Frost-Gilded Forest Candle Offering

Hush now, love — tread lightly, for the forest is shrouded in crystal. The air bites sweet and sharp, perfumed with pine resin and snow-cold breath. It was on such a morning that Frost-Gilded Forest came to me, when the world itself seemed carved from glass and silence. I’d gone out to gather inspiration — and perhaps a touch of frost in my lashes— when a raven stirred in the bough of a Scots pine, scattering hoarfrost like stardust from a winter god’s cloak. The glitter fell through a shaft of sunlight, and for a heartbeat the whole forest loosed it's breath. In that moment, I knew what the candle must be — the scent of stillness awakening, of evergreen and frost, of something ancient exhaling beneath the snow.

When I returned home, the memory still clung to me — cold on the skin, wild in the heart. I set the wax to melt and folded that moment into flame: the bite of juniper, the depth of fir, the clarity of birch, and a wisp of herb to remind the soul that warmth endures. Slowly, the blend found its voice — crystalline yet comforting, solemn yet alive — as though winter itself had crept close to the fire.

When the wick is lit, the forest stirs once more: pine and cedar rise like a hymn, smoke curls soft as snowmelt, and a thread of spice drifts through the air. The flame glows pale gold, a tiny sun to thaw midwinter hearts. Each breath feels like stepping through frost-touched branches while ravens gossip overhead, their trickster croaks echoing through the hush. It’s a candle of contrasts — cold and warmth, silence and song, solitude and belonging.

I never poured it so much as invited it in — winter’s own offering, caught in wax and wonder. And when it burns low, leaving only that silvery scent of pine and faraway stars, you might almost hear the raven again, shaking snow from her ebony feathers as she calls across the snowscape — a reminder that even in the deep freeze, something wild still watches, still waits, still remembers your name.

Scent Weave - Brisk, Aromatic, Sparkling

Fragrance Notes: Mint, Champagne, Citrus. Cypress, Balsam, Pine, Smoke, Cedar, Juniper.