Abies sacra
A resinous walk through the winter garden — fir balsam, warm frankincense, a trace of myrrh.
Harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects.
Contains Dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, Eucalyptol, Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes. May produce an allergic reaction.
Any two candles for £45, any three for £65. Delivery's free too.
Mix any of them — taken off automatically in your basket.
A resinous walk through the winter garden.
Pine needles and cypress first, with a cool edge of eucalyptus: the smell of bringing a tree indoors. Then fir balsam and frankincense, warm and a little smoky. Underneath, cedarwood, myrrh and labdanum keep it from being only a tree. It's a church-and-forest scent, and the one we'd burn on a dark Sunday afternoon.
A sitting-room candle for the coldest weeks. It's calmer than Pomander and less sweet, so it suits a room where you're reading or sitting by a fire. In black glass the flame is the one bright thing in the room. Give it half an hour with the door shut and the fir carries into the next room.
20 cl Oxford jar in black glass, hand-poured in our garden studio in Holyport. 160 g of wax, a cotton wick, up to 40 hours of burning. Each jar carries its batch number, written by hand.
Let the first burn reach the edge of the glass, two to three hours, so it doesn't tunnel. Trim the wick to 5 mm before each burn. Never leave it unattended; keep it from children, pets and draughts.
Pomander is the warmer, spicier companion; First Frost the cold, clean one.
Up to 40 hours. That figure comes from an independent burn test of this wax, wick and jar, so it is "up to", not a promise of the full number in every room. Give the first burn two to three hours, until the melted wax reaches the glass all the way round, and it will burn evenly from then on. Trim the wick to about 5 mm before each burn and burn for no more than four hours at a time.
Candle care & safety →Candle Shack CS1, a paraffin/mineral wax blend with added plant wax, made in Germany. It is vegan-friendly. We chose it for its scent throw: the fragrance is held at 8% of the wax, on a cotton LX 12 wick, which is the pairing the burn test was run on.
Fir & Frankincense comes in a 20cl frosted glass jar holding 160 g of wax. The jar is yours to keep once the candle is done: stand it a minute in hot water, wipe it clean, and it makes a good glass.
The 20cl collection candles suit a bedroom, a hall or a bathroom. Light it half an hour before you want the room to smell of it, with the door shut. Two candles in one room fight each other, so one in each room is better than two together.
Every jar carries a printed base label with the hazard and allergen declaration the law requires, the net weight, the burn time, and a batch number written by hand at pouring. The full declaration for each scent is on its safety page. Never leave a lit candle alone, keep it from children, pets and draughts, and stop when a centimetre of wax is left.
Safety & allergen information →Candles are hand-poured in small batches, so we aim to dispatch within 2–3 working days, Monday to Friday, by Royal Mail tracked. You get an email with the tracking number when it is on its way.
Delivery →UK delivery is a flat £4.95, shown at checkout before you pay. Orders of £40 or more are delivered free. We deliver within Great Britain, which is England, Scotland and Wales. We cannot send candles to Northern Ireland or outside the UK at the moment.
Any two candles for £45, any three for £65. Delivery's free too. Mix any of the candles; the saving comes off automatically in your basket, with nothing to enter.
Yes. If you change your mind, email hello@theluminary.uk within 14 days of the candle arriving and we will arrange a refund; it needs to come back unused, unburned and in its packaging. If a candle arrives damaged or faulty, tell us within a few days with a photo and we will replace it or refund you in full, postage included.
Returns & refunds →Rich & Leigh, in a garden studio in Holyport, Berkshire. Every candle is poured by hand in small batches and numbered from its batch on the base.
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