SOY WAX CANDLES

This fragrance evokes the pristine wilderness and breathtaking diversity of the Island State, from its rugged mountains and ancient Tarkine rainforest to the long, remote beaches of the Freycinet Peninsula. Native boronia enlivens the mind while lemon myrtle and native Tasmanian pepper suggest refreshment beside a crisp flowing river. Meanwhile, cedarwood imparts a sense of timelessness.

Scent: Spicy, citrus, fruity, green (herbal), smokey, earthy, woody (rich)

Elements: Native Tasmanian pepper, lemon myrtle, boronia, thyme, sage, cedarwood, vetiver

Surprise: Apple (composite of natural isolates)

Mood & Chemistry: Calming and grounding

- monoterpenes including myrcene and sabinene
- sesquiterpenes including a-cedrene
- monoterpenols including linalol
- sesquiterpenols including cedrol
- esters including linalyl acetate

Form: Round, thick, luscious, smooth

Structure: Narrative 

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer

- monoterpenes including limonene, a-pinene;
- monoterpenols including linalol, citronellol, geraniol
- esters including linalyl acetate
- oxides including 1,8 cineole

This candle tells the alluring story of an early winter’s morning in Bondi. Sun worshipers gather in the southern corner under giant sandstone cliffs. Facing east, they soak in the salty haze as the incoming tide guides their yoga pace. Lush ferns and moss spill over the cliffs and glisten in the morning dew.

Scent: Smokey, green (herbal), balsamic, earthy, resinous

Elements: Australian lemon, giant fern, black pepper, wild herbs, labdanum

Surprise: Hawthorn

Mood & Chemistry: Uplifting, calming

- monoterpenes including limonene, a&b-pinene;
- sesquiterpenes including beta-caryphyllene

Form: Round, smooth, creamy

Structure: Narrative, classic

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase.

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer.

The crashing surf and lush tropical forests of Byron Bay come enlivened in this distinctive fragrance, which blends bold and salty botanicals including cinnamon myrtle, native thyme and lemon myrtle. Rosalina imparts depth and soul, bringing to mind the invigorating climb from Palm Valley up to Australia’s eastern frontier, Cape Byron.

Scent: Spicy, citrus, green (herbal), earthy, woody (rich)

Elements: Native thyme, cinnamon myrtle, rosalina, lemon myrtle, blackcurrant bud, oakmoss

Surprise: Patchouli

Mood & Chemistry: Anti-anxiety, anti-depressive, calming, uplifting 

- monoterpenes including a-pinene, limonene;
- monoterpenols including linalol;
- sesquiterpenols including patchoulol;
- oxides including 1,8 cineole

Form: Rippled, crisp, sheer

Structure: Narrative, classic

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours 
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks 
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead 
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase.

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer.

This candle has been created in collaboration with Lennox Hastie, founder and chef behind Firedoor to capture the warmth and energy of sitting around an open fire and to highlight the fragrant beauty of some of the ingredients Lennox cooks with.

Fresh juniper, fruity davana and rich bitter fennel are extended with green violet leaf, while the citrus heart notes from neroli and petitgrain invigorate the senses. Honeyed facets of native kunzea and spicy pimento make way to vibrant sherry-like characteristics from carrot seed, which slowly reveals a base of native buddawood and guaiacwood before being warmed with rich cepes, earthy tobacco and a smokey pairing of choya and vetiver.

Scent: Green (fresh), fruity, citrus, spicy, boozy, woody (rich), earthy, smokey

Elements: Juniper, davana, bitter fennel, violet leaf, neroli, petitgrain, native kunzea, pimento, carrot seed, native buddawood, guaiacwood, cepes, tobacco, choya, vetiver

Surprise: Carrot seed

Mood & Chemistry: Grounding, calming, uplifting

- monoterpenes including a-pinene, sabinene
- monoterpenols including linalol
- sesquiterpenols including isovalencenol
- oxides including 1,8 cineole
- esters including linalyl acetate

Form: Round, thick, luscious, smooth

Structure: Narrative

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase.

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer.

Dine at Firedoor

*Selected imagery courtesy of Firedoor

This candle and its unique fragrance tell the story of Australian artist Del Kathryn Barton and her exhibition “The Highway Is A Disco” at the National Gallery Victoria in Melbourne. Australian native botanicals including salt bush, river gum and wild herbs recall joyful childhood summers the artist spent in her mother’s South Coast garden, while bergamot, bay leaf and rose nod to her formative years in Sydney. The resulting scent, both delicate and richly layered, is a story of quiet beauty, the comfort of ancient trees and the celebration of a life well lived.

Scent: Citrus, herbaceous, floral, spicy, smokey, earthy, woody

Elements: Bergamot, grapefruit, saltbush, rose, leather, cinnamon myrtle, cedarwood, rivergum, vetiver

Surprise: Bay leaf

Mood & Chemistry: Calming, uplifting, anti-anxiety 

- monoterpenes including limonene, a&b pinene, sabinene;
- monoterpenols including linalol, citronellol, geraniol;
- esters including linalyl acetate;
- oxides including 1,8 cineole

Form: Round, smooth, rippled

Structure: Narrative

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer

This unique candle was created to capture the essence of dining at one of Australia’s most celebrated restaurants, Quay. Representing the pinnacle of dining, Quay’s unparalleled harbourside location is paired with rare and beautiful ingredients skilfully executed with texture, flavour and harmony.

This candle was handmade at our atelier in Sydney’s northern beaches in collaboration with Quay’s Executive Chef, Peter Gilmore. 

With an opening overture of refreshing citrus from bergamot, yuzu and lemon, followed by crisp juniper, subtle coriander leaf and a hint of spice from cumin, this lively palate cleanser is layered and energising. The trio of heart notes emerge, led by the complex floral beauty of native boronia, rich neroli, and herbaceous clary sage before revealing a perfectly balanced base of deep earthy terroir from patchouli, soft wood and spice from guaiacwood, warmth and leather from labdanum before lush oceanic moss to close.

Scent: Citrus, green (fresh), spicy, herbaceous, woody (rich)

Elements: Bergamot, yuzu, lemon, juniper, coriander leaf, cumin, native boronia, neroli, clary sage, patchouli, guaiacwood, labdanum, moss.

Surprise: Native boronia

Mood & Chemistry: Calming, grounding, uplifting

- monoterpenes including limonene
- monoterpenols including linalol
- oxides including 1,8 cineole
- esters including linalyl acetate

Form: Smooth, crisp, round

Structure: Narrative

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase.

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer.

Dine at Quay

*Selected imagery courtesy of Quay

This unique candle has been created to showcase the exceptional beauty of dining at Bennelong in the Sydney Opera House, a site of historic significance to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation where feasting, performance and celebration have taken place for thousands of years.

Act I opens with green spice from native Tasmanian pepper, earthy blackcurrant bud, rich fennel and honeyed wine notes from linden blossom. From this fresh and invigorating introduction the shape of the scent’s smooth curve begins to emerge. As the heart notes in Act II announce their presence, they are led by crisp complex florals from native kunzea l, smooth herbaceous celery seed, and a hint of spice from clove leaf before giving way to subtle citrus from litsea and the warmth of honeysuckle. The base notes of act III take centre stage with soft, creamy, woody notes from native sandalwood, paired with labdanum and cedarwood, before a final overture from lush oceanic moss.

Scent: Spicy, earthy, boozy, floral (light), green (herbal), citrus, woody (soft), marine

Elements: Native Tasmanian pepper, blackcurrant bud, fennel, black pepper, linden blossom, native kunzea, celery seed, clove leaf, litsea, honeysuckle, native sandalwood, labdanum, cedarwood, moss

Surprise: Native kunzea

Mood & Chemistry: calming, grounding, uplifting

- monoterpenes including limonene
- monoterpenols including linalol
- oxides including 1,8 cineole
- esters including linalyl acetate

Form: Rippled, smooth

Structure: Narrative

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase.

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer.

