Our Wonderful Scents

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Chivalry lives on here at man made candles and we formulated this scent  with the men we respect most around here in mind. Whether its your grand dad, father or even your brother, a gentleman stands out from the crowd and we feel our gentleman candle does as well! This scent starts with a base of cedar wood and vetiver, then we take it to another level with fresh balsam and labdanum, and finish it out with touches of lemon and lavender. A scent that earns its namesake and will leave the room virtually holding the door open for you.

Ever since our recent visit to a tranquil local apple orchard, we have been testing a scent to recreate that woodsy, and wonderfully apple aroma. It took many iterations but we believe we have created a scent that captures a walk inside a warm apple orchard and we could not be happier. With oils from apple leaf, and pear flowers, an even amount of apple, oak and ceadarwoods, we have created a calming candle scent that might just be your next favorite, as it is definitely one of ours.

Hearthstones have been used for centuries in crafting fireplaces to keep homes cozy and warm. That idea was the inspiration for our Hearthstone candle. In using base notes of lemon, apple and mint leaves, we combined woody notes of Canadian fir, eucalyptus, and musk, making this scent perfect for any night that calls for the comfort of a warm fire.

If you have never smelled fresh sheets hanging out to dry, you don't know what you're missing. Lucky for you, we feel we have captured this wonderful scent in our Egyptian linen and lavender scented candle! We mixed beautiful bouquets of lavender and peony, balanced those oils with clean cotton, white woods and musk, for a scent that will have you "drunk" with calmness and take you back to a time where you can almost feel the wind coming off of the clothesline!

The first scent formulated by our "scentests" (our word for our candle scent scientists) takes a base of vanilla and sandalwood and builds upon it with amber and jasmine with hints of pear and peach blossom. A warm and room filling scent that will no doubt remind you of a current or past girlfriend's sweater.

There are not many experiences that can top coming home to a warm loaf of banana nut bread right out of the oven. We decided to bottle up that scent and mix it into a candle! We combined toasted walnut oils, ripe banana, and nutmeg with sugar, for a blend that balances nutty and sweet. Vanilla and cake base notes complete the fragrance for a smell your mom would be proud of.

Sometimes you want to light a candle without the scent and just experience the glow and crackle of the wooden wick. We heard you and could not agree more. A faint scent of honey still catches your nose and that yellow glow is unmistakable. For a perfectly unscented experience, add this to your favorite vessel today!

As the weather cools off, football jumps back on TV, and the colors of fall begin to emerge, somewhere pumpkins are being chopped up for an early pumpkin pie. We grabbed some of that early pumpkin, mixed in some blood orange scent with hints of persimmon and clove, and ground it out with raw brown sugar and some homemade vanilla. Don't wait for Thanksgiving - this candle is fresh out of the oven!

When it comes to cookies around holiday time, there really is nothing like a perfectly iced sugar cookie. Bringing that scent to life as a candle was our goal when we developed Sugar Cookie Cream! Now these are no ordinary sugar cookies, we used notes of creamy honey, caramel, brown sugar, with hints of coconut and vanilla. Truly a scent to make your house Santa's first stop on Christmas. 

When the weather gets colder and we turn to our fire pits or fireplaces for warmth, not many experiences can top a safe bonfire. Couple that with a visit to the beach, and lasting memories are sure to be made. Our Beach Side Bonfire scent brings all the magic of an evening around a fire at the beach, home! We start with a sweet and slightly smokey vanilla amber, add hints of leather and sandalwood, then a touch of oud and cardamon for a candle you will never need a lifeguard for!

The first stage of candle making is always melting the wax. Using beeswax produces a faint scent of honey - one of  our favorite things about using it. We like it so much we began working on finding new oils and fragrances to amplify the honey scent from beeswax and add something special. When we took notes of orange marmalade, tamarind and honey, added brown sugar and our special bourbon blend, we instantly knew we achieved our goal with our Drunken Bees candle. No bees were harmed in the making of this candle but they sure were happy, and we think you will be too!

Crafting a summer scent that captures some of the seasons best elements was an interesting challenge. We knew it had to be refreshing and strong, yet natural with that man made candles touch. What we produced is quickly becoming one of our favorites around the house. Our citrus shandy scent began with bright Mandarin and lemon oils, then adding warm vanilla and hints of amber and finally dry sandalwood. Light one up and experience the scent of summer, just don't forget your sun glasses.

If you are going to name a candle Texas Pecan, it either has to be really big, undeniably southern or include something to do with pecans. As the nuts found on the Texas state tree, pecans (pronounced puh-khans) can be found just about anywhere you go in Texas. We decided to bring a little of that feeling home to Arizona with our Texas Pecan scented candle. With subtle notes of orange, caramel and vanilla, and a large helping of roasted pecan oils and just a small dash of cinnamon and spice, our Texas candle will have you saying howdy y'all in no time.

Fall is that time of year that seems to always have a place on the mantle when burning a candle, and we agree. Our Cider Mill Candle never takes time off and will help you stretch that cozy feeling into any time of the year. We combine delicious apple fragrance with red berries, clove and nectar oils with leaves and white musk. You can almost hear, and definitely smell the apples being crushed when lighting our Cider Mill candle. Alcohol not included, for now!

Ever since we brought home our family Christmas tree, our living room has been filled with that wonderful pine tree scent. We wanted to bottle that up and have been working overtime to bring that experience to you. Our Windy Pines candle will bring that same wonderful scent of a Christmas pine anytime you want. We started with a combination of crushed pine cones and cedar wood, added a little fir needle and eucalyptus oil and mixed in bayberry and white rose fragrance to finish. A candle that will let everyone know Christmas time is here!

No camping trip is complete without roasting marshmallows and sandwiching them between some chocolate and graham crackers. The velvety, smokey sweet scent we developed blew us away and we decided to mix in some beeswax for a candle we cant keep our noses out of. With a combination of earthy birch and  guaiacwood, smokey vanilla and cacao leaf, and hints of chestnut and wild sumac oils, we are confident you will want to pull up a seat next to our midnight campfire candle.

We here at Man Made Candles will not start our day without a good cup of Joe. When we really want to treat ourselves, we reach for our salted caramel mocha recipe. When those flavors combine, they produce a wonderfully smelling aroma that became our inspiration behind our Salted Caramel Mocha candle. With notes of butter coffee, creamy caramel, sweet cacao and brown sugar, you will definitely want to reach for a second cup, I813 mean candle! 

If you have ever walked along aisles lined with bamboo, you know how calming and relaxing that scent can be. We enjoyed this so much we put together a fragrance that captured all of these mood enhancing benefits into a beautifully curated candle. With scents of casaba melon, cactus flower, touches of eucalyptus and sage and plenty of Buddha bamboo oils, Bamboo Gardens is sure to heighten your mood and clear your mind like only a man made candle can.