About Us
We are Jo and Ray, AKA The Kent Candle Company. A husband and wife team; we’ve been together since we were fourteen and have been married for over thirty-five years. Like most people our age, we’ve undertaken a few jobs in our time but they’ve never quite ticked every box on our wish list of things to do and achieve and certainly never tickled our creative side, until now…
In December 2012, whilst out and about looking at all sorts of curiosities and vintage delights, we came across tea-cup candles in the attic of a really quirky shop in Kent; they were so unique, we were inspired to have ‘have a go’ and see if we could develop something that was as beautiful yet more individual. In January 2013, we embarked on a non-stop, crazy yet fantastic candle-making journey taking home fragrancing to the next level and we’re not finished yet!
Candles are huge and, no doubt they’re here to stay but in an ever evolving world, we want to bring to you so much more than just candles to fragrance your home.
Our range of Wax Melts are an amazing and cost-effective way to change your fragrancing to suit your mood; used with Wax Melt Warmers, you can easily try new fragrances or simply re-visit old favourites. So whether your like to ‘layer’ your house with the same fragrance or prefer to ‘zone’ rooms by matching individual fragrances, to suit the room, we know you will love our concentrated Wax Melt range!
Inspired to take develop our little cottage business even further and in our search for that ‘something special’, we found and fell in love with hand made, mouth blown glass.
We sourced amazing bottles, made by master glass blowers, using centuries old techniques which are as beautiful as they are unique. Coming in different shapes and sizes they perfectly complement our hand made Reed Diffuser Fragrances.
Ideal for treating that someone special (that includes you!), these stunning Reed Diffusers can be purchased as a gift set, with a luxury gift box or simply wrapped with lots of bubble wrap if you prefer not to have the gift set option.
As owners of a miniature red wire Dachshund (and previously three other miniature Dachshunds), we know what it’s like to have four-legged friends as part of the family; when they get stressed and upset, it affects everyone. We worked tirelessly to develop and produce an aromatherapy product that could alleviate stress in one of our dogs (See the full story on the Aromatherapy Page). After months of research and testing, we created a candle to calm dogs and begun developing the range to offer to others with the same problems. The success we have had with the CALM* range to date has been inconceivable, with many customers using it on a permanent basis to benefit from the continued calming effects. For those who suffer from nut allergies, we expanded our range to include RELAX which IS nut allergy safe.
*CALM IS NOT SUITABLE FOR NUT ALLERGY SUFFERERS AS IT CONTAINS NUT OIL
We pride ourselves in the pieces we create, the fragrances we offer, the products we produce and the service we deliver.
The Kent Candle Company, extraordinary is our ordinary!