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...