The Luminary Candle Company
Garden studio · Holyport

Hand-poured candles,
crafted with care.

Small-batch candles in considered scents — from crisp pear and freesia to a dark pomegranate noir — poured a few at a time in a Berkshire garden studio.

The Luminary — Peony Blush
Two friends · one garden studio

We’re Rich and Leigh — two friends from Holyport who started pouring candles in a garden studio, and kept testing until they were right.

Everything is blended, poured and labelled by hand, a few at a time. Each jar carries its batch number, written in pen.

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The signature range

Poured all year

The gardens change with the season — these three don’t. Each jar hand-numbered from its batch, £22 each.

Bestseller

Peony Blush

£22
Red apple · Peony · Suede

Crisp red apple opening onto peony, rose, jasmine and gillyflower, settling on soft suede.

In stock
What goes into every jar

Craft you can check

Hand-numbered batches

Every label carries its batch number, written in pen at the bench.

A wax chosen for scent throw

A paraffin blend, picked after months of testing because it fills a room.

Cotton wicks, level burns

Trimmed and tested for a clean, even burn of around thirty hours.

A jar worth keeping

Amber glass, made to outlast the candle — refills are on the way.

New for SS26

The Walled Garden

A three-candle set tracing a day in an English garden — After the Rain, Fig Leaf & Sun-Warmed Stone and Herb Border at Dusk.

Specimen N° I
After the Rain
Post pluviam
The Luminary
hand-poured in Holyport.
Specimen N° II
Fig Leaf & Sun-Warmed Stone
Folium fici, saxum apricum
The Luminary
hand-poured in Holyport.
Specimen N° III
Herb Border at Dusk
Herba crepusculi
The Luminary
hand-poured in Holyport.
New for AW26

The garden in winter

The Walled Garden carried into the cold months — Pomander, Fir & Frankincense and First Frost, poured into frosted white and black glass.

Specimen N° IV
Pomander
Malum aureum
The Luminary
hand-poured in Holyport.
Specimen N° V
Fir & Frankincense
Abies sacra
The Luminary
hand-poured in Holyport.
Specimen N° VI
First Frost
Pruina prima
The Luminary
hand-poured in Holyport.
Heard at the stall
The pomegranate one filled the whole downstairs. I came back the next week for two more.
S. — Maidenhead market
Burns dead level — not a scrap of wax left on the sides.
J. — Windsor
Bought one as a gift, kept it for myself. Sorry, Mum.
A. — Holyport
From the studio

Hear when something new leaves the bench

New scents are poured in small numbers and go quickly. Leave your email and we’ll tell you first.