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Candles of United States

63 stores · curated ORBIS register

American candles burn with regional loyalty, Lowcountry scents at one end of the country, hill-country botanicals at the other. Charleston keeps its Lowcountry scents at Charleston Candle Co.. Austin's Slow North pours essential-oil candles and botanical goods by hand. Manready Mercantile works American-made menswear and leather goods and candles into one grooming counter. A small jar's throw tells you what the room needs before the large one commits you.

Slow North

Hidden Gem

North Central Austin / Online

It is best known for All-natural essential oil candles, botanical goods and modern essentials handcrafted by artisans, with on-site production studio.

Best for Essential-oil candles, botanical goods and handmade home essentials

⚒ Candlemakers · United StatesORBIS register

Air & Fire

Hidden Gem

Highway 9, Boulder Creek

A metaphysical shop at 13150 Highway 9 stocking crystals, minerals, incense and more than 200 tarot and oracle decks, alongside soaps, candles and oils handcrafted with essential oils. It carries work from over 50 local artists and offers tarot readings and energy healing by appointment.

Best for Crystals, tarot and handmade spiritual goods

Boulder Creek / CaliforniaORBIS register

Candlefish

Hidden Gem

Charleston

Candle shop built around a numbered library of 100 house fragrances, with a wax bar where guests pour their own custom candles. Founded in Charleston, it blends and sells its own soy-based candles and home scents.

Best for Fragrance library and candle workshops

⚒ Candlemakers · Charleston / SCORBIS register

Charleston

Started in 2016 by husband-and-wife team Chaz and Kristen Schwiers, Charleston Candle Co. hand-pours soy candles in small batches at its downtown shop, with scents like Folly Beach and Spanish Moss built around real Lowcountry places.

Best for Scents like Folly Beach and Spanish Moss built around real Lowcountry places

⚒ Perfumers & Apothecaries · Charleston / SCORBIS register

Charleston

Custom fragrance bar where visitors blend their own perfume or cologne from house oils and pour their own candles at a build-your-own scent station. The boutique also sells its ready-made signature scents, soaps, and home fragrances.

Best for Custom perfume and candles

⚒ Perfumers & Apothecaries · Charleston / SCORBIS register

Nest

West Canfield, Midtown, Detroit

Opened in 2011 by City Bird owners Andy and Emily Linn as their sister store next door, Nest fills a historic Cass Corridor space with home goods, glassware, plants, candles and local foods. Vintage 1920s library shelves and restored general-store fixtures frame the merchandise.

Best for Home goods, plants and local foods

⚒ Home & DesignORBIS register

Arkansas / Online

The Heart Division is an active Eureka Springs art gallery and gift shop run by Christopher Box and Corbin Bluford, selling original art, prints, hand-poured candles, greeting cards and gifts. Its flagship now operates at 36 Spring Street, with the same work also available through the shop’s active online store.

Best for Original local art, prints, hand-poured candles, cards, and gifts

Eureka Springs / ArkansasORBIS register

Los angeles / United States

The MOCA Store, located at the Museum of Contemporary Art's Grand Avenue location in Los Angeles, sells exhibition catalogues, art editions, apparel, and collaborations such as its P.F. Candle Co. scent and Jeff Koons Balloon Dog series. MOCA members receive 10% off purchases year-round, in store and online.

Best for Exhibition catalogues, art editions and artist collaborations

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Missoula / United States

A 25,000-square-foot Missoula institution since 1982, packed with records, gifts, apparel, candles and oddities across three locations. The flagship on Blaine Street sells in person and online, with a separate vinyl site for new releases.

Best for Gifts, Music, Records

⚒ Record ShopsORBIS register

Salem, Massachusetts (also New Orleans)

Hex: Old World Witchery gathers candles, wands, herbs, jewelry, ouija boards, statues and books of shadows under one roof. The range suits curious visitors and practicing witches alike, with a second location in New Orleans.

