Our Wonderful Scents

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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 give an item the name of Texas, 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-khan) 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 may have come and gone, but our Cider Mill Candle will help you stretch that 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!

The only thing better than summer days are summer nights. Sometimes the bugs like to spoil that fun and man made candles is here to help with our Summer Nights cement vessel candle. We wanted a slightly stronger vessel for outdoor use and as always, all natural ingredients and the results have been awesome. This candle contains Citronella and lemongrass essential oils, with camphor and cedarwood for a crisp and woody all natural insect repellent. The cement vessel is a bit larger so we used two wooden wicks for a larger  scent throw and a longer burn time. Keep the bugs away in style with our Summer Nights citronella candle, your skin will thank you for it!

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 a second cup! 

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. 

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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 girlfriend's sweater.

In having a scent named girlfriend's sweater you know we had to formulate one that would go hand-in-hand, and we think we did just that with "The Gentleman".  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.

Want something a little fruity? Mango Royale is here for you. We start with pure mango and sweet sugar, then we add notes of acai berry and geranium, with bits of green coconut and orange. Brighten your senses and let the islands fill the air with this wonderfully fruity candle.

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. 

If one fruity scent is good, two is even better! When developing this scent we could not choose between this one and Mango Royale, so we stocked them both. We begin with pineapple nectar and sugared lime, mix in some sweet melon and guava, with notes of coconut and vanilla. A true tropical escape anywhere you want to light it.

When it’s time to fill the room with a sexy scent that makes sure you notice it,  Amber Noir is the scent for you. Starting with sweet mandarin and jasmine, we then combine musk with soft sandlewood notes. This fragrance is intriguing, sultry and sensual.  Don’t take our word for it, try it for yourself, it’s a must have.