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x Andrew Lehmann | Founder
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Incorporating the gentle glow of handcrafted candles into your daily routines offers a delightful and effective way to enhance your mental well-being. From reducing stress and anxiety to enhancing our mood and promoting mindfulness, candles have the power to positively impact your mental health. By immersing yourself in the soothing flicker of candlelight and embracing captivating scents, like Cedar + Vanilla, you can create a sanctuary of peace amidst the chaos of everyday life. Lighting a candle becomes a symbol of self-care, reminding you to prioritize your mental health and well-being. So, go ahead and embrace the benefits of burning candles for your mental health. Indulge in the therapeutic experience and let each flicker of the flame be a gentle reminder to pause, unwind, and nurture your mind.
]]>In recent years, coconut wax has become a popular choice for candle makers and candle collectors alike due to its many benefits over other types of wax. Here are some reasons why coconut wax is a superior wax compared to others on the market:
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In conclusion, coconut wax is a superior wax to be used for candles due to its eco-friendliness, clean-burning properties, long-lasting burn time, and strong scent throw. If you want a natural and sustainable option for your candle collection, consider trying our handmade candles made using coconut wax.
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Apokalypse is a robust fragrance born during a very rocky time in the world - 2020. I remember going to bed every day with an uneasy feeling about what tomorrow looked like and what the future held. A bizarre time indeed but also a time of much necessary stillness.
During this stillness, I would go for walks and take in the world around me. For the first time in my life, the world felt empty, and although as strange as it was, it also allowed me to appreciate my environment for the first time. I noticed the beauty of the trees, flowers, and green shrubs, along with the cracks throughout the pavement I walked. These components sparked the creation of Apokalypse. I can still remember the very corner where the idea came to mind. I was eager to get home and start jotting down my ideas. It gave me something to look forward to. It gave me hope again.
As I was developing this fragrance, I took a different approach. Prior to Apokalypse, I named my fragrances after I was done making the fragrance itself. This time, I started with the word Apocalypse and went from there- almost immediately, I had the fragrance notes in my head.
This strong fragrance is composed of jasmine (one of my favorite notes), rose, and a specific accord mimicking a burnt wood scent. Apokalypse is a prominent fragrance but is the perfect culmination of beauty and chaos.
My favorite flowers, jasmine and rose, represent the "beauty" in the fragrance. The "chaos" is from intense notes of birchwood, cedarwood, frankincense, and labdanum. When these notes are combined, it creates an accord reminiscent of burnt wood.
Apokalypse represents the uncertainty we all felt during that time and the beauty we have around us but sometimes forget. This fragrance is unique and one I'm proud of having created. Will it stay in the line of LEHMANN DESIGN HAUS fragrances? Who knows? But there's the beauty of it-- because I'm at piece with the uncertainty.
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The sense of smell is closely linked with memory, probably more so than any of our other senses. Those with full olfactory function may be able to think of smells that evoke particular memories; the scent of jasmine in blossom conjuring up recollections of childhood vacations, for example. This can often happen spontaneously, with a smell acting as a trigger in recalling a long-forgotten event or experience.
In addition to being the sense most closely linked to memory, our sense of smell is also highly emotive. The perfume industry is built around this connection, with perfumers developing fragrances that seek to convey a vast array of emotions and feelings; from desire to power and vitality to relaxation.
It is likely that much of our emotional response to smell is governed by association, something which is born by the fact that different people can have completely different perceptions of the same smell. Take perfume for example; one person may find a particular brand ‘powerful’, ‘aromatic’ and ‘heady’, with another describing it as ‘overpowering’, ‘sickly’ and ‘nauseating’. Despite this, however, there are certain smells that all humans find repugnant, largely because they warn us of danger; the smell of smoke, for example, or of rotten food.
As a scent enters the nose, it is first processed by the olfactory bulb. This starts inside the nose and runs along the bottom of the brain. The olfactory bulb is part of the limbic system, which is the emotional center of the brain. Within this emotional center, lives the amygdala, which plays a role in emotional memories, and the hippocampus, which is critical to developing memories.
Due to scent passing through this area of the brain, emotions, memory, and scent become intertwined.
Visual, auditory, and touch information do not pass through these brain areas. This is why smell, more than any other sense, is so successful at triggering emotions and memories. Our sense of smell is instrumental. What smells ignite your memories?
Since I'm a perfectionist, I spent a year researching candle-making, fragrance-making, and how other brands did it.
Turns out, not all waxes are created equal. The same goes for the wicks and the fragrance oils. I tested a variety of waxes, wicks, and fragrances and finally found an equation that gave me the results I wanted.
What was I searching for? An affordable and a fragrant candle that doesn't leave wax on the sides of the container.
By 2016, I had my first three fragrances: Night Bloom, Lime + Neroli, Oak + Tabak. And the Haus was born.
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