SEPTEMBER 22, 2025
When you light a candle, the fragrance often steals the spotlight. But in the tropics, the story begins much earlier—long before the wick is lit, in the hands of Filipino potters who craft our jars.
Pottery Meets Fragrance
Before fragrances, pottery was one of our first creative loves. Clay felt limitless—something you could mold into whatever you dreamed of. Using ceramic jars was our way of bringing two crafts together: pottery and scent.
Ceramic also felt right for practical reasons. It’s durable, food-safe, sustainable, and endlessly reusable. More than packaging, these jars are made to stay with you—long after the wax has melted away. Once the candle is finished, the jar can be safely cleaned and reused as a coffee mug, snack bowl, plant pot, display piece, or anything your heart desires. Even the lids are versatile, doubling as trinket or candy dishes.
Image from Artisan Lanelle Abueva-Fernando Handcrafts Mugs that Symbolize the Filipino Spirit by Jica Simpas (2021).
By Filipino Hands
Our jars are created with Ms. Lanelle Abueva-Fernando’s team of artisans, using stoneware clay that is molded, trimmed, glazed, and fired in a kiln. The process takes about a month from start to finish, with each piece touched by hand. No two jars are ever the same—subtle variations in glaze and firing make each one unique, just like the people who shaped them.
More Than a Candle
Every candle begins and ends with craft—scents carefully blended, jars slowly made. Together, they form something familiar yet fresh, sustainable yet soulful.
Inside every jar is a story: of clay, of hands, of the Philippines.