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The fragrance library

Six families, 45 notes, eight candles. Each note says what it smells like, where the material comes from (or how we build it when nature won’t give it up), and which candles it’s in.

01

Smoke

Woodsmoke, peat, birch tar and the warm, resinous smoke of a candle just blown out. Our smoky candles are built to smell of a fire in a room, not a bonfire in a field.

Candles in this family No. 01 Lamplighter No. 07 Bothy

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  • Birch tar

    Dark, leathery and tarry. Used in tiny amounts, it gives a fire the depth of one that has been burning for an hour.

    Rectified birch tar oil, used at trace levels.

    In Bothy (base)

  • Black tea

    Smoky black tea leaves, dry and slightly tannic, like a mug left to steep too long by the stove.

    A lapsang-style accord with black tea absolute.

    In Bothy (top)

  • Peat smoke

    Earthy, mossy smoke with a faint sweetness, the smell of a hill fire in a stone room. Much softer than woodsmoke.

    An accord of cade, vetiver and guaiol, built to avoid the acrid edge of real peat.

    In Bothy (heart)

  • Smoked cedar

    Cedarwood that has been gently smoked rather than burned: warm, pencil-shavings dry, with a soft haze over it.

    Virginia cedarwood oil with a smoked-wood accord.

    In Lamplighter (heart)

02

Resins

Tree resins and balsams: frankincense, labdanum, benzoin, elemi. Dry, glowing materials that have been burned in rooms for thousands of years.

Candles in this family No. 02 Canongate

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  • Beeswax

    Warm, honeyed and slightly resinous: the smell of a candle before it is lit.

    Beeswax absolute, and the beeswax in our wax blend itself.

    In Lamplighter (heart)

  • Elemi

    A peppery, lemony resin that lifts the top of a scent before the heavier incense settles in.

    Resin from Canarium luzonicum, the Philippines.

    In Canongate (top)

  • Frankincense

    Silvery and bright, more lemon peel and cold stone than anything sweet. The incense of an empty church in the afternoon.

    Omani frankincense (Boswellia sacra) resin, steam-distilled.

    In Canongate (heart)

  • Labdanum

    Warm, ambery and slightly animalic, like sun on warm leather. It gives Lamplighter its glow.

    Resin from the Mediterranean rockrose, Cistus ladanifer.

    In Lamplighter (base)

  • Leather

    Soft suede and bookbinder’s leather rather than a saddle. Smooth and quiet.

    An accord of suederal, birch and iris.

    In Canongate (base)

  • Old paper

    Dry, faintly vanillic and a little dusty: the smell of a book that has sat on a shelf for years.

    An accord built from vanillin, hay and woody musks.

    In Canongate (heart)

  • Siam benzoin

    Soft, vanillic balsam with a powdery edge. The last thing you smell as a candle finishes its burn.

    Resin of Styrax tonkinensis from Laos.

    In Canongate (base)

03

Mineral

The cool, clean smell of wet stone, sea salt and fog. No marine “ozone” here, which reads as laundry. These are built from mossy, earthy and salty materials instead.

Candles in this family No. 03 Haar

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  • Ambrette seed

    A soft, pear-skin warmth that smells almost like skin. It stops Haar from feeling cold.

    Seeds of Abelmoschus moschatus, a hibiscus relative.

    In Haar (heart)

  • Driftwood

    Pale, sea-bleached wood with the salt still on it. Dry and airy.

    Cashmeran and cedar, with a trace of seaweed absolute.

    In Haar (base)

  • Fennel seed

    Sweet, aniseed-green and slightly salty, like the wild fennel that grows on the coastal paths.

    Sweet fennel seed oil.

    In Haar (top)

  • Grey musk

    A clean, skin-like softness that holds the other notes together without smelling of laundry.

    Biodegradable macrocyclic musks.

    In Haar (base)

  • Sea salt

    The dry, faintly sweet saltiness of skin after a swim, not the brine of a harbour.

    A salt accord built with ambrettolide and mineral notes.

    In Haar (top)

  • Warm sand

    Dry, sun-warmed and faintly sweet, the smell of the dunes behind a beach in June.

    An accord of ambrette, musks and a little tonka.

    In Machair (base)

  • Wet stone

    Cold granite after rain: mossy, earthy, a little metallic. The centre of Haar.

    An accord of geosmin, oakmoss substitute and mineral musks.

    In Haar (heart)

04

Green

Crushed stems, grasses and leaves, bright citrus peel and the sweet dryness of hay. Fresh without being sharp.

Candles in this family No. 04 Machair

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  • Bergamot

    Floral-citrus and slightly peppery, the note that makes Earl Grey smell like Earl Grey.

    Calabrian bergamot, bergapten-free.

    In Ling (top)

  • Bitter orange

    The peel of a Seville orange, darker and more bitter than sweet orange.

