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Pink rose mahalepi pudding cubes served in bright rose syrup in a white bowl, with one cube lifted on a spoon.

Roses: A Candle That Ties Two Homes Together

Roses is the most personal candle we've made. A fresh, not-too-sweet rose scent that ties together Cypriot summers, English gardens, and two homes that both smell of roses.

Roses: A Candle That Ties Two Homes Together

Roses is the most personal candle we've made. A fresh, not-too-sweet rose scent that ties together Cypriot summers, English gardens, and two homes that both smell of roses.

Ripe figs hanging from a leafy fig tree in warm sunlight, surrounded by large green leaves and a softly blurred garden background.

Fig Tree • Fruit, Leaf and Wood

My wife loves figs. Fig Tree started with the tree at her family's summer place in the Cyprus mountains, and the gardens in Sussex that smell the same come late...

Fig Tree • Fruit, Leaf and Wood

My wife loves figs. Fig Tree started with the tree at her family's summer place in the Cyprus mountains, and the gardens in Sussex that smell the same come late...

Wild Thyme • Hillside Herbs and Old Stone

Wild Thyme • Hillside Herbs and Old Stone

If you've walked the South Downs in summer, you've smelled this candle. Wild Thyme is warm herbs and wild lavender over the cool of old Sussex stone.

Wild Thyme • Hillside Herbs and Old Stone

If you've walked the South Downs in summer, you've smelled this candle. Wild Thyme is warm herbs and wild lavender over the cool of old Sussex stone.

Hand holding a black cylindrical box for The Ditchling Candle Company Fig Tree candle, scented with leaf, fruit and wood.

How to Choose a Candle Worth Buying

A good candle fills a room, burns clean for hours, and smells as good in its last hour as its first. Here's what to look for in your next one.

How to Choose a Candle Worth Buying

A good candle fills a room, burns clean for hours, and smells as good in its last hour as its first. Here's what to look for in your next one.

Close up of soy wax flakes

Soy, coconut, and why we'll never pour paraffin

Most candles, even expensive ones, are made from paraffin, a petroleum byproduct that burns dirty. Here's why we pour soy and coconut instead.

Soy, coconut, and why we'll never pour paraffin

Most candles, even expensive ones, are made from paraffin, a petroleum byproduct that burns dirty. Here's why we pour soy and coconut instead.

Why your candle tunnels, and how to stop it

Why your candle tunnels, and how to stop it

You light a candle. It burns down the middle in a neat little cylinder, leaving a thick ring of wax stuck to the sides. Here's why, and how to fix...

Why your candle tunnels, and how to stop it

You light a candle. It burns down the middle in a neat little cylinder, leaving a thick ring of wax stuck to the sides. Here's why, and how to fix...