Te Aro · Wellington
Cuba St Mercantile
Concept store
Cuba Street homewares-and-fragrance concept store. Stocks Te Aro Candle Studio's full catalogue, plus visiting makers.
The shop.
Mercantile occupies a deep, narrow Cuba Street tenancy and runs as much as a fragrance concept-store as a homewares boutique. They stock the Te Aro Candle Studio range under the studio's own label (rare — Te Aro mostly white-labels), plus a rotating front-table of visiting NZ makers.
What makes it worth visiting
The Te Aro Candle Studio range under its own label, in one place
Visit tip
Saturday afternoons get busy — go on a Friday or a quiet Tuesday
Makers carried.
3 makers on the shelf.
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