CURIO CANDLES is a family-run business based in Austin, TX (formally Minnesota based). Our scents are deeply influenced by vintage design, fairytales, mystery and romance. Each scent has an original story vignette to transport you to a unique time and place — because a scent is a starting point for storytelling.
We created what we could never seem to find in stores: candles that are deep, complex and intriguing. It's never about specific notes, but what fantasy can be found when combined in various, careful amounts. We handcraft our candles like alchemy — each with a custom fragrance blend made to inspire.
Mystic Market
The Nocturnal event begins. Clairvoyants and oracles, mages and crystal-gazers offer their goods before a curious crowd. The luminous moon blurs as hazy charms of patchouli, nag champa, amber, juniper. dark musk, & gin drift into the night.
- SCENT FAMILY: warm + spicy
- KEY NOTES: patchouli, nag champa, amber, juniper, dark musk & gin
Speakeasy
Lost in an underground labyrinth, I’m reduced to following my nose: whiskey, oak, ginger, jasmine & lavender — that strange mix where drunks and dames mingle the only place they can. I tip my hat and enter its threshold; this smoky, boozy, crooning hideaway.
- SCENT FAMILY: herbal, warm + spicy, bright + boozy
- KEY NOTES: whiskey, oak, ginger, jasmine, lavender
Fairy Springs
The heroine stumbles upon a clearing with glowing waters. She’s fatigued, but feels lucky — it’s a fairy spring. She drops into the pool of eucalyptus, shea, peppermint, rosemary, coconut & vanilla. With each passing second, she heals.
- SCENT FAMILY: herbal, fresh
- KEY NOTES: eucalyptus, shea, peppermint, rosemary, coconut, vanilla