100% soy wax · Wood wicks · Small batches
Our first collection
Volume I
Six lessons from the garden.
Outside Studies is the first volume in a continuing series from The Ember & Owl. Six candles, released in three parts over the season, each one a lesson from a garden that keeps its secrets close.
First release
Lessons I & II
Second release
Lessons III & IV
Third release
Lessons V & VI
Beyond the apothecary, past the herb plots and the greenhouse, there is a garden that doesn't appear on any map. It is tended carefully. It grows wildly. It keeps its secrets close.
Volume I gathers six candles from its corners. Each one is a lesson. Some are sweet. Some are sharp. All of them are worth learning.
The Curriculum
Lessons I and II are shipping now, Lessons III and IV are open for preorder, and the darkest corner of the garden opens soon.
The quiet corner where everything is still growing.
green shoots · coconut milk · sandalwood
First release · ships first
Every leaf has a purpose.
woody hibiscus · green herbs · garden florals
First release · ships first
Sun warmed berries, hidden thorns.
sun ripened raspberry · green leaves · vanilla
Second release
The romantic heart of the garden, hidden behind stone.
lush peony · crisp apple · warm vanilla
Second release
Some flowers only open after dark.
night blooming jasmine · vanilla · musk
Third release
One seed, and you'll keep coming back.
midnight pomegranate · deep berry · musk
Third release
Every lesson: 8 oz tin · 100% soy wax · wood wick · burns about 45 hours
The whole volume
All six lessons of Outside Studies, Volume I, gathered into one set.
Lessons I – VI · ships with the first release
Every corner of the garden in a single collection. Six hand poured soy candles, from the tender green of Sprout's Greenhouse to the deep dusk of The Forbidden Fruit. The full course of study, start to finish.
Sprout's Greenhouse · The Apothecary's Garden · The Bramble Patch · The Walled Garden · The Forbidden Bloom · The Forbidden Fruit
Ships together with the first release.
Rewards
A little something for studying with us. Stars start counting with your very first preorder.
Every dollar you spend earns one gold star.
Save up 100 stars and trade them in for $10 off.
Use one reward per order. Rewards don't stack, so spend them when it counts.
No app and no account needed. We track your stars with every order ourselves, and when you cross 100 we email your $10 reward code personally. Small batch loyalty, fussed over like everything else.
A note from the gardener
The Ember & Owl began the way most good things do. A small kitchen just outside Portland, too many fragrance oils, and a stubborn idea: that a candle could feel like a place.
Every tin is poured by hand in Hillsboro, Oregon, in batches small enough to fuss over. The fragrances are chosen slowly and tested twice. The tins are field specimens. Sturdy, ready to travel, and yours to keep when the wax is gone.
A ceramic edition is already growing. Patience.
100% soy wax
Burns clean and slow, from renewable American soy.
Crackling wood wicks
A soft fireplace crackle in every burn.
Small batches
Poured by hand, labeled by hand, checked twice.
Made in Hillsboro
From our kitchen to your windowsill, with no warehouse in between.
Office Hours
We pop up at farmers markets and makers fairs across the Portland metro. Candles out, wicks lit, gardener on duty. Come smell everything.
Ordering online from the Portland area? Choose pickup at checkout and collect your candles at our next market table, or right here in Hillsboro.
Hillsboro, Oregon · Washington County
Outside Studies · Volume I
Walk the garden, read the field-guide map, and study the first two lessons up close.
Enter the field guideField Notes
A short letter once or twice a month with market dates, restocks, and new volumes. No noise.
You're on the list. See you at the market. ✦
