Journal

The notes behind our darkest fragrance, where it came from, and the rooms and hours it was built for.

A candle is an easy gift to give and a surprisingly easy one to get wrong. How to pick a scent for someone whose taste you only half know.

Scenting a whole house is not the same as scenting a room. A method for making several fragrances read as one, without any of them shouting.

Three ways to scent a room, each good at something different. Here is how to work out which one a room actually needs.

Not all wax burns the same way. A short guide to what is actually in the jar, why we settled on a coconut and soy blend, and what to look for on any label.

A few small habits make a candle burn evenly, last longer and smell the way it should. Here is everything we tell people who ask.