Meet the Maker
Hi, I'm Kari!
If you love candles but sometimes feel like they don’t love you back, I understand. With my own scent sensitivities and a son with asthma, most candles were simply too much for our home, and too often came with a headache.
So in 2010, I started making the kind I couldn’t find: beautiful home fragrance created with sensitive scent lovers in mind. I’ve been pouring my heart into every batch ever since.
Handcrafted in Astoria, Oregon
Small Batch
Big Pour Days
Small batch doesn’t always mean small production days. Every candle is prepped, poured, finished, and labeled by hand in my Astoria workshop. Staying close to each step lets me focus on the details that matter—and create fragrance with sensitive scent lovers in mind.
Clean Luxury
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Sensitive Scent Lovers First
Created for people who love beautiful fragrance—but not the heavy, overwhelming experience that can come with it.
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Thoughtful Ingredients
Always cruelty-free and made without paraffin, phthalates, or parabens—because sometimes what’s missing matters most.
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Made by Hand
Every batch is poured, finished, labeled, and packed by hand right here in Astoria, Oregon.
Beautiful Beyond the Burn
When the last bit of wax is gone, the jar doesn’t have to be. Once thoroughly cleaned, our food-safe jars can be reused as drinking glasses for iced coffee or your favorite cold beverage—or given a second life holding brushes, cotton swabs, matches, desk supplies, or tiny treasures. A little less waste, a little more beauty, and something useful long after the final burn.
Reuse only when the jar is undamaged and completely free of wax, wick adhesive, and fragrance residue. Wash thoroughly before food use.
Come Find Us in the Wild
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Indoor Markets
If you want the full Haute Candles experience, this is where we bring it all—signature scents, seasonal collections, home and body fragrance, accessories, and more.
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Outdoor Markets
Our outdoor setup features a smaller but thoughtfully curated selection of customer favorites, seasonal scents, and home fragrance.
Come Say Hi, and Smell Everything!
Markets are my favorite way to share Haute Candles. Come smell your way through our signature and seasonal collections, ask me anything, and find the fragrance that feels just right for you. I’ll be the one in the hat, happily talking candles.