Pruina prima
The first cold morning — juniper and rosemary over white cedarwood and clean musk.
Contains Eucalyptol, Linalool, Linalyl acetate, alpha-Pinene, d-Limonene. 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.
The first cold morning.
The first frosty morning of the year, the cold air sharp in your nose: lemon and bergamot to start, bright and clean, with cypress behind them. Then juniper, rosemary and pine, green and a little gin-like. It settles on white cedarwood and a clean, soft musk, like sheets aired in a cold room. The quietest scent in the collection, and the one for people who don't like candles that smell of Christmas.
A bedroom and bathroom candle. It's fresh rather than warm, so it suits the morning and the early afternoon better than the evening. Light it while a room airs and it reads as clean rather than scented. It's also the collection's candle for a small room, where Pomander would be too much.
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.
Fir & Frankincense is the walk in the woods; Pomander the warm house you come back to.
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.
First Frost 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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