Cinder & Pumpkin is a pure soy wax candle infused with a natural pumpkin spice essential oil blend, poured into a hand-finished pumpkin-shaped jar that is as much an object as it is a vessel. It is a candle for the dark half of the year...for the evenings that arrive earlier.
The pumpkin spice blend- cinnamon, clove, vanilla, ginger, nutmeg, and the warm base note that rounds them- is not merely seasonal nostalgia. These are warming spices with genuine medicinal heritage. Cinnamon in Ayurveda is deeply warming and Vata-pacifying...calming the scattered, anxious energy of the season's transition. Clove and ginger bring warmth, and the kind of deep physical comfort that autumn specifically requires. Together they are the spices that have marked the harvest season in medicine and in ceremony across the Arab world, medieval Europe, and Ayurvedic tradition for centuries.
This is the scent of the apothecary in October. Of the kitchen in late afternoon. Of woody, warm spice and the particular safety of being indoors when the year is turning dark outside.
The vessel: A hand-finished pumpkin-shaped jar- seasonal, collectible, and entirely reusable once the candle has burned. Plant something in it in spring. Use it as a trinket dish. Keep it on the shelf as a reminder that beauty is also a form of ritual.
The wax: 100% natural soy- slow-burning, non-toxic, clean. The spice blend diffuses at a warm and consistent depth throughout the burn as this is a scent that develops as the candle lives, revealing its warmer base notes as the hours pass.
The scent: Natural pumpkin spice essential oil blend- including cinnamon, clove, ginger, nutmeg. Warm, spiced, autumnal. The smell of the season made into light.
The ritual: Light it and get comfortable. With a cup of something warm. With a blanket. With the intention to unwind and bask in the fragrance of nature's warmth.
PRODUCT DETAILS:
-Volume: 20cl
-Wax: 100% natural soy wax
-Fragrance: Natural pumpkin spice essential oil blend- cinnamon, clove, ginger, nutmeg
-Wick: Natural cotton wick
-Burn time: Approximately 40-45 hours
-Vessel: Pumpkin-shaped jar- seasonal and reusable
-Hand-poured in small batches
-Limited seasonal edition
CARE INSTRUCTIONS:
Trim the wick to 5mm before every burn. Allow the wax to reach a full melt pool on the first burn to preserve the even surface and prevent tunnelling. Due to the shaped vessel, ensure the candle is placed on a completely flat, heat-resistant surface for every burn. Never leave a burning candle unattended. Keep out of reach of children and pets. The pumpkin jar may be warm to the touch during and after burning- handle with care.
A NOTE FROM THE APOTHECARY:
Every culture that has ever marked this season has done so with warmth, with spice, with light in the darkness. There is medicine in that instinct...the ancient understanding that when the world grows cold and dark, the body needs heat and scent and the company of a flame.
Cinder & Pumpkin is that medicine, made beautiful.
Veil of Gaia · Ancient wisdom. Living medicine.