    Cold-pressed bitter orange oil.

    In Lamplighter (top)

  • Blackcurrant leaf

    Sharp, green and a little catty, the smell of crushing a blackcurrant leaf between your fingers.

    Blackcurrant bud absolute.

    In Rowan (heart)

  • Bog myrtle

    A resinous, eucalyptus-like herb from wet Scottish moorland, once used to flavour ale and to keep midges away.

    An accord built with myrtle and eucalyptol.

    In Ling (top)

  • Clover

    Soft, honeyed green with a faint powderiness, the smell of a meadow rather than a flower.

    A clover accord with a trace of coumarin.

    In Machair (heart)

  • Hay

    Sweet, dry and warm, like a barn at the end of summer.

    Hay absolute and coumarin.

    In Ling (base)

  • Juniper

    Cold, piney and slightly peppery berry, with a gin-like brightness.

    Juniper berry oil.

    In Bothy (top)

  • Lemon peel

    Zest rather than juice: bright, bitter and short-lived, the first thing you smell.

    Cold-pressed Sicilian lemon oil.

    In Machair (top)

  • Marram grass

    Dry, hay-like green from the tall grass that holds the dunes together. Less sharp than cut lawn.

    A grass accord with galbanum and hay absolute.

    In Machair (top)

  • Oakmoss

    Damp, inky and bitter-green, like a forest floor after rain. It gives Ling its shade and its depth.

    Evernia prunastri extract, low in atranol, used within IFRA limits.

    In Ling (base)

  • Scots pine

    Resinous needles and warm bark, the smell of a forest track in the sun after rain.

    Scots pine needle oil with a pine-bark accord.

    In Bothy (heart)

05

Floral

Flowers used the way they grow here: heather on a hillside, sea thrift on a cliff, a dark garden rose in September. Never sugary.

Candles in this family No. 05 Ling

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  • Dark rose

    A deep, jammy garden rose in September, with a hint of spice.

    Turkish rose absolute with a rose accord.

    In Rowan (heart)

  • Heather

    Light, slightly bitter floral with a honeyed edge. Real heather yields almost no oil, so this is built by hand.

    A heather accord of honey, hay, green and floral materials.

    In Ling (heart)

  • Honey

    Warm and waxy rather than sugary, the smell of a honeycomb, not a jar.

    Beeswax absolute and a honey accord.

    In Ling (heart)

  • Orris

    Powdery, earthy iris root, a little like violets and a little like warm skin.

    Orris butter from Iris pallida rhizomes.

    In Machair (heart)

  • Sea thrift

    The small pink flower that grows on Scottish cliffs. Soft, a little powdery, with salt around it.

    An accord of carnation, orris and ambrette.

    In Machair (heart)

06

Woods

Toasted oak, guaiac, cedar and vetiver, warmed with tonka and vanilla. The backbone of our autumn and winter candles.

Candles in this family No. 06 Rowan No. 08 Cask

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  • Cardamom

    Cool, green spice with a eucalyptus freshness. It brightens the sweetness of Cask.

    Guatemalan cardamom oil.

    In Cask (top)

  • Clove bud

    Warm, spicy and a little medicinal, like a struck match. It fades after the first few minutes.

    Clove bud oil from Madagascar.

    In Lamplighter (top)

  • Dried fig

    Jammy, milky fruit with a green edge, like the fig notes in a sherry-cask whisky.

    A fig accord with fig leaf absolute.

    In Cask (top)

  • Guaiac wood

    Smoky, sweet and faintly rosy wood. It gives Rowan its dark finish.

    Guaiacwood oil from Paraguay.

    In Rowan (base)

  • Malted barley

    Bready, biscuity and warm, the smell of a maltings on a cold morning.

    A cereal accord built with toasted and nutty materials.

    In Cask (heart)

  • Pink pepper

    Rosy, bright and fizzy rather than hot.

    Pink peppercorn (Schinus molle) oil.

    In Canongate (top), Rowan (top)

  • Rowan berry

    Tart and bitter-sweet, like the berries actually taste. An accord, since rowan yields no oil.

    An accord of cranberry, bitter almond and red fruits.

    In Rowan (top)

  • Toasted oak

    Oak staves warmed over a fire: vanilla, coconut and smoke, like the inside of a whisky cask.

    Oak absolute with a toasted-wood accord.

    In Cask (heart)

  • Tonka bean

    Almond, hay and vanilla at once, warm and quietly sweet.

    Tonka bean absolute.

    In Lamplighter (base), Cask (base)

  • Vanilla absolute

    Dark, boozy and smoky, nothing like vanilla essence.

    Madagascan vanilla absolute.

    In Cask (base)

  • Vetiver

    Earthy, rooty and slightly smoky grass root that gives a scent its foundation.

    Vetiver oil from Haiti.

    In Machair (base), Rowan (base), Bothy (base)

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