Nº 01Cedar Smoke
Atlas cedar · birch tar · dry vetiver
Volume 01 · Autumn Edition
Portland, Oregon · 45.51°N
— Hand-poured · Soy & beeswax · Refillable —
OAK & EMBER
Light, slowed.
Eight slow-burning fragrances, poured by hand into ceramic vessels made to outlive the wax.
Est. 2021 · Studio 14
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Soy + beeswax blend✦75-hour burn✦Lead-free cotton wick✦Refillable ceramic vessel✦Hand-poured in Portland✦Eight signature fragrances✦Carbon-neutral shipping✦
Soy + beeswax blend✦75-hour burn✦Lead-free cotton wick✦Refillable ceramic vessel✦Hand-poured in Portland✦Eight signature fragrances✦Carbon-neutral shipping✦
— The Eight —Eight fragrances.
Eight fragrances.
One slow burn.
Each scent is built around a single architectural note, then layered with raw, slow-evolving materials. Pour temperature, cure time, and wick diameter are dialled by hand for an even, unhurried throw.
Nº 01$62
Nº 02Bergamot Iron
Calabrian bergamot · ironwood · oolong
Nº 03Wood Honey
Linden · raw honey · burnt sugar
Nº 04Ash & Linen
Cold ash · white linen · iris root
Nº 05Black Fig
Black mission fig · oud · damp moss
Nº 06Stone Cellar
Wet stone · vetiver · old paper
Nº 07Hearth
Smoked oak · clove · cracked pepper
Nº 08Vetiver Hush
Haitian vetiver · sandalwood · suede
9 oz · 75-hour burn · cotton wickComplimentary shipping over $90
— Pour Nº 47 · in progress —
— About the burn —
Seventy-five hours of measured warmth.
Our blend is 82% non-GMO soy and 18% Oregon beeswax — the soy holds fragrance, the beeswax burns clean and slow, the way a candle is supposed to. We cure each vessel for fourteen days before it leaves the studio.
Wicks are flat-braided lead-free cotton, sized individually to the jar diameter. The flame settles low, the pool stays even, and the wax disappears at exactly the rate it should.
75h
Burn time
82/18
Soy / wax
14d
Cure
0
Lead, dyes, parabens
— The Vessel · Studio Specimen Nº 03 —
Hand-thrown · Stoneware · Fired 1240°C
— The Vessel —Made to outlive
Made to outlive
the wax inside.
Every candle is poured into the same vessel — a stoneware jar hand-thrown by a small studio in McMinnville, glazed in a matte bone finish that warms with use.
When the wax runs out, the jar stays. Return it through our refill program and we'll send a fresh pour in compostable packaging.
Refill program
$28Refills are $28 each — $20 less than a new candle. Choose any of the eight fragrances. Shipping is included on returns.
Start a refill— Routine —Three rooms.
Three rooms.
Three hours of the day.
A small guide to which fragrance suits which kind of light, told through the rooms we lit them in first.
07:00
Morning light
A cleaner, brighter scent for the first hour of the day. Set on the kitchen counter while the kettle climbs.
RecommendedBergamot Iron · Ash & Linen
20:30
Working evening
Warmth, depth, focus. Lit at the desk after dinner, burned down through one quiet task.
RecommendedCedar Smoke · Stone Cellar
16:00
Reset Sunday
The full-room ritual. Two wicks lit at the same time, windows cracked, music low. A slow afternoon.
RecommendedHearth · Black Fig
— Gifts —Three ways to
Three ways to
give a slow night.
Each set is wrapped at the Portland studio in unbleached card, hemp twine, and a hand-numbered note. Free gift messaging.
Set Nº 01
The Discovery
Four 2 oz poursAn introduction to the full library — Cedar Smoke, Bergamot Iron, Black Fig, Ash & Linen. Boxed in unbleached card.
Add the set
Set Nº 02
The Pair
Two 9 oz vesselsChoose two from the eight. Wrapped together with a hand-tied linen ribbon and a folded note card.
Add the set
Set Nº 03
The Single
One vessel + matchbookA single 9 oz candle paired with a long-stem matchbook in deep ember. The cleanest, most considered gift.
Add the set— The Studio —A two-person studio
A two-person studio
in Northwest Portland.
Hana and Theo started OAK & EMBER in the back of a ceramics studio in 2021 with one wax pot and a small spreadsheet of scent blends. Five years on, we still pour every candle by hand on the same long oak table.
We work in batches of forty. Every jar is checked, weighed, numbered, and cured for two weeks before it's allowed to leave the building.
Hana
Fragrance & pourTheo
Vessel & studio
— Studio 14 · NW Thurman St · Pour day, MarchFrame 12 / 36
— Quarterly · The Seasons —Receive one
Receive one
each season.
One hand-poured 9 oz candle delivered four times a year — paired to the season and rotated through our small-batch reserve fragrances. Shipping always included in the contiguous US. Pause or cancel any quarter.