Near & Native

Let’s talk: Hot weather candle care!

We use coconut soy wax which has a very low melt temperature (think: chocolate!) Here are a few tips for caring for your candles in hot weather.

🔥 Avoid hot cars: Never leave candles or packages in hot cars; bring them inside quickly.

🔥 Avoid laying them on their side: At extremely hot temps, the wax can melt and spill.

🔥 Don’t worry about sweating: The fragrance oils can perspire and bead up on the tops of the candles. The candle will burn normally when lit.

Big ole restock at .seaweed, including new fan fave, Black Fig!

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It’s 75° and sunny today in Maine and we’re itching to get away for a long weekend!

Studio will be closed at 2:00 today and reopening Tuesday morning.

Enjoy the weekend 🤍

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Now through Friday, 25% off gifts for mom 🤍

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Since we started our Candle Refill Service, we’ve kept over 14,420 vessels out of landfills and in circulation in your homes.

The reason we’ve continued to grow is largely because of our “Burn & Return” method…use up a candle, send it back, we refill it. (A simple concept with complicated ex*****on behind the scenes!) But the real reason for this program’s success is sustainability PLUS the economical advantage of using what you have. Our refills are about half the price of buying a new candle and you can refill our vessels or any empty vessel in your home.

Thank you to all of our loyal refillers!! Let’s keep the momentum going this year 🔁

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Happy Friday! Been a bit quiet on the gram lately…busier than ever with life & biz - we have so many fun projects in works and some new products in the pipeline for the year!

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Endless Candle Collection 〰️ Buy one get another one for free until they are sold out! Honestly gang, we simply made too many of these and we want to make room for some upcoming new projects in the pipeline 🙃 Our bad, but hey you can’t win them all!

The Endless Candle is a beautiful boxed 13 oz vessel that is forever refillable with our candle refill service for only $20 per refill. This clear glass tumbler is actually screenprinted, ensuring you can change up your fragrances with each refill without changing the label!

Elemi • Wild Sumac, Guaiacwood, Smoky Vanilla

Cypress • Bergamot, Cedarwood , Clove

Cedrè • Citrus Zest, Crushed Patchouli, Amber Resin

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Mixing fragrance + wax…Each candlemaker has their own method. We use precise temperature controls to ensure the wax is at the perfect temperature when mixed to get the best blend. Too hot and the fragrance can burn off, too cool and the fragrance won’t bind to the wax properly, causing issues with hot and cold throw (that is, how the candle smells when unlit vs lit).

We love the art & science behind blending, testing and nailing the perfect formula 🧪

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Guilty as charged 🔥

Hat

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Sometimes you just need a little treat 😊

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Our sample set comes with 8 scent testers and someone asked recently if we sell the complete collection of all 21 scents 🤔 Got us thinking!! Would anyone be into that?

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📣 We’ll be switching over to *spring* refill scents on 3/21!

See 2nd slide for what’s scents are going away until fall. Stock up now on Fraser Fir, Maine Maple, Winter Woods & Fireside 🔥

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Big, huge, giant restock of 10 oz and 4 oz candles at ✨

Here’s what’s in stock:

🌱 Mint & Citrus
🍊 Lilac & Mandarin
🪵 Cedar & Amber
🍁 Maine Maple
🔥 Black Fig
💨 Palo Santo

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Whether you like woodsy, floral, fresh or spicy, we have a scent for you (21 in fact!)

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Exciting news for L.L.Bean devotees! Our Sage & Sea Salt & Lilac & Mandarin scents are now available on the L.L.Bean website & Freeport flagship store.

The process of launching a new product with a national brand like L.L.Bean begins about 6-8 months out. We meet with the Bean buyers at our fragrance studio, we discuss assortment & newness, then they make their selections and review samples internally with their team. They then place their buys and shoot the product in their photography studio. We get to work on candle production and then begin packaging & price stickering based on their specific needs. The pallet of finished candles then makes their way up the road to their Freeport distribution center, the product goes live on their website and sent to select stores!

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We’re opening our doors on Wednesday February 14 for our first ever *warehouse sale* 🤍 We’ll have 2 kinds of products for this event.

1️⃣ Seconds quality candles and “duds”. Think scratched glass, imperfect labels, wonky wicks, dented travel tins, etc. Y’all know the drill by now!

2️⃣ New products that are on super sale. We’ll be retiring Ginger, Coconut, Amber and Flowering Clove! We’ve also designed some special candle collections with leftover custom scents and vessels. We don’t waste a THING over here!

Come shop with a gal pal, your valentine or solo to get away from the kids for a minute 🙃

We’ll be here 12-6 pm. See you then!

𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘵 & 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 1 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 1𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳!
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A warm fusion of toasted vanilla, comforting amber, and cedarwood. When lit, this candle envelops your space in the familiar embrace of vanilla, followed by the velvety warmth of amber. The subtle cedarwood undertone adds depth and a touch of the outdoors.

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It’s comforting, earthy, and a warm compliment to any space in the cooler seasons.

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Our biggest wholesale event of the year. If you’d like to carry our candles in your shop, the Faire Winter Market is the time to snag them up to 25% off wholesale.

