Clarity · Uplifting

The fragrance

Some candles smell familiar the moment you light them. The Clearing doesn’t. This is a fragrance built from scratch — layered, tested, and refined over time until it became something that couldn’t be found anywhere else.

It opens with something immediately alive. A bright, tart rush of elderflower and wild berry, the kind of scent that feels like stepping out into clear air after being inside too long. There’s a caramelised sweetness underneath — dried fruit against the sharpness — that stops it from being simply fresh and makes it linger in your memory.

As it settles, a sharp citrus heart comes through. Zesty and herbal, with peppery green notes and the warmth of mandarin threading through. The kind of complexity that takes time to build. It unfolds slowly, the way a good fragrance should.

Beneath everything, the quietest layer: cool, clean green tea and a thread of spiced ginger that grounds the whole composition, gives it depth, and keeps it burning beautifully from the first hour to the last.

A fragrance for the moments when you need to breathe properly, think clearly, and reset.

Made at Craft & Create

Every fragrance at Craft & Create is original. Not bought in. Not a dupe. Not relabelled. Developed, blended and tested entirely in our studio at Folly Farm in Basingstoke — by hand, with years of formulation behind every decision.

The Clearing took time to get right. The balance between bright and grounded, fresh and complex, energising without being sharp. Each element was chosen deliberately, blended in layers, and burn-tested through every stage — melt pool, scent throw, burn rate — until it was exactly right.

This is what slow, intentional making looks like. A candle built around a feeling.

The wax

Poured into a premium European plant-based wax — a blend of rapeseed and coconut, sustainably grown and produced.

The vessel

Hand-poured into an amber apothecary jar — a format chosen for its heritage and its function. Amber glass protects the fragrance from light degradation, preserving the integrity of the scent across every burn. The jar is designed to be kept.

Fragrance notes

Elderflower · Citrus · Herb

• Net size: Large: 250ml Medium: 180ml Small: 120ml

• Vessel: Amber apothecary glass jar with gold aluminium lid

• Wax: European plant-based rapeseed and coconut wax blend

• Burn time: Large 40–45 hours Medium 30-35 hours Small 25-30 hours

• Wick: cotton wick, burn-tested