Dine at Bennelong

*Selected imagery courtesy of Bennelong

Introducing a new multi-sensory collaboration between the Raconteur and Australian visual artist, Ingrid Bowen. This new work has been produced to coincide with the show PEREGRINE which opens on 6 May 2021 at Suki & Hugh Gallery, Bungendore, NSW. 

From dry scrubby bush to golden hills peppered with native grass and tall eucalypt forests, the journey across Australia’s ancient pathways is where we witness the pace of nature: patience, growth, renewal. Giant sandstone boulders and meandering creeks offer shelter and provide moments of reflection. It is here that the voyage turns inwards and nature’s resilience signals to us the values of perseverance and optimism. 

With a refreshing opening of lemon myrtle, crisp eucalyptus and rich galbanum, this invigorating start to the olfactive journey is met with greetings from a comforting floral trio of kunzea, Kimberley heath and geranium. Finally, the warm embrace of sandalwood, patchouli and cedarwood welcomes the traveller home. 

Handmade in Sydney’s northern beaches by The Raconteur in collaboration with Ingrid Bowen.

Scent: Citrus, green (fresh), floral, earthy, woody (rich)

Elements: Lemon myrtle, eucalyptus, galbanum, kunzea, Kimberley heath, geranium, sandalwood, patchouli, cedarwood

Surprise: Kimberley heath

Mood & Chemistry: calming, grounding, uplifting

- monoterpenes including limonene
- monoterpenols including linalol
- oxides including 1,8 cineole
- esters including linalyl acetate

Form: Rippled, smooth, crisp

Structure: Narrative

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase.

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer.

The title is derived from the French verb “Entreprende” meaning “to undertake”. 

L’Entrepreneuse celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit. Honouring those who undertake risk, chase adventure and provide a source of new ideas and innovation for the betterment of society. 

This candle and it's unique fragrance was created in collaboration between Suzie Anderson (of the legendary eponymous homewares stores in the Southern Highlands) and the Raconteur. 

A collaboration that began in late 2019, was disrupted by a pandemic, and finally blossomed into this fresh new candle fragrance. This new signature scent celebrates all those individuals, throughout history and today, who have been “in the arena” and found the determination to persevere and reinvent themselves during challenging times.

Scent: Fresh, green (herbal), citrus, spicy, earthy, woody

Elements: Anise myrtle, wild herbs, eucalyptus, cardamom, clove, geranium, patchouli, cedarwood, sandalwood

Surprise: Neroli

Mood & Chemistry: Mentally stimulating & grounding

- monoterpenes including limonene
- monoterpenols including linalol
- sesquiterpenols including cedrol
- esters including linalyl acetate
- oxides including 1,8 cineol

Form: Round, smooth, crisp 

Structure: Narrative 

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase.

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer.

Discover Suzie Anderson Home

This candle and it’s unique fragrance was created in collaboration between Mark Tuckey and the Raconteur. It takes you on a journey across the Byron hinterland which Mark now calls home. Trace his steps and favourite scent ingredients, immerse yourself in the landscape.

Scent: Fresh, citrus, floral (soft), spicy, earthy, woody (rich), smokey

Elements: Eucalyptus, lemon ironbark, geranium, rose, white cypress, sandalwood, buddawood, vetiver

Surprise: Cumin

Mood & Chemistry: Calming & grounding

- monoterpenes including myrcene and sabinene
- sesquiterpenes including a-cedrene
- monoterpenols including linalol
- sesquiterpenols including cedrol
- esters including linalyl acetate

Form: Round, smooth

Structure: Narrative

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase.

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer.

Discover Mark Tuckey

*Selected imagery courtesy of Mark Tuckey

The title is derived from the French verb “Entreprende” meaning “to undertake”. 

L’Entrepreneur celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit. Honouring those who undertake risk, chase adventure and provide a source of new ideas and innovation for the betterment of society. 

This candle and it's unique fragrance was created in collaboration between Suzie Anderson (of the legendary eponymous homewares stores in the Southern Highlands) and the Raconteur. 

