Under the Stars soy candle, a strawberries and cream candle with strawberry, cream, and pound cake notes, hand-poured by Aarka Origins.

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Under the Stars Soy Candle – Strawberries and Cream Candle for Book Lovers – Strawberry + Pound Cake

Name: Under the Stars Soy Candle – Strawberries and Cream Candle for Book Lovers – Strawberry + Pound Cake
Brand: Aarka Origins - Handmade Book Lovers' Soy Candles
Price: 29.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$29.99

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8oz Amber Jar

4oz Black Tin

Wax Melt

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A Strawberries and Cream Candle for Warm Nights Outdoors

Scents: Strawberries · Cream · Pound Cake · Hand-poured in: North Carolina, USA · From: $11.99 (wax melts)

This strawberries and cream candle is a plate carried outside after dark — strawberries at the ripe edge, cream poured without measuring, and pound cake still holding the heat of the tin.

It belongs beside summer romance, midnight picnics, and the chapter where two people stay out far later than either of them planned to. Like every Aarka Origins candle, it is truly handmade: hand-poured in small batches in North Carolina from 100% pure soy wax, with no paraffin and no blends.

Scent Notes

STRAWBERRