Why Pure Beeswax — and Nothing Else

Most candles sold today aren't really beeswax. They're paraffin — a petroleum byproduct — sometimes blended with a little wax for the look and the marketing. A pure beeswax taper is a very different object.

What pure beeswax actually is

Beeswax is what honeybees secrete to build their comb. Rendered gently and filtered, it becomes a clean, golden wax that smells faintly of honey when it burns. It is one of the oldest light sources in the world.

Why we won't blend it

Blending with paraffin or soy makes a candle cheaper to produce and easier to mold. It also dulls everything that makes beeswax worth burning — the slow, dripless flame, the warm honey scent, the long burn time.

A pure beeswax taper burns longer, drips less, and asks nothing of you but to be lit.

If you'd like to see how we make ours, the workshop process lives on the Method page.