Best for Broad witchcraft merchandise

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New Orleans / United States

Founded in 1931, Hove is a New Orleans perfumery, blending fragrances from essential oils in the French Quarter. Its Chartres Street shop stocks solid perfumes, French-milled soaps, colognes and soy candles, with a full online store for shipping.

Best for Perfumer, fragrances, soaps, candles

16A Orchard Street, Lower East Side, New York / Online

Founded by Karl Bradl and Robert Gerstner in New York’s West Village in 1995, Aedes was created as a perfumery dedicated to exclusive, artisanal scents and became an early destination for hard-to-find niche fragrance. Since 2018 it has operated at 16A Orchard Street on the Lower East Side, carrying perfume, incense, candles, home fragrance and body products.

Best for Niche perfume, incense, candles, and specialist home fragrance

⚒ Perfumers & Apothecaries · Fragrance / Beauty Made in USA Heritage House RetailORBIS register

Le Labo

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New York / Online

A New York perfumery founded in 2006 by Fabrice Penot and Eddie Roschi; each fragrance is hand-blended and freshly labeled in-store. Its Santal 33, developed by perfumer Frank Voelkl, launched in 2011 after debuting as a 2006 candle and room spray.

Best for Santal 33 and lab minimalism.

⚒ Perfumers & Apothecaries · Compounded fresh in each boutique using the finest raw materialsORBIS register

Lake George, New York

Wax 'n' Wix runs a hands-on candle-making studio on Montcalm Street in the village, where visitors pour their own soy candles alongside a shelf of pre-made ones and locally sourced gifts. The shop also stocks a second location at the Adirondack Outlet Mall and takes custom orders for weddings and corporate events.

Best for Hand-poured soy candles and candle-making classes

⚒ Candlemakers · Lake George / New York / USAORBIS register

Pasadena, Texas

Enchanted Florist is a florist and gift shop in Pasadena. Its in-person selection includes fresh arrangements, plants, candles, gifts and gourmet treats, with a focus on custom flowers, plants and locally delivered gifts.

Best for Custom flowers, plants and locally delivered gifts

⚒ CandlemakersORBIS register

Philadelphia / United States

Duross & Langel is an award-winning Philadelphia soap maker handcrafting bath, skincare, and soy-candle products on-site at its South 11th Street shop. Customers can shop in person or order online, with custom scent blending and party-favor services also offered.

Best for Soap & skincare, Handmade Soap, Candles, Natural Perfume

Old City, Philadelphia

Philadelphia Independents, at 35 N. 3rd Street in Old City, sells only handmade items from local makers, including jewelry, artwork, candles, home decor, baby gifts and greeting cards. The shop was co-founded by Tiffica Benza, Ashley Peel and Jennifer Provost and features more than 50 makers.

Best for Handmade goods from local makers

Phoenix / United States

Cave & Post Trading Co. is a Phoenix menswear and lifestyle shop carrying heritage American brands like Filson, Red Wing, and Shinola alongside candles, leather goods, and home decor. The McDowell Road store keeps regular retail hours Tuesday through Sunday and also fulfills orders through its online shop.

Best for Fashion, Menswear, Accessories, Home Goods

⚒ Concept StoresORBIS register

Port Arthur, Texas

The Mail Room has traded in southeast Texas for more than four decades, and the Celli family has owned it since 2002. Frank and Katie Celli took over from the first generation in 2025. The Port Arthur room at 4700 FM 365 runs a mail counter alongside a gift floor. Stock covers home decor, candles, books, kitchen goods, corporate gift baskets.

Best for Gift shopping and a working mail counter under one roof in Port Arthur.

Alabama Goods

Hidden Gem

Homewood (18th Street South)

A Homewood shop at 2933 18th Street South curating Alabama-made products, from candles, bath, and body goods to pottery, gourmet sauces, snacks, and locally themed apparel. Gift baskets and corporate gifting are built around the state's makers.

