Etienne — Tomato Leaf Candle (no.045)

Tomato Leaf Candle — A Story in Green and Gold

160 ml, single wick, small candle, no.045

This is a candle for open windows, a good knife, market flowers in a water glass, and the particular pleasure of making something beautiful with what the day has given you. Étienne is green, bright, and unexpectedly refined—made for anyone drawn to Paris kitchens, summer produce, clean linen, and romance kept just below the surface.

There is a trace of Belle Époque Paris in it: wet cobblestones near Les Halles, copper pans warming over coals, crates of vegetables brought in before dawn, and the first clean slice into a sun-warmed tomato. It calls to mind hotel kitchens below Place Vendôme, handwritten menus, folded aprons, kitchen gardens, and the quiet order that precedes a great meal.

The fragrance opens with the unmistakable green snap of freshly crushed tomato leaf and bright lemon peel. It settles into garden herbs—lemongrass, thyme, and basil—before resting in moss and green leaves. The result is earthy but light, herbaceous without becoming medicinal, and fresh without reading as a conventional “clean” scent. It is summer with discipline: sun, soil, sharp herbs, and a little French elegance.

Each candle is poured into an upcycled vessel—sometimes a former candle jar, sometimes a cocktail glass, sometimes something I found because it had too much character to leave behind.

The exterior is collaged by hand with vintage-inspired ephemera: fragments of magazines and newspapers, old postage stamps, family photographs, and printed matter dating back to the 1890s.

No two are exactly alike. The scent is consistent; the vessel has its own past.

This is not meant to be disposable décor. When the wax is gone, warm the remaining wax with a hair dryer, wipe it out with paper towels, and keep the vessel for pencils, matches, buttons, dried flowers, letters, or whatever small collection deserves a beautiful home. Or return it to me for a refill—roughly the cost of a respectable cocktail.

Fragrance mood
• Freshly crushed tomato leaf and lemon peel
• Lemongrass, thyme, and basil
• Moss, green leaves, warm stone, and clean linen
• Bright, herbaceous, garden-fresh, and quietly sophisticated
• Inspired by Paris markets, copper kitchens, and a tomato offered across a rule

A note about the vessel
Each piece is upcycled and hand-collaged, so variations in glass, imagery, patina, and placement are part of its character. Your candle will be one of a kind.

This vessel is not dishwasher-safe—in fact, it is not intended to be submerged in water at all. Treat it gently. It is made to be lovely, not indestructible.