Named for the star-shaped orchid that sparked founder Alicia Tsai’s first scent memory, Aerangis creates hand-poured candles designed to turn personal stories and places into fragrance. Tsai trained at the Fashion Institute of Technology and works with perfumers to develop both signature and bespoke scents, including custom candles for weddings, milestones, and businesses. The candles are made in small batches in the USA, with reusable ceramic jars crafted at Taiwan’s century-old Shuili Snake Kiln and plastic-free packaging.
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Anecdote CandlesBrooklyn-based Anecdote Candles hand-pours modern, story-driven candles designed to turn fragrance into a conversation piece. Inspired by personal recollections and cultural trends, the company develops its scents with master perfumers and invites customers to help shape new ideas. Its custom candle program lets customers create a personalized name, anecdote, color and fragrance.BROOKLYN, NY
Three Chicks Candle CoThree Chicks Candle Co. hand-crafts and hand-pours scented candles, a small business born when its founder decided to make the peach-and-vanilla candle she could never find. The company works primarily with U.S.-sourced soy wax, recyclable tin and glass containers, and cotton-and-paper ECO wicks, while also creating custom fragrances and event candles. Its collections draw on the founder’s inspirations, from farmers’ markets to flower markets.
Catskills Candle StudioFrom her fashion-design background and love of the Catskill Mountains, Nicole Andrick creates hand-poured soy candles in Tannersville that bring the region’s earthy scents into contemporary homes. Catskills Candle Studio is a women-owned business using American-grown soy wax and fragrance oils infused with essential oils, with its signature Kaaterskill Falls candle offering a particularly direct link to the surrounding landscape. Nicole also opens the studio to the community through candle-pouring workshops.TANNERSVILLE, NY
Brooklyn Candle StudioFounded by Tamara Mayne in 2013 after candle-making began as a hobby, Brooklyn Candle Studio has grown into a Brooklyn-based maker shaped by its founder’s design background and love of nature. Its in-house artisans hand-pour and label home fragrance in a 20,000-square-foot Industry City workshop, creating minimalist candles with botanical scents for people seeking a calmer atmosphere at home.BROOKLYN, NY