Christmas Bauble Candle | Christmas Tree Fragrance | Xmas Homeware

This large, handmade Christmas bauble candle is cast in black eco resin and hand-painted with fine gold detailing, the kind of piece made for a December morning that finally feels like Christmas: frost on the window, the kettle just boiled, the first box of decorations dragged down from the loft.

The Onyx and Gold Bauble Candle is less a candle than a small piece of winter sculpture. Its deep matte black takes its cue from old English glassware and pantry jars, while the raised gold beading, hand-painted freehand so no two candles are ever quite the same, traces the kind of scrollwork you'd expect to find stitched into a grand old tapestry, or gilded round the rim of a favourite heirloom plate. Large in scale, it holds its own on a mantel among pine boughs and trailing ivy, substantial enough to anchor a table setting without a single sprig of holly for company.

Light it, and the room fills with the scent of a real Christmas tree: fresh-cut fir and pine needle, with a whisper of cedar and clove beneath, the smell that pulls every memory of childhood Christmases straight back into the present. It is the scent of a house that has just brought its tree in from the cold.

Every one of these candles is poured, painted and sealed entirely by hand, which means the making of it takes time nobody is in a hurry to rush. That slowness is rather the point. In a season that moves too fast, the parties, the wrapping, the endless list, a candle like this asks you to sit still for a moment and simply enjoy the glow. It is the kind of object that earns a place in the decorations box every year after this one, not disposable, not mass produced, but a small, sustainable luxury made to be lit, loved, and brought out again next December.

Whether it lives on your own mantel or is wrapped up for someone whose home always smells right at Christmas, this is a candle worth giving room to.

At a glance

• Material: Hand-poured black eco resin, hand-painted gold detailing
• Fragrance: Christmas Tree, fresh pine, fir and cedar with a hint of spice
• Size: Large
• Made by hand: Every candle individually poured, painted and sealed; expect gentle variation from piece to piece, a mark of its handmade character
• Burn time: 20hrs | Dimensions: 12cm high | Wax type: Soy Wax
• Wax can be gently removed by scraping out contents and reused.  The inside of the candle is not sealed