A Gentle Man Candle

This candle is inspired by my much loved and missed Grandfather who was called John, but he was known as Jack. I have so many happy memories of him from my childhood. He was a big man, a soldier, a heavyweight boxer, but he was kind, and was very much a gentle man. This fragrance reminds me so much of him; a heady mix of floral cologne and a hint of cigar tobacco.

This candle is hand-poured in my Wiltshire cottage using a gorgeous plant based wax blend using coconut and rapeseed wax, along with a cotton wick, high quality fragrance oil and an amber glass candle vessel. As with all natural plant based wax candles, the tops aren't always 100% smooth due to the natural nature of the wax.

Top Notes: Lemon, Lime, Mint & Cognac

Heart Notes: Jasmine, Iris wood, Clove & Vetiver

Base Notes: Oak, Incense, Tobacco & Musk

Candle Details

• Coconut and Rapeseed wax candle 
• Fragrance oil blend
• 30 CL Amber glass jar
• Cotton wick
• Wax fill 220g  
• Approx 45 hours of burn time 
• Hand poured in small batches in my Wiltshire kitchen
• Fully recyclable and plastic free packaging

Candle Care & safety

• Ensure that candles are kept away from children and animals, draughts, flammable objects and are only burnt on a heatproof surface. Do not touch a burning candle as the vessel heats up during burning.
• Before lighting, trim the wax down to 0.5am, trim wick after every use if it is longer than 0.5cm.
• On each burn, burn for 2-3 hours to allow the melted wax pool to reach all the way to the edge of the vessel as this creates a 'wax memory' and reduces the risk of a candle 'tunnelling'.
• Do not burn for longer than 3- 4 hours at a time and if the flame becomes too high during a burn, extinguish and trim the wick before relighting.
• Once your candle burns down to the final 1-2cm of wax extinguish and then once cooled you can clean and re-purpose the jar, see my candle care page here for details of how to clean and remove old wax and wicks.