A collaboration that began in late 2019, was disrupted by a pandemic, and finally blossomed into this fresh new candle fragrance. This new signature scent celebrates all those individuals, throughout history and today, who have been “in the arena” and found the determination to persevere and reinvent themselves during challenging times.

Scent: Fresh, citrus, floral (light), spicy, earthy, woody (rich), smokey

Elements: Cardamom, bergamot, thyme, leather accord, geranium, oak, cedarwood, oakmoss, labdanum, vetiver

Surprise: Clove leaf

Mood & Chemistry: Calming & grounding

- monoterpenes including myrcene and limonene
- monoterpenols including linalol
- sesquiterpenols including cedrol
- esters including linalyl acetate

Form: Round, smooth

Structure: Narrative

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase.

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer.

Discover Suzie Anderson Home

From its lush 12,000-year-old grassy sand dunes to secret valleys thick with forests, wallabies and prolific birdlife,Kittawa Lodge sits quietly on a magnificent stretch of coastline on King Island, Tasmania.

This candle and its unique fragrance tell the story of Kittawa Lodge and its pristine wilderness. With a fresh opening of petitgrain and native mint bush to stimulate the senses, it’s the Tasmanian native boronia and kunzea that quietly announce their presence before being comforted by the warmth of cedarwood and native white cypress.

Handmade in Australia by The Raconteur using 100% soy wax and cotton wicks. Free of paraffin, parabens and phthalates. Burns 60+ hours.

Scent: citrus, green, fresh, floral, earthy, woody (light)

Elements: petitgrain, mint bush, boronia, cedarwood, white cypress

Surprise: kunzea

Mood & Chemistry: refreshing, uplifting, anti-depressive

- monoterpenes including limonene, camphene, a-pinene
- oxides including 1,8 cineole

Form: thin, crisp, curved

Structure: narrative

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill- take 30% off your next purchase

Candle Care- key tips to make your candle burn longer

Discover Kittawa Lodge

*Selected images courtesy of Kittawa Lodge and Bowerbird Collective

This candle is the result of a collaboration between Vince Frost and The Raconteur.

Both storytellers. One visual. One olfactory.

The idea came about when Vince wondered if it was possible to rethink the candle and have it tell more than one story, so the exploration began. Ingredient by ingredient they worked through a diverse library of raw materials in the perfumer’s collection. Carefully they created the narrative within the candle and landed on the idea of creating three layers (or chapters), each containing a different fragrance and a different olfactive experience. Each fable leads seamlessly to the next. Evocative, soothing and peaceful. Exploring themes of identity, contentment and romance.

“I was so interested to explore what some of my favourite films, music and poetry would smell like. I wanted to create a candle that would take people on three separate personal experiences that mattered to me.”

To learn more about this collaboration and designing experiences through scent listen to the podcast HERE

Scent 1 ~ Movies

Sicilian lemon was always going to be the hero ingredient when thinking about the film The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola. The rich woods, tobacco and whiskey note brought the dark underworld and the spice of cardamom provided a crisp edge.

Scent 2 ~ Music

“Perfect Day” was as much about a time and a place in Central Park, NY in 1972, as it was about the core idea behind Lou Reed’s iconic song: contentment, domestic bliss, and appreciating the small things in a relationship. Of course rose as an enduring symbol of perfect beauty had to feature, as did the nod from patchouli, given the era. Calming and grounding Australian native sandalwood provided the perfect foundation on which moments of reflection could be built.

Scent 3 ~ Poetry

“I carry your heart with me”, a gentle poem by ee cummings about love, needed to start with a fresh subtle pairing of bergamot and tangerine as two perfect citrus notes. The warmth and spice of black pepper, when paired with a leather accord, gave the scent a richness and a depth, symbolic of course in all authentic relationships.

We hope this candle will create joy, delight and surprise and enhance the stories created in your own home. 

One candle. One story. Three chapters.

