Founded in 2021 by Taylor Tankson and Kareem Wallace, Brooklyn-based Tribe & Oak handcrafts home fragrance and self-care essentials with a focus on natural materials and sensitive spaces. The founders make their own coconut-soy wax blend and use FSC-certified wooden wicks, recyclable packaging, and plant-based ingredients across their vegan, cruelty-free line. Each candle is hand-poured in small batches in Brooklyn.
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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.
CANDLE.NYCBorn in SoHo in 2017, CANDLE.NYC is a family-run New York candle company that hand-pours candles in the city. Its candles use American soy wax, essential oils and cotton wicks, following a century-old family formula passed down through generations. The line is vegan, paraffin-free and phthalate-free, with custom-label candles available for businesses.NEW YORK, NY
Fjord and FableFounded in 2020 in a small galley kitchen, Fjord and Fable makes scented candles and home-fragrance goods by hand in Pittsburgh. Its Scandinavian-inspired collection pairs atmospheric, in-house-blended fragrances with considered materials, including vegan soy wax and lead-free cotton wicks. The company emphasizes transparent ingredient choices, sustainability, and products made without phthalates or other listed harmful substances.