About

Hi. My name is Josh Akers. These candles were developed in my kitchen in Detroit where I worked as a geographer. Now, I pour these candles in my hometown of Kansas City. I hope you enjoy them.

Origin

I took my first sabbatical in the midst of the pandemic lock down. A traveler in spirit and profession I had spent decades immersing myself in new spaces, looking, listening, and translating the world I experienced into words.

With physical travel opportunities limited, I found scent a deeply immersive avenue to explore and a new way to travel without leaving home. Candles seem a relatively simple thing, wax, wick, fragrance, jar and yet scent is a powerful force stimulating emotions, conjuring past memories, and shaping new ones.

The candles offered here are an expression of that journey with each capturing various moods and states of being. Each burn is a simple offering of transformation and transport without movement. 

A note on the wax and fragrance oils

Each candle is poured with a blend of coconut and beeswax. The coconut wax from California and the beeswax from a farm in northern Illinois. I blend fragrance oils tested and certified to burn safely for you and your family.