Champaca

Wonderfully calming, Champaca has a sweet, unique floral scent. The evergreen champaca tree boasts bright yellow flowers and rich green leaves. The dark avocado color of our champaca candle is inspired by the tree’s leaves. Also called Himalayan champaca, this tree is indigenous to India, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Taiwan.

Coriander

Widely used in India and popular in the perfume industry in general for its vibrancy, coriander has a woody scent with a hint of citrus. Coriander leaves—also known as cilantro—are popular in cooking around the world. The coriander plant also has purple blooms that inspired the color of our candle.

Saffron

Frequently called "The Flower of Love" and cultivated chiefly in Kashmir, the aroma of saffron is exotic, spicy and fruity. Saffron is one of the most expensive spices due to its rarity, rich flavor, and the complexity involved in cultivating and preparing it. Inspired by the orange-red stigma from which the saffron spice is derived, our candle is a rich burgundy.

Sandalwood

One of the most beloved fragrances in Indian culture, sandalwood has a sweet woody scent. Sandalwood is commonly called the coral tree, and our candle captures the soft coral color. Mentioned in the Kama Sutra by Vatsyayana, sandalwood is known as an aphrodisiac. Gentle and calming, sandalwood is also relaxing for body, mind, and spirit. As a soporific, sandalwood relieves insomnia. Centering and balancing, sandalwood helps in mediation and focus.

Spikenard

Grown in the foothills of the Himalayas, Spikenard has a strong and spicy scent with an undercurrent of rich loam. Medicinally, Spikenard has been used in diverse ways, from treating colds to easing childbirth to relieving indigestion. In India, Spikenard is used as a relaxant or tranquilizer (similar to valerian), easing heart palpitations and anxiety. A tall herb with pink or blue flowers, spikenard makes an appearance in both the Old and New Testaments, in the Song of Songs and the Book of John, where Mary used it to anoint the feet of Jesus.

Tuberose

Famous for its ability to continue producing perfume long after it has been picked, the delicate white blossoms of the Tuberose have a strong geranium-like aroma. Tuberose flowers are often used in Hawaiian leis. Our tuberose candle is a creamy butterscotch that captures the fragrance and beauty of this flower.

Jasmine

Originally from the mountains regions of the Himalayas, the unique scent of jasmine has become one of the most important floral notes in perfumery. Extremely popular in areas where it is grown, these small, fragrant flowers have been loved by sultans, kings, and emperors, and are used in religious ceremonies in China and Japan. Italy and Morocco are leaders in jasmine production, but this delightful flower is cultivated in numerous countries all over the world. The fragrance of jasmine is light and sweet, a tropical floral scent strongly evocative of exotic locations.

Musk

A pleasing maroon-brown, our musk candle combines the exquisite, familiar scent of brown vanilla with the strong scent of the red-purple flowers of the sturdy musk herb. Musk is characterized by its sensual, warm, clean notes, and is known worldwide to contribute to the attraction between the sexes. When musk is added to the deep sweet fragrance of vanilla, the combination is remarkable, pleasant, and quite unmistakable.

Spanish conquistadors encountered vanilla in Mexico, where it was used to flavor chocolate. They called it Vainilla, which means "little sheath." It quickly became popular in Europe. The vanilla plant is actually an orchid that bears edible fruit, in the form of 7 to 8 inch pods. The pods look like green beans, and are picked green, needing to dry and ferment to develop their familiar rich flavor.

Frankincense and Myrrh

Perhaps the two most famous fragrances in history, the legendary oils of Frankincense and Myrrh harken to an era when the scared oils were treasured by kings and sovereigns, more highly prized than gold. Myrrh is a dark, rich, earthly aromatic that blends beautifully with the deeply aromatic properties of frankincense. The blend is an exotic mixture unparalleled in modern perfumery, reminiscent of the sacred gifts of the Magi bestowed on the baby Jesus in Christian history.

Both Frankincense and Myrrh are resins collected by a laborious process from varied Middle Eastern or North African species of Boswellia and Commiphora trees.

Presented in our candles as a royal magenta, the complex and rich combination of frankincense and myrrh can be described as warm, pungent, spicy, dry, woody, with a sweet balsamic note and a hint of lemon.

Patchouli

Appealing to both men and women, Patchouli is extracted from the plant "Pogostemon cablin", a member of the mint family, a busy perennial herb reaching 3 feet in height. Our rust colored candle captures the woody, sweet, spicy, and rich fragrance of this herb. A prized herb in the East for centuries, it was believed to prevent disease. : In China, Japan, and Malaysia it is still used to treat colds, headaches, and nausea, and as an antidote to poisonous snake bites. Known for its properties as a skin cell generator, skin tonic, and fungicide, patchouli helps heal cracked and inflamed skin, reduces scarring, and tightens loose skin. Patchouli reached the West in the 1800's and is used as an aromatic.