Ash & Nectar is an artist-led maker whose work is described as a personal journey and a form of artistic expression. The company hand-makes natural, unrefined personal-care and aromatherapy creations, including salves and botanical candles.
CandlestockSince opening as a one-room shop in 1970, Woodstock’s Candlestock has handcrafted distinctive candles, including its signature drip candles, in keeping with the town’s artistic spirit. The store has grown into one of Woodstock’s oldest businesses and ships its handmade candles worldwide, while its continuously burning drip candle has become an eight-foot-tall wax mountain at the heart of the shop. Candlestock also invites visitors to make their own candles at its Wax Imagination Studio in nearby Saugerties.WOODSTOCK, 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
Wndrmade, LLCWndrmade, LLC is a Kerhonkson, New York house of artisan natural perfumery built around custom scent-making and collaborations with independent artists. It creates botanical candles and related fragrance goods for people seeking plant-based, intentional aromas in their homes, blending 12–20 essential oils and botanical extracts without synthetic perfumes or toxins.KERHONKSON, NY
C R Ξ Τ Ξ HOMEFounded in 2017 by pouring candles in a Brooklyn apartment, C R Ξ Τ Ξ HOME now hand-pours scented candles in New York’s Hudson Valley and extends those fragrances into room sprays, diffusers, and hand-care products. The brand uses cruelty-free, nontoxic materials and 100% vegetable wax, with scents designed to create what it calls “concrete memories” rather than sugary, cupcake-like aromas. It also brings the scent-making process to life through private candle- and room-spray-making events.