Best for Alabama-made gifts and gourmet goods

⚒ Home & Design · AlabamaORBIS register

Cambridge

Albertine Press letterpress-prints stationery and greeting cards on an antique press at 1309 Cambridge Street in Cambridge, MA, alongside custom wedding invitations and envelope liner designs. The shop also sells gifts including candles, journals, prints, and jewelry.

Best for Letterpress stationery and wedding invitations

Sag Harbor and Bridgehampton

Annabel DeGroot opened Annabel The Shop on Main Street in Sag Harbor in May 2023. She bought across thirty to forty independent and women-owned labels herself. The mix runs from clothing and shoes to candles, glassware, photography books, priced below the usual Hamptons range. The shop now lists 150 Main Street in Sag Harbor, 2442 Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton and a third address in San Francisco.

Best for Independent-designer fashion and lifestyle goods

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Duval Street & Mallory Square, Old Town

This locally founded fragrance boutique names its unisex scents after Florida Keys islands, Islamorada, Marquesas, and Tortugas among them, and formulates them alongside a line of hand-poured candles, body scrubs, and soaps sold at its two Old Town storefronts. The shop also teaches perfume-making classes for visitors who want to build a custom scent before they leave.

Best for Unisex perfumes named for the Florida Keys, plus perfume-making classes

⚒ Perfumers & Apothecaries · Key West / FloridaORBIS register

Hilton Head Island, SC

An independently owned Gullah and Lowcountry gift store at 556 Spanish Wells Road stocking handwoven sweetgrass baskets, prints by Jonathan Green and Amiri Farris, and books on Gullah culture. The shelves also carry woven straw bags, candles and jewelry from regional and Gullah makers.

Best for Sweetgrass baskets and Gullah goods

⚒ Home & Design · Hilton Head Island / SCORBIS register

Old Town Bluffton

Bluffton General Store at 12 Church Street curates Lowcountry-made gifts, candles and home decor alongside books, bath goods and specialty foods. It spotlights Bluffton Made products from local artisans, including oyster-shell crafts and hand-painted canvas.

Best for Lowcountry gifts and locally made goods

⚒ Concept Stores · Bluffton / South CarolinaORBIS register

Cayucos Makers

Hidden Gem

Downtown Cayucos

This makerspace and shop stocks work by Central Coast artisans, from hand-thrown ceramics and macrame to leather wallets, knife sheaths and hand-poured candles. It also runs craft kits and maker classes for ages thirteen and up, and invites local makers to sell through the storefront.

Best for Locally made ceramics, leather goods and craft classes

⚒ Concept Stores · Cayucos / CaliforniaORBIS register

Coming Soon

Hidden Gem

Lower East Side / Online

Coming Soon mixes vintage furniture with contemporary pieces intended as future collectibles, plus smaller gifts for compact budgets. Same-day pickup is often possible, while furniture sales are final and sold as-is.

Best for Playful home objects, including vibrant glassware, quirky ceramics, sculptural candles and lighting

⚒ Home & Design · USAORBIS register

Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin

A Sturgeon Bay maker of hand-poured soy candles, wax melts and fragrance oils, using non-toxic scents and a make-your-own candle bar with more than fifty options. The company channels sales into charitable giving, including campaigns for Ukraine relief.

Best for Hand-poured soy candles

⚒ Candlemakers · Sturgeon Bay / WisconsinORBIS register

Salem, Massachusetts

Enchanted is the Salem witch shop of Laurie Cabot, the Official Witch of Salem, and her daughter Penny Cabot, at 98 Wharf Street on Pickering Wharf. It sells the Cabots' hand-crafted magickal items alongside herbs and oils as well as crystals and candles for the altar. Jewellery and soaps come from local artisans. Classes and workshops run through the week alongside psychic and tarot readings.

Best for Laurie Cabot hand-crafted magical goods and altar tools

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · USAORBIS register

Orlando / United States

Freehand Goods designs and handmakes Florida-themed apparel, leather wallets, grooming products, candles and home goods, releasing a new collection every month. It sells online with local pickup and runs Orlando storefronts at East End Market, College Park and the Marketplace at Avalon Park.

