Founded by classically trained fine artist DeAndra Craigman, DeAndra Craigman Studios makes handcrafted home-fragrance products that pair scent with sound, most notably candles accompanied by curated playlists. The New York City studio began in 2020 as an effort to connect Craigman’s paintings with smell and sound, then grew into a lifestyle brand offering sensory objects for everyday rituals. Its candles use clean, phthalate-free fragrance oils, and each home-fragrance item is made by artisans in New York City.
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
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.
EnomaBrooklyn-based Enoma handcrafts non-toxic scented candles and home fragrances designed around mindfulness and manifestation. Its candles are made with carefully researched ingredients and slowly burn to reveal a manifestation affirmation, while every package includes a manifestation sticker. The brand describes its products as a lifestyle practice for turning intention into action.BROOKLYN, NY
APOTHEKEBorn from Chrissy Fichte’s 2011 scent-making experiments in a Brooklyn kitchen, APOTHEKE creates handmade home and personal fragrances, including its signature candles and soaps. The Brooklyn-based brand opened its own factory in 2012 and continues to thoughtfully blend fragrances and handcraft candles and soaps there. Its fragrance-focused Studio also invites visitors to make custom candles and perfumes.BROOKLYN, NY