4oz soy-coconut wax candle - no paraffin

Conservatory is a celebration of ferns, moss, soil, and leafy, stemmy humidity. The fragrance contains a rather large dose of geosmin, the scent of petrichor and freshly turned earth. This is a very small initial run of 4oz candles - I will likely produce a larger size in the future

Musings

The conservatory candle is inspired by the profound scent of fecundity that greets visitors as they enter the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago - a world-class collection of plants under glass mere steps from my studio. I have been sketching out aromatic impressions of the conservatory’s palm house, fern room, desert house, etc. for years. The general aromatic concept - of ebullient growth, of leaves and cortex and humidity and rain and earth - is at the core of the Deep Field project. Yet this particular scent profile, in its raw form, does not make for a particularly wearable perfume. And so I am very happy to offer it to you in its appropriate medium, as a candle.

This is the first release on this theme, with more on the horizon. Composing fragrances for candles takes quite a bit of R+D, so keep checking back in this space for more.