Best for Handmade leather, apparel, grooming, home goods, accessories

⚒ Concept StoresORBIS register

Watch Hill Ri / United States

HOMbadi is a women-owned gift boutique in coastal Westerly, Rhode Island, selling jewelry, clothing, candles, and gifts for the whole family from its shop at 104 Bay St. in Watch Hill. The full range is also available to order through the boutique's online store.

Best for Boutique, Gifts

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Palm Springs / United States

At the corner of Alejo and Palm Canyon since 2007, Just Fabulous stocks home decor, candles, greeting cards, art books and gifts across two boutiques. Shoppers find Assouline, Nest and Taschen titles plus Palm Springs souvenirs in-store and online.

Best for Gifts, home decor, books

⚒ Concept StoresORBIS register

Komoda

Hidden Gem

Ukrainian Village / Online

Komoda is a neighborhood gift shop at 2448 W Chicago Avenue with an eclectic, practical edit rather than a single design category. Shelves run from candles and incense to cards, books, puzzles and small gifts.

Best for Gifts, soaps, incense, tools, toys and small design objects

⚒ Home & Design · USAORBIS register

East Marion, NY

Established in 2002, this family farm in East Marion grows more than 80,000 lavender plants across a seventeen-acre field, with a later thirty-acre expansion in Calverton. The farm shop stocks essential oils, pillow mists, soaps, candles, sachets, and lavender honey made from the harvest.

Best for Walking the lavender fields and farm-made goods

⚒ Soapmakers & Apothecaries · East Marion / NYORBIS register

Southampton Ny / United States

Le Shop is a Southampton concept store pairing European brand Riviera Maison with curated furniture, candles, and lifestyle goods from labels like Baobab and Gabriele Frantzen. The year-round shop on Windmill Lane also sells its curated collections online.

Best for Curated furniture, candles, and lifestyle goods from labels like Baobab and Gabriele

⚒ Home & DesignORBIS register

Lucia Apothecary

Hidden Gem

West Village

Lucia Apothecary blends its own bath and body line in Cambria, with 19 signature fragrances named for Central Coast landmarks and made without sulfates or parabens in California. The Main Street shop sells soaps, lotions, candles and perfumes alongside cards and gifts.

Best for California-made soaps, lotions and signature scents

⚒ Perfumers & Apothecaries · California / USAORBIS register

Lulu Burgess

Hidden Gem

Downtown Beaufort (Bay Street)

On Bay Street for more than 25 years, this downtown Beaufort boutique stocks gifts, jewelry, accessories and clothing. Cards, books, candles and home goods round out the shelves.

Best for Unique gifts and home accessories

Beaufort / South Carolina / USAORBIS register

Victoria Park

A teaching pottery studio at 800 NE 13th Street offering wheel and handbuilding classes, memberships with 24/7 access, and workshops from face sculpture to candle-making. Its shop carries studio-made goods and a rotating gallery of one-of-a-kind pieces.

Best for Pottery classes and studio-made ceramics

⚒ Ceramicists & Glassmakers · Made on-site in Fort LauderdaleORBIS register

Occasionette

Hidden Gem

East Passyunk / Collingswood NJ / Online

Occasionette is an independent gift shop founded by Sara Villari in 2013 on East Passyunk Avenue, now at 1704 East Passyunk Avenue with sister shops in Collingswood and Chestnut Hill. A card wall and candles sit beside kitchen goods and a house line of Philadelphia-designed exclusives. Philadelphia Magazine named it Store for Snail Mail in 2016 after the shop expanded its paper goods.

Best for Gifts, cards, and party supplies from independent makers

⚒ Home & Design · USAORBIS register

Pismo Beach / United States

Pismo Pier Co. is a coastal boutique gift shop in Pismo Beach selling apparel, jewelry, candles, and goods from Central Coast artisans, with online ordering available for local pickup. The shop keeps daily hours and ships its curated selection through its website.

