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.
Enchanted Forest
You step into a curious wood of magical creatures and dark wood dwellers hidden by the cypress, evergreen, and fir trees. The flora envelopes you in sweetness, while patchouli, amber & smoke compel you down the path to adventure.
- SCENT FAMILY: earthy + woody, fresh
- KEY NOTES: cypress, evergreen, fir, patchouli, amber, smoke
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
Witching Hour
The sun sinks behind bramble and crooked trees that hide the wood witch’s home. While the world sleeps, her chimney puffs alluring clouds of black violet, ginger, bergamot, saffron, raspberry & vetiver as her potion reaches treacherous heights.
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SCENT FAMILY: warm + spicy, earthy + woody
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KEY NOTES: black violet, ginger, bergamot, saffron, raspberry, vetiver
Velvet Boudoir
After years separated by war and duty, two lovers reunite. They meet at the boudoir, sultry and sumptuous with rich fabrics and candlelight, the air filled with sweet plum, black cherry, sugar, musk, chamomile & freesia.
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Scent Family: fruity, warm + spicy
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Key Notes: plum, black cherry, sugar, musk, chamomile, freesia
Cottage By The Sea
Warm winds and salty sea air travel through your garden to greet you at the front door. Fresh rain and earth mix with the fruits and florals of green leaves, pear, ozone, pineapple, cedar & lilac to assure you — you’re home.
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SCENT FAMILY: fresh, floral
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KEY NOTES: green leaves, pear, ozone, pineapple, cedar, lilac
Edinburgh Library
It’s a snug afternoon among old books and a crackling fireplace. Soft rain patters across mossy cobblestone streets outside while, in your library, the aroma of leather, smoke and sage find balance with earthy oakmoss, amber, lavender & orange.
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SCENT FAMILY: earthy + woody
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KEY NOTES: leather, smoke, sage, oakmoss, amber, lavender, orangeIn the garden of the gods, perfection blooms. Golden oranges, grapefruit and mint, vibrant in color and texture, mingle with vanilla, cypress, pine & peach. Seduced wanderers grasp at the fruits, blind to what pains, or pleasures, may follow.
Sacred Grove
In the garden of the gods, perfection blooms. Golden oranges, grapefruit and mint, vibrant in color and texture, mingle with vanilla, cypress, pine & peach. Seduced wanderers grasp at the fruits, blind to what pains, or pleasures, may follow.
- SCENT FAMILY: fruity, fresh
- KEY NOTES: orange, grapefruit, mint, vanilla, cypress, pine, peach
Southern Gothic
Fresh rose, carnation and violet mix in a melody with streetcar dings and pristine manors. But an aura of intrigue haunts with teakwood, peppercorn & leather, for the gnarled trees weep and the bayou breathes in the shadows of the south.
- SCENT FAMILY: floral, earthy + woody
- KEY NOTES: rose, carnation, violet, teakwood, peppercorn & leather
Gilded Coast
Ghost of seafarers from eras past croon across the roaring waves. Their industrial legacy lingers in the bones of the glistening pier, where smoke, tobacco and sandalwood marry the sweet frivolities of coconut milk, tonka bean & honey.
- SCENT FAMILY: gourmand, earthy + woody
- KEY NOTES: smoke, tobacco, sandalwood, coconut milk, tonka bean, honey
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
Cozy Bakery
The corner bakery beckons. You take refuge inside where black tea, black currant, lemon. spruce & vanilla chase all worries out the door behind you. Time ceases to exist in a plus seat with a treat and soft conversation.
- SCENT FAMILY: gourmand, fruity
- KEY NOTES: black tea, black currant, vanilla
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