The First Scent in our Full Circle Collection
- 100% Plant-Based
- 100% Biodegradable
- Master perfumery with just 7 natural ingredients
Rather than tell you what’s not in our candles,
here’s everything that’s in them:
Timur Pepper Pure Extract
The hero of the scent, with fascinating contrasts of grapefruit, passionfruit-like fruitiness, and a darker woodsy, peppery aspect.
Grown in the Surkhet district of Nepal and harvested by the Kuvindedaha community in the Salyan district of Nepal. The oil is obtained fom the whole dried “peppercorns” (technically berries) via an eco-friendly, supercritical fluid extraction process.
Learn more about our Timur pepper
Pine Essential Oil
This Siberian pine oil gives a boost to Timur pepper’s aromatic facet. Procured from Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine, the oil is extracted from pine needles and twigs via a steam distillation.
Guaiacwood Essential Oil
Also known as “Palo Santo”, guaiacwood adds more base, depth and darkness, while contributing a soft, smokey addictive facet.
Grown in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco region, the oil is then extracted from the tree’s bark via a steam distillation.
Gurjum Balsam Oil
Gurjum adds depth to the fragrance and helps sustain Timur’s inherent fruitiness.
Grown and processed in Malaysia, the oil is obtained by tapping and purifying the tree’s sap.
Parsley Seed Essential Oil
Parsley adds a fresh aromatic aspect to the formula.
The oil is procured from France and is obtained via a steam distillation of the seeds of the plant.
Linalool Coeur
Linalool’s beautiful citrus and rosewood aroma pairs well with the citrus-grapefruit aspect of Timur, reinforcing its “heart”. It also helps boost diffusion of the scent.
Linalool is a natural isolate that can be obtained from a variety of plant materials. This one is obtained from FSC-certified U.S. lumberyard waste (wood chips) and the oil is obtained via a renewable solvent extraction.
Triethyl Citrate (Solvent)
The primary purpose of using a solvent in candle fragrance is to make the fragrance blend more easily with the wax and ensure that it is evenly distributed throughout the candle, contributing to a good burn and good scent performance.
Despite its hard-to-pronounce name, Triethyl Citrate (“Tri” for short) is produced simply by combining sugarcane alcohol with citric acid (also known as vitamin C) obtained from plant starch or citrus fruits.
Coconut Wax Blend
We currently use the same wax formula, composed of three ingredients, across all our scents.
The majority of the blend is high-melt point coconut oil. The rest of the formula is soy wax and organic beeswax.
Note: The reason our candles burn so much better than most other candles that claim to use a coconut wax blend is due to our blend’s much higher coconut oil content.
Behind the Scent
Olfactive Profile
Inspired by the full moon feasts practiced for millennia in Northwestern Nepal where our Timur Pepper is sourced—and the moon’s duality as a source of light that can only be appreciated in darkness.
Perfect for hosting a feast or adding allure to your night.
The Hero: Timur Pepper
Our Timur Pepper extract presents an astonishing profile, with a complex mix of grapefruit, guava, orange flower, pepper, slightly spicy, and basil-like aromatic notes, and a warm woodsy aspect.
I imagine a reddish Moon on a very intense night. It has depth, elegance, and a unique signature from the Timur extract (I have never put so much in a fragrance!).
Ugo Charron, Timur Moon Perfumer
First Impressions
Our Keaper Lab participants smelled an unnamed and unmarked preview tealight with no context about the scent. This is what they reported.
“It's so cozy while still being fresh! balanced is the best way I can describe it. I love it.”
“Kind of cozy, kind of fancy.”
”I've been thinking about what direction you would go in for a new scent that wasn't too repetitive or an overlap of your other candles and I think you nailed it. Immediately this felt new, but also exactly what it was meant to be!“
Join Our Seasonal Scent Journey
Timur Moon is our December Seasonal Scent. Join our subscription to get first access to our Seasonal range, and bring nature’s most evocative scents into your daily practice.
Moon Myths
The Embracer, whose beacon makes us
visible in the night; a smooth-sweet air
fills our lungs. Or the parsley beds
of The Herb-Tender, whose smoky light,
they say, imparts a healing quality.
And then, of course, a Silver Rabbit,
glimpsed between the pines, shaping
spice and berry cakes well into the dark,
until the hem of dawn brightens the horizon.
Other Scents You Might Like
In an effort to do a few things really well we have two scents available to shop year-round, and a third Seasonal Scent that changes monthly.
