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Hand-poured candles & home fragrance

Poured slow.
Burned clean.

Soy and coconut wax, lead-free cotton wicks and frosted glass, poured by hand in small batches. Every product tells you what it is made of, how long it burns, what it smells of, and how to burn it safely.

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Hand-poured

In small batches in Port Charlotte, Florida. Every page says where one jar differs from the next.

The full record

Wax, wick, vessel, exact size, measured burn time and scent notes — on every product.

Packed for glass

Every vessel wrapped and boxed on its own. Anything that arrives broken is replaced free.

30-day returns

Unburned and in original packaging, on a prepaid label. No restocking fee.

A place to start

The first four we would light

The product record

Three things every product page tells you.

Most shops tell you a candle is cosy. We would rather tell you it holds 8 ounces of soy and coconut wax, burns for about 50 hours if you trim the wick, smells first of black spruce, and that the wax in yours will frost against the glass. You can decide about cosy yourself.

Wax, wick & vessel
01
What it is made of
The wax blend, the wick and the vessel. Phthalate-free fragrance oils, lead-free cotton wicks, and no paraffin anywhere in the line.
02
How big, how long
Dimensions and net weight in real units, and a burn time we measured under stated conditions — not the most flattering number we could find.
03
Where yours will differ
The line most shops leave out. Frosting, wet spots against the glass, the colour of natural beeswax — stated before you buy, so what arrives is what you expected.

6 categories, 18 products

By category

Hands pouring melted wax from a steel pitcher into a row of frosted glass tumblers on the bench.

How a candle is made

Four stages, and each one shows in the jar.

Everything that makes one jar a little different from the next happens in these four steps. Knowing what they are is the difference between receiving a hand-poured candle and receiving one you think is faulty.

  1. 1

    Wicked

    Each vessel gets a lead-free cotton wick sized to its width, fixed to the base and held dead centre while the wax sets. An off-centre wick burns one side of the glass hot.

  2. 2

    Poured

    Soy and coconut wax is melted, the fragrance oil blended in, and the wax poured by hand from a steel pitcher, a few dozen jars at a time.

  3. 3

    Cured

    The candles rest for about two weeks before they ship. The wax and fragrance need that time to bind — a candle burned the day it was poured smells of much less.

  4. 4

    Finished

    Wicks trimmed, tops checked, labels and brass lids on. Soy wax frosts and pulls from the glass in places as it cures; those marks are the wax, and they stay.

How to burn it well

6 materials

A short list of materials.

Two waxes, one kind of wick, and three materials for the things that hold them. Each one is on the list because of how it burns, holds heat or wears — and each page says how it will look after a few months on your shelf.

How each one behaves

Soy & coconut wax

A blend of soy wax and coconut wax, poured by hand. It burns cooler and slower than paraffin and holds fragrance well. Soy wax frosts — a white crystalline bloom on the surface and sides — which is natural to the wax and does not affect the burn.

Pure beeswax

Unblended beeswax, filtered and left its natural honey colour. Denser than plant wax, so it burns longer and drips less. It can develop a pale surface bloom over time, which buffs off with a soft cloth.

Cotton wick

Braided cotton wicks with no lead or metal core, sized to each vessel so the melt pool reaches the edge. Trimmed to 1/4 inch before every burn, they burn with a steady flame and little soot.

Frosted glass

Straight-sided glass tumblers, acid-frosted and tinted to each scent. Thick enough to take the heat of a full melt pool. Reusable once the candle is finished and the last wax is removed.

Matte ceramic

The wide bowl of the three-wick candle: gloss-finished inside, matte ink-navy outside. Heavier than glass and slower to warm, which suits a larger candle burning three wicks at once.

Brushed brass

Solid brass with a brushed finish on the lids and tools. Brass darkens and warms in tone with handling; a little polish brings it back, or leave it to age.