We just added a First Time Retailer Bundle to the shop so it’s an easy way to get our best selling products set up on your shelves in a flash ✨

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Last year was the year of the Room & Body Mist! The top seller was…Palo Santo - an earthy blend of clove, patchouli and cedarwood.

Can’t burn candles in your apartment? No problem…you can have your favorite N&N scents in a convenient mist!

Can be used on linens, in the bathroom or even in yourself since the formula is skin safe. And, the milky white glass bottle is a better choice than plastic. Win win!

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Our company is unique, since we have 4 distinct divisions. Each of them are very different, but the overall goal is the same - to deliver the highest quality refillable home fragrances on the market. Here’s what we do!

1⃣ Website: Shop our home fragrance products directly via our website.

2⃣ Wholesale: We sell to about 60 stores + websites across the US.

3⃣ Candle Refill Service: We refill any empty candle, vessel, or glassware keeping beautiful things out of landfills and in circulation. Win win!

4⃣ Custom Candle Service: We design private label & custom candle collections for brands big and small.

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Thank you for our best holiday season yet!

It was a very full year and we are so grateful to you, our customers, for the support.

This is much more than a candle company. You allow us into your homes and sacred spaces and give us the opportunity to provide comfort. A respite from the chaos of life through scent and warmth. A special gift for a loved one or a reward for yourself. It’s our vision of sustainability and reuse.

Our team is enjoying a well deserved winter rest after many months of hustle. Warm holiday wishes!

See you when we’re back in the studio on 1/2!

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Deep breaths…there’s still a few shopping days before the big day!

Big restock at Gogo Refill in all your favorite winter scents!

✔️ White Pine
✔️ Winter Woods
✔️ Pomegranate Cider
✔️ Fireside
✔️ Palo Santo
✔️ Cedar & Amber

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Last call!

Our final market of the year is this Sunday at Maker’s Market at 🔥

We are stocked up with our best sellers, winter scents, candles, room sprays, diffusers, and tealights to finish off your list!

A sincere thank you to everyone that makes the effort to come to these shows with local makers. They can be grueling, long days loading hundreds of pounds of products and fixtures into the show.

Seeing all of our repeat customers and meeting new friends makes it truly worth it. We have a lot of fun and hope you do too! 🫶🏼

🗓️ Sunday 12/17
⏰ 10-3 pm
📍 Thompson’s Point, Portland, ME
🍹 All dayyy

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4,631!!

That’s how many candles we’ve refilled this year alone. 4,631 less items in landfills.

When companies say they are sustainable but pass the burden on to you, the customer, they aren’t really sustainable. Let’s face it, you have enough planters and Q-Tip holders, let’s refill your beautiful vessels and keep them in circulation and out of the trash.

Important Candle Refill Service reminders:

♾️ If you dropped off your vessels at after 12/6, they will be picked up on 12/20 and returned on 1/3.

♾️ Fastest option is drop off at our studio in the Dana Warp Mill.

♾️ Shipping them to us works too! Wrap well, the mail carriers are not gentle!

♾️ More info on our website, click on Refill Candles.

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The Christmas shipping cut-off is coming 🛷💨

Place your orders by *Decemeber 13* to get your Near & Native goodies by Christmas.

Don't worry — we'll still be shipping the following week, but we can't guarantee your candles will arrive in time for the holiday.

So get your orders in early and chill all the way to the New Year!

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Holiday hosting essentials ⬆️

Set the ambiance to festive with our most beloved winter scents, like Winter Woods, Cashmere Woods, Juniper Spruce, and Fireside.

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Packing up all our babies for another busy Maker’s Market tomorrow 12/3 at !

We’ll be there with bells on stocked up on all of our winter scents in candles, diffusers and room sprays.

Tons of options under $20 for easy hostess, teacher or neighbor gifts!

📍 Thompson’s Point, Portland, ME
⏰ 10-3 pm
🍹 Mimosas, Spritz’s, wine and beer all day

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This Friday 12/1, we are throwing open our doors, pouring the wine and celebrating our 2nd Annual Art Walk in the Dana Warp Mill!

You can grab a map, walk the mill and shop a slew of amazing artists & makers from southern Maine.

📍 90 Bridge Street. Park in parking lot & come in door #1

🕯️ Winter scents are stocked up, in candles, diffusers, room sprays and YES we’ll have seconds and sale section :)

🛍️ 3-7 PM

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A million thank yous for your support of our small business this weekend! We began this as a idea in the kitchen, which grew to a hobby in a basement, and then a full blown business with employees in a production facility.

That type of growth is made possible by support from our customers like you. Keeping your dollars in your community is a choice, but one we depend on to keep rolling!

Would love to see you IRL tomorrow Sunday 11/26 at Makers Market 🔥

⏰ 10-3 pm
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🍹 Bar’s open

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33% off large White Pine candles today through Sunday!

Our #1 best selling candle, for good reason.

Inspired by our home in the Maine woods, this scent brings traditional pine with amped up notes of eucalyptus, mint, cypress, and tonka bean, creating a unique aromatic crispness that everyone seems to love.

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