Newtown · Wellington
Kōwhai & Coast
Coastal-bright candles from a Newtown garage studio — tiny batches, mailing-list only.
- Mailing list only
- Soy-coconut blend
- Salvaged vessels
Wax base
Soy-coconut blend
From
$46 NZD
Typical burn
44 hours
Trading
4 years
Team
Solo founder
The studio.
Kōwhai & Coast is the smallest maker on the directory. One person, one bench, four fragrances at any time, mailing-list-only releases that sell out in under twenty minutes. The salt-spray-and-kōwhai is the cult one — a fresh-floral hybrid you can't quite place even after the wick is out.
Signature.
Salt-spray-kōwhai, fig-and-driftwood — coastal greens with floral lift
Vessel.
Salvaged amber pharmacy bottles, hand-cut
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Where to find Kōwhai & Coast.
2 stockists carry this maker — physical and online.
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara — small city, big candle scene. Te Aro studios pour for half the homewares boutiques in Cuba St, and a coastal-spray brief comes naturally to a town this windy.
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