Scent families
Five families. One Aotearoa anchor each.
Most candle directories borrow a French perfumery template. We don’t. Each of our families is anchored in a NZ-native note — mānuka, kawakawa, kānuka, pōhutukawa, mānuka honey — so the directory feels grounded in where it’s made.
- W
Woody
Anchor · Mānuka
Resinous, dry, structural. Smoke, not sweetness.
Feels like — A tramping hut in early evening, fire just lit.
7 makers working this family →
- F
Floral
Anchor · Pōhutukawa
Composed, never cloying. Petal-by-petal, not a bouquet.
Feels like — A fresh-flower stall on a still summer morning.
6 makers working this family →
- H
Herbal
Anchor · Kawakawa
Green, medicinal, alive. The bush after rain.
Feels like — Bushwalk in light rain, ferns underfoot.
4 makers working this family →
- S
Sweet
Anchor · Mānuka honey
Honeyed, vanillic, comforting. The opposite of austere.
Feels like — Tea and toast, fire still going, late afternoon.
3 makers working this family →
- C
Fresh
Anchor · Kānuka
Coastal. Bright. The opposite of heavy.
Feels like — First swim of summer, towel drying on a Pōhutukawa branch.
4 makers working this family →