The Journal
Notes on craft, scent, and the things we make.
Scent Stories
We Don't Sell Smells, We Sell Places
Strike the match. The wood wick catches, spreads into a wide low flame, and settles into a soft crackle. Close your eyes for a second. You are not standing in...
Scent Stories
We Don't Sell Smells, We Sell Places
Strike the match. The wood wick catches, spreads into a wide low flame, and settles into a soft crackle. Close your eyes for a second. You are not standing in...
The Craft
What Clean Burn Actually Means
"Clean burn" is a phrase that appears on a lot of candle marketing. It almost always means something vague, something between "not bad for you" and "high quality," without specifying...
The Craft
What Clean Burn Actually Means
"Clean burn" is a phrase that appears on a lot of candle marketing. It almost always means something vague, something between "not bad for you" and "high quality," without specifying...
The Hearth
The Catch-All Tray: A Home for What You Empty F...
You walk in the door with your hands full. Keys in one hand, phone in the other, mail tucked under your arm. You set it all down somewhere. The counter,...
The Hearth
The Catch-All Tray: A Home for What You Empty F...
You walk in the door with your hands full. Keys in one hand, phone in the other, mail tucked under your arm. You set it all down somewhere. The counter,...
The Craft
How to Use Wax Melts: Warmers, Timing, and When...
Wax melts are simple to use, which is part of what makes them lovely. There is no wick to trim, no flame to mind, no long curing wait to understand....
The Craft
How to Use Wax Melts: Warmers, Timing, and When...
Wax melts are simple to use, which is part of what makes them lovely. There is no wick to trim, no flame to mind, no long curing wait to understand....
The Hearth
Seasonal Living: How We Approach Each Time of Year
Seasons are more than weather. They're a shift in light quality, in what the air smells like outside, in what you want when you come inside. The relationship between the...
The Hearth
Seasonal Living: How We Approach Each Time of Year
Seasons are more than weather. They're a shift in light quality, in what the air smells like outside, in what you want when you come inside. The relationship between the...
Scent Stories
The Smell of Rain: On Petrichor and Why It Belo...
Petrichor has a name, which is unusual for a smell. Most scents we love don't. We describe them by their source (woodsmoke, bread, the ocean) and leave it there. Petrichor...
Scent Stories
The Smell of Rain: On Petrichor and Why It Belo...
Petrichor has a name, which is unusual for a smell. Most scents we love don't. We describe them by their source (woodsmoke, bread, the ocean) and leave it there. Petrichor...