The Journal

Notes on craft, scent, and the things we make.

The Hearth

The Walk Home: On the End of a Good Night

The bar has called it. The lights came up, the last round was poured, and now you are outside in the cool air with the door closing behind you. The...

The Hearth

The Walk Home: On the End of a Good Night

The bar has called it. The lights came up, the last round was poured, and now you are outside in the cool air with the door closing behind you. The...

Scent Stories

How Memory and Fragrance Are More Connected Tha...

You've had this experience: a smell, specific, unexpected, brings back a memory so complete and sudden that it feels less like remembering and more like briefly being there. The smell...

Scent Stories

How Memory and Fragrance Are More Connected Tha...

You've had this experience: a smell, specific, unexpected, brings back a memory so complete and sudden that it feels less like remembering and more like briefly being there. The smell...

The Craft

What a Wax Melt Actually Is (And Why You'd Choo...

People ask us what a wax melt is more often than you might think. It is a fair question. Candles are familiar. A wax melt is the quieter cousin, and...

The Craft

What a Wax Melt Actually Is (And Why You'd Choo...

People ask us what a wax melt is more often than you might think. It is a fair question. Candles are familiar. A wax melt is the quieter cousin, and...

Scent Stories

Heading Home after Last Call: The Close of a Go...

There's a very specific quality to the air when you're walking home late at night after a good evening. The bar or the dinner or whatever it was has wound...

Scent Stories

Heading Home after Last Call: The Close of a Go...

There's a very specific quality to the air when you're walking home late at night after a good evening. The bar or the dinner or whatever it was has wound...

From the Founders

What Handcrafted Actually Means to Us

"Handcrafted" is one of those words that has been stretched so far by marketing that it's lost most of its meaning. You'll find it on mass-produced goods from facilities that...

From the Founders

What Handcrafted Actually Means to Us

"Handcrafted" is one of those words that has been stretched so far by marketing that it's lost most of its meaning. You'll find it on mass-produced goods from facilities that...

The Hearth

The Last Hour by the Fire

The dishes are done. The day is behind you. The house has gone quiet in the way it only does late, when the last task is finished and there is...

The Hearth

The Last Hour by the Fire

The dishes are done. The day is behind you. The house has gone quiet in the way it only does late, when the last task is finished and there is...