Scent 1: Spicy, citrus, boozy, woody (rich)

Elements: Cardamom, Italian citrus, whiskey (accord), tobacco, dark woods, moss, vanilla

Scent 2: Green (herbal), rosy, citrus, earthy, smokey

Elements: Artemisia, clove, lemon, rose, rum (accord), tonka bean, patchouli, vetiver, native sandalwood

Scent 3: Citrus, spicy, leathery, woody (rich), resinous

Elements: Bergamot, tangerine, basil, black pepper, clove, leather (accord), native sandalwood, cedarwood, patchouli, labdanum

Mood & Chemistry: 
Scent 1 ~ energising
Scent 2 ~ calming
Scent 3 ~ grounding
- monoterpenes including limonene
- monoterpenols including linalol
- oxides including 1,8 cineole
- esters including linalyl acetate

Form: Round, thick, luscious, smooth

Structure: Narrative

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer

Listen to the podcast

Discover Vince Frost

Wintery rains sweep over Lutheran steeples and replenish the soil with moisture for the growing season ahead. Straw, native grasses and compost provide nutrients around vine trunks before the wait begins for spring’s burst of velvet buds. Summer and autumn bring warmth to the valley floor and the sun leads the path to deep crimson colours, smooth tannins and bold intense flavours — swathes of berry fruits, spices, liquorice, mocha, venison, tobacco and oak. 

Historic towns. Green plains. Lush paddocks. Home to some of the world’s oldest shiraz, cab sav and grenache vines. For 180 years wine has been a way of life among these rolling hills, full of history and hardship, where life revolves around the soil, climate and community.

Top: pink pepper, cypress, cardamom, clove, cumin

Heart: jasmine, plum (accord), native lemon ironbark

Base: native buddawood, cedarwood, tobacco, patchouli, tonka bean

The Barossa is located on the traditional lands of the Ngadjuri, Peramangk and Kaurna people and we pay our respect to their elders past and present.

Scent: Spicy, fruity, floral, woody (rich), earthy

Elements: Pink pepper, cypress, cardamom, clove, cumin, jasmine, plum (accord), native buddawood, cedarwood, tobacco, patchouli, tonka bean

Surprise: Native lemon ironbark

Mood & Chemistry: Calming and grounding

- monoterpenes including myrcene and sabinene
- sesquiterpenes including a-cedrene
- monoterpenols including linalol
- sesquiterpenols including cedrol
- esters including linalyl acetate

Form: Thick, smooth, round

Structure: Narrative

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase.

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer.

Everything from the Agrarian Kitchen begins in the garden. That was the starting point for this scent, the sweet earthy aroma of rich healthy soil. Treemoss, cedarwood and birch tar provide the foundation and the hint of smokiness is a small nod to the grill and hot smoker where faint white plumes are always in gentle attendance.

At its heart, this is a distinctly robust and savoury scent. Vegetables are the star attraction, with notes from carrot seed, bitter fennel and a rhubarb accord. There’s freshness from the citrus top notes of bergamot and orange which are paired with the comforting warmth of rosemary and the crisp spice of cardamom and ginger.

The soul of this candle is a deep, savoury, hands in the soil scent that pays homage to one of the nation’s leading culinary institutions that combines an exceptional kitchen garden, cooking school and restaurant. 

Scent: savoury, herbaceous, earthy, citrus, smokey, spicy, woody

Elements: bergamot, orange, rosemary, cardamom, ginger, bitter fennel, rhubarb (accord), cedarwood, treemoss, birch tar

Surprise: carrot seed

Mood & Chemistry: Calming, Grounding and Uplifting

- monoterpenes including limonene
- monoterpenols including linalool
- esters including linalyl acetate
- oxides including 1,8 cineol

Form: smooth, round

Structure: narrative

Sound: Listen

Handmade in Sydney
Burns: 60+ hours
100% soy wax
Pure cotton wicks
Free of paraffin, parabens, phthalates and lead
Weight: 300g

Recycle & refill - take 30% off your next purchase.

Candle Care - key tips to make your candle burn longer.

Discover The Agrarian Kitchen

*Selected imagery courtesy of The Agrarian Kitchen and Anna Critchley.