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The Original

Not a candle.

Until you light it.

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Not A Candle Co

Light for the home. Candle pearls, fine as sand, poured into the crystal, silver and china you already own, and scented with the oils you already keep.

Unscented until you chooseOud, rose, amber, cedar
Or nothing at all

Scent

We add nothing. So you may add anything.

Every tube arrives unscented. A few drops of your own oil, folded through the pearls before you pour, and the candle smells of your house, not ours. Oud in the evening. Rose for a guest. Cedar in the study. Or nothing at all, which is its own luxury.

Your oil Your vessel Your room

YOUR HOME IS THE VESSEL

The crystal, the silver, the china you already love. Lit.

THE BOX IS ONLY THE BEGINNING

What it becomes is up to you.

A candle of pearls, just lit, glides away as pearls pour into the next vessel

Open. Pour. Scent. Wick. Light.

Anything heat-safe you already love.

The Collection

One tube, or a table full of them.

One Not A Candle Co tube on a marble plinth

The Original

One tube · 500 g candle pearls · 33 wicks

£39

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Two tubes side by side on a marble plinth

The Pair

Two tubes · 1 kg candle pearls · 66 wicks

£72

One to keep, one to give.

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Three tubes on a marble plinth

The Table

Three tubes · 1.5 kg candle pearls · 99 wicks

£99

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The aqua tube glowing in low light beside a candle of pearls burning in smoked olive glass
Most candles arrive finished. Ours arrives as an idea.
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The Ritual

Open. Pour. Scent. Wick. Light.

  1. The lid lifted from the tube, the pearls and wicks inside
    i.Open

    Untie the ribbon and lift the lid.

  2. Candle pearls pouring from the tube into a bowl
    ii.Pour

    Into the vessel you love.

  3. Drops of oil falling from a glass dropper onto white candle pearls
    iii.Scent

    A few drops of your own oil, or none at all.

  4. A wick standing in the centre of the pearls
    iv.Wick

    Press a wick into the centre until it stands.

  5. The bowl of pearls, lit
    v.Light

    Light it. Whatever holds it is now the candle.

Candle pearls pouring from the tube into a silver bowl

The Pearls

Poured, not moulded.

Minute pearls of plant-based wax, fine as sand, so they take any shape you give them. A small pool melts around the flame; the rest stays exactly where you poured it.

In every tube
500 g candle pearls, 33 wicks
Light
Up to 120 hours, as printed on the tube
The wax
Plant-based
The colour
White. We make no other.
The scent
None, until you add your own
The ribbon
White
The tube
97 × 175 mm, made to be kept
The lid of the tube from above: I'm Not A Candle Co, I'm Art

Gifts

The perfect gift.

In the house box, tied by hand with white ribbon.

A rigid box in the house aqua. Inside, the tube, the note, and nothing else. The ribbon is tied by a person, not a machine.

  • The gift box, tied by hand with white ribbon
  • A note in our hand, written on your behalf
  • No price on the parcel
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Private Client

For the table, the residence, the occasion.

Candle pearls poured into your own crystal, silver or china, on every table. We work with planners, private households, hotels and yachts on quantity and placement, and we travel.

  • Weddings
  • Private dining
  • Residences
  • Hotels & yachts

The private list

Limited editions and private previews, before anyone else.

Private Client

Tell us about the room.