Summer, Three Ways

Summer has a way of smelling different depending on where you’re standing. In an orchard, it’s the sticky-sweet aroma of fruit practically melting on the branches. Near citrus groves, it’s that sharp, zesty punch that greets your nose before you even spot the trees. And in a garden? It’s something softer—honeyed blooms, green leaves, and the warmth of sunlit glass.

This set gives you all three. These aren’t the kind of candles you stash away for “special occasions.” Nope. These are the ones you light immediately—while cooking in the kitchen, soaking in the tub, or pretending to work at your desk. They’re not here to create some Pinterest-perfect moment; they’re here to make your everyday spaces smell like they’ve got their life together.

Each jar burns for 30 hours. That’s a lot of summer afternoons, even when it’s the dead of February.

Setting the Scene (Not Just Lighting a Candle)

• Pick your first scent based on what you're doing. Grapefruit for mornings when you need to wake up, apricot for afternoons when you're working but want something sweet nearby, Place in the Sun for evenings when the house needs to smell like more than takeout.
• Trim the wick to ¼ inch before lighting. Let the wax melt all the way to the edges on the first burn—this prevents tunneling and makes the candle last longer. Burn for 3-4 hours at a time, never more than 4.
• When one runs out, move to the next. Or light two at once in different rooms. There's no wrong order.

What’s Inside the Set?

• Blush Apricot Soy Candle (6oz): Ripe apricot with musk, vetiver, and jasmine underneath
• Ruby Red Grapefruit Soy Candle (6oz): Sweet-tart grapefruit, the honeyed kind that's more dessert than breakfast
• Place in the Sun Soy Candle (6oz): Green tea, fruit, honey, nuts—bright without being sharp

Why Choose the Summer Candle Set?

• Different Rooms, Different Moods: Apricot in bedrooms, grapefruit in bathrooms, Place in the Sun in kitchens. Or rotate them weekly. People use them however they want.
• Small Batch, Owings Mills: Hand-poured by people who've been making candles here for years. Every batch gets checked before it leaves.
• 90 Hours Total: Three 6oz jars at 30 hours each. That's three months if you burn one for an hour every night.
• Actually Burns Clean: 100% soy wax from American-grown soybeans. No smoke, no black marks on your ceiling, no weird chemical smell when you walk into the room.
• Not For Decoration: These get used. People buy them in January when they need to remember what sun feels like.