27 August 2026 · 5 min read
Frankincense, in depth
The tree, the tapping, the grades and the still, how Omani frankincense smells in Canongate, and what we can honestly say about where it comes from.
The journal
Notes from the workshop on Chandler’s Close: practical, occasionally opinionated, and always about something we actually do.
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9 July 2026 · 5 min read
Scenting a home, room by room
Which of our candles suits the hall, kitchen, sitting room, study, bedroom and bathroom, and how to move scent through a house in one evening.
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6 May 2026 · 5 min read
A short guide to wick care
Why we ask for a 5 mm wick, what mushrooming and soot mean, how to centre a drifting wick, and how to look after a three-wick candle.
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18 March 2026 · 5 min read
The first burn, and why candles tunnel
Why a candle’s first evening shapes every burn after it, how long each size needs, and how to rescue one that has already tunnelled.