Best for Gifts, Apparel, Local Artisans, Coastal Boutique

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Oklahoma City / United States

This Automobile Alley mercantile curates sustainable, locally sourced gifts and home goods, from candles and stationery to Oklahoma-made souvenirs. Shop its flagship on North Broadway, its two other OKC locations, or the online store.

Best for Gift-shop, home-goods, lifestyle, local-goods

⚒ Concept StoresORBIS register

Cold Spring, NY

Poor George is a lifestyle boutique at 64 Main Street in Cold Spring, offering new and vintage goods with handmade pieces for men and women as well as the home. The shop specializes in womxn-founded, handmade brands. Vintage apparel from the 70s through the 90s hangs beside candles and jewelry, with greeting cards and plants.

Best for Vintage 70s to 90s apparel and handmade goods from womxn-founded brands

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Various small brandsORBIS register

Downtown Evergreen

Silver Arrow at 28159 Highway 74 in downtown Evergreen stocks sterling silver, gold, and turquoise jewelry from silversmiths who work by hand in southwestern and western styles. Alongside the jewelry cases sit mountain furnishings, hand-woven rugs, wall art, candles, and Colorado slate.

Best for Southwestern handmade jewelry and mountain home furnishings

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · ColoradoORBIS register

Oklahoma City / Online

This Oklahoma City maker crafts dependable everyday-carry leather goods, from made-to-order belts to wallets and bags, plus candles and apparel. The line is sold through the online store and at pop-up markets.

Best for Leather-goods, wallets, belts, maker

Block Island (Fountain Square)

Full Moon Tide and its sister shop Strings N' Things sit at Fountain Square on Block Island, blending clay-dyed hemp and linen clothing with vintage garments, jewellery, and accessories. The owners also stock handmade soap, soy candles, island memorabilia, and a pet line called islandog.

Best for Natural-fibre clothing and vintage finds

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Capitola Village

Owner Stacie Basile runs Sweet Asylum, a Capitola Village boutique blending vintage-inspired and bohemian clothing with gifts, jewelry and home pieces. The shop pairs breezy apparel with candles, accessories and locally minded finds.

Best for Bohemian clothing and gifts

Mixed labelsORBIS register

Las Olas

A co-op-style boutique representing more than 300 local artists, designers, and small makers, with the Las Olas store at 811 E Las Olas Boulevard one of three South Florida locations. Stock rotates across clothing, jewelry, art prints, candles, and handmade gifts made by member vendors.

Best for Locally made gifts and art from many makers

Made by South Florida artists and designersORBIS register

St Louis / United States

Union Studio is a women-owned shop selling handmade art and goods from more than 125 St. Louis-area creatives, spanning jewelry, ceramics, candles, and pantry items across two brick-and-mortar locations. Its Webster Groves storefront doubles as a workshop where online orders are packed and shipped to customers nationwide.

Best for Handmade Goods, Jewelry, Home Goods

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Woodland / United States

Vanilla Bean Dreamz Candle Co. hand-pours nontoxic, coconut-wax candles and home fragrance from its Woodland, California workshop, avoiding essential oils for health-conscious customers. Custom scent orders are taken directly, and products are also sold locally through the Hello Sunshine boutique in Old Sacramento.

Best for Candle Maker

⚒ CandlemakersORBIS register

Vermont HoneyLights

Hidden Gem

Main Street, Bristol

Vermont HoneyLights hand-molds and hand-pours pure beeswax candles, along with beeswax wraps and home goods, all made in Vermont. The maker sells through its online shop and a Main Street storefront in Bristol.

Best for Handmade beeswax candles

⚒ Candlemakers · VermontORBIS register

Wyoming In Color

Hidden Gem

38 S. Main St, Buffalo

Owner Laura Harmon shows her painted floorcloths and furniture in this Main Street gallery, sharing the walls with more than thirty area artists working in jewelry, pottery, fiber and western painting. The shelves also hold locally made soap, candles and lotions, and Harmon offers color consulting and decorative painting from the same storefront.

Best for Regional Wyoming art and painted floorcloths

Buffalo / Wyoming / USAORBIS register

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