For anyone whose best stories start with "when we were travelling…"
Inky green · Hyper-real · Never browns
Made for the trip of a lifetime. My husband and I walked the Inca Trail while we were dating, then came home and moved in together. Was the avocado responsible? Who knows! This one takes us straight back to sitting in the ruins of Machu Picchu. It's also why we have a pug, but that's a story for another day.
This avocado candle is cast from a real Hass Avocado, with all of it’s glorious lumps and bumps. Perfectly imperfect!
The lore
In Peru it isn't an avocado but a palta. Around 1450 the Inca ruler Túpac Yupanqui conquered a people called the Palta, in what's now Ecuador, and carried their fruit home to the warm valleys near Cusco. Their name went with it, and it stuck for five hundred years. There aren't many souvenirs that keep that long.
What's in it, and what isn't
NZ beeswax and soy, coloured with German-made candle dye, with a cotton wick. That's the whole list: no fillers, no nasties. No fragrance either. Not "natural fragrance", not a "botanical blend". None.
Give it for
A couple moving in together. It's how ours started.
A bon voyage. For the one who's finally booked it.
A housewarming. The only avocado that's perfect every single day.
The details
10.5 cm tall, 6.5 cm wide, 198 g
Approx. 20 hours. It may drip a little at first, so always keep it on a tray.
Cast from a real Hass Avocado and hand-finished in Auckland
Also in the Garden Pair, with the Fennel, for $219
For anyone whose best stories start with "when we were travelling…"
Inky green · Hyper-real · Never browns
Made for the trip of a lifetime. My husband and I walked the Inca Trail while we were dating, then came home and moved in together. Was the avocado responsible? Who knows! This one takes us straight back to sitting in the ruins of Machu Picchu. It's also why we have a pug, but that's a story for another day.
This avocado candle is cast from a real Hass Avocado, with all of it’s glorious lumps and bumps. Perfectly imperfect!
The lore
In Peru it isn't an avocado but a palta. Around 1450 the Inca ruler Túpac Yupanqui conquered a people called the Palta, in what's now Ecuador, and carried their fruit home to the warm valleys near Cusco. Their name went with it, and it stuck for five hundred years. There aren't many souvenirs that keep that long.
What's in it, and what isn't
NZ beeswax and soy, coloured with German-made candle dye, with a cotton wick. That's the whole list: no fillers, no nasties. No fragrance either. Not "natural fragrance", not a "botanical blend". None.
Give it for
A couple moving in together. It's how ours started.
A bon voyage. For the one who's finally booked it.
A housewarming. The only avocado that's perfect every single day.
The details
10.5 cm tall, 6.5 cm wide, 198 g
Approx. 20 hours. It may drip a little at first, so always keep it on a tray.
Cast from a real Hass Avocado and hand-finished in Auckland
Also in the Garden Pair, with the Fennel, for $219
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