wick to shelf
- 01
Composing
A fragrance begins on paper and moves to the bench in five-gram trials. Most never leave that stage. The ones that do are burned in three vessel sizes before we commit.
- 02
Blending
Wax is melted slowly and held at a fixed temperature. Fragrance is added at the exact point where the two bind properly — a few degrees either side and the scent separates.
- 03
Pouring
Every vessel is poured by hand, one at a time, in runs of a few hundred. Wicks are set while the wax is still moving and straightened as it sets.
- 04
Curing
Fourteen days on the shelf, untouched. Curing is what turns a candle that smells correct when cold into one that smells correct when lit.
- 05
Finishing
Tops are checked for surface, wicks trimmed to six millimetres, labels applied by hand. Anything with a flaw stays in the studio and gets burned here.
Made in small numbers, on purpose
Working in small batches is not only an aesthetic position. It means we order materials in quantities we will actually use, waste very little wax, and reprint nothing we do not need. Packaging is uncoated board and paper, chosen so it can be recycled without being separated first.
We would rather make fewer candles well than claim more than we can verify.
