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When our founder Nicola started NEOM Wellbeing in 2005, her goal was clear. Through using 100% naturally-derived waxes, ingredients and 100% natural fragrances, she wanted to move the dial from candles being simply a nice-smelling accessory to being a genuinely enjoyable experience with the ability to give you a wellbeing moment, too.
Nearly twenty years on, our candles still contain 100% natural fragrances, expertly blended using a complex blend of different essential oils, natural extracts and natural isolates, as well as 100% naturally-derived wax. Here are four reasons to try a NEOM candle…
1. They Smell Incredible
Undeniably the best benefit (and why we all buy scented candles after all), NEOM candles are renowned for their naturally powerful and trademark scents that fill any space in seconds… even without being lit!
Free from synthetic fragrances, our candles are expertly blended using only 100% natural essential oils such as zesty citrus scents like orange and lemon and floral favourites like jasmine, geranium and soothing lavender. Did you know, we put more than 30ml of essential oil into each one of our 3 wick candles? That’s around three to four bottles of our much-loved Essential Oil Blends per candle to help supercharge, stimulate or soothe your senses.
2. They Pack A Wellbeing Punch
Not only does the high inclusion of essential oils mean they smell great, but our candles also expose you to a whole host of wellbeing benefits too. How? When you light your candle and inhale the essential oil blend, the scent molecules are received by receptors in the olfactory epithelium inside the nose. These receptors then send signals to the olfactory bulb in the brain, which then communicates directly with the limbic system – the area responsible for emotional and behavioural responses, including memory. This then produces neurochemicals and hormones that act like little messengers, influencing how you feel. It’s this close connection between scent and the emotional centres of the brain that makes fragrance such a powerful part of your wellbeing ritual – helping to shape the atmosphere around you and support the mood you want to create, whether that’s feeling calmer, more uplifted or ready to unwind.
Different essential oils bring different benefits, which is why each NEOM candle (and every one of our products in fact) is designed to help address a specific wellbeing concern. Our collection welcomes the soothing essential oils known to support a sense of calm (hello Real Luxury Scented Candle), relaxing ones known to help you prepare for sleep (hello Perfect Night’s Sleep Scented Candle), energising ones designed to boost that get-up-and-go feeling and uplifting ones known to help with your mood. We really have a candle for every mood or moment.
3. They’re Hand-Poured In The UK
Our candles are proudly hand-finished in the UK by a team of brilliant artisans. We only use natural wicks like cotton and paper, and real expertise is used in mixing and pouring the wax, giving our candles a completely clean burn. Our original candle was developed with three wicks, so the essential oil scent starts to fill the room after just 20 minutes of burning.
4. They’re Designed Consciously
As a proud B Corp (read more about this here), we consider the wellbeing of our people and planet in every decision we make. We only use natural and naturally-derived formulations in all of our candles and all our paper, cardboard packaging and delivery boxes are 100% recyclable, FSC certified and responsibly sourced from sustainable forests. Our 3 wick, 1 wick and travel candles are also crafted using the very best quality sustainably sourced beeswax, produced in Kenya from crude beeswax that is wild harvested from hives in Kenya and Tanzania.
We also don’t use paraffin in our wax blend, as it’s derived from petroleum, which is not a renewable source. Plus, none of our candle wax blends contain any petroleum ingredients either, so are free of mineral oil and petrolatum too.
So, whether you’re lighting one to help you unwind at the end of the day, boost your mood before guests arrive or simply create a more considered atmosphere at home, choosing a natural candle means choosing a moment that does more than just smell good. With 100% natural fragrances, thoughtfully sourced ingredients and a clear wellbeing purpose behind every blend, a NEOM candle is designed to support how you want to feel – one flicker at a time.