Gourmand Wood Wick Candle | Happy Birthday, Cake & Bourbon

Because you deserve a candle that actually smells like a celebration, not a vague approximation of one.

This is the full birthday experience in wax form. Vanilla bean opens it up first, warm and deeply familiar, the kind of sweetness that smells like something made from scratch. Cream cheese drifts in next, rich and a little tangy, the note that makes this smell like actual frosting rather than a candle trying to smell like frosting. Buttercream settles in next, indulgent and certain, the note that makes the whole thing feel genuinely celebratory. Coconut and almond come in together, soft and a little unexpected, the notes that give this a complexity that cheap birthday candles never reach. Dough and cake ground it all underneath, warm and baked and unmistakably the real thing. Bourbon lingers at the very base, just enough to remind you that the best birthday celebrations are for grown-ups who get to do exactly what they want.

This is for the Swiftie who cries at birthdays, the reader who turns every occasion into a ritual, and anyone who thinks lighting a candle is the right way to start any celebration. And because this one deserved the full treatment, it's topped with piped wax frosting and rainbow wax melt sprinkles. It looks exactly like what it smells like. Hand-poured in coconut wax with an FSC-certified wooden wick, it crackles low while it burns, like the candles on a cake that someone actually put thought into.

The finer details:

• Vanilla bean, buttercream, cake, bourbon, cream cheese, coconut & almond scent profile
• Topped with piped wax frosting and rainbow wax melt sprinkles
• 50+ hour burn time large size & 30+ hour burn time small size
• Hand-poured coconut wax, FSC-certified wooden wick
• Part of the Core Collection

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• Luxury coconut wax.
• Crackling wooden wick, FSC sustainability-certified.
• Custom blend of phthalate free fragrance oils.
• The candle top is sprinkled in rainbow wax sprinkles
• 7.3 ounce/206g candle in amber glass jar with gold lid.
◦ 50+ hours of burn time.
• 3.6 ounce/98g candle in amber glass jar with gold lid.
◦ 30+ hours of burn time.
• This is a coconut wax candle and may not melt all the way across in the first few burns. Any amount of unmelted wax will melt as you get further down in the candle.
•To light, tilt the candle and hold flame across the length of the wick.
•Burn on a stable, heat-resistant surface away from flammable objects
•Trim the wick to 1/4 " tall before each use and remove any charred wood
•Avoid excessive burn time, no more than 4 hours at a time is recommended.
•Never leave a burning candle unattended.
•Keep out of reach of pets and children.

• Vanilla bean, buttercream, and cake rounded out by a hint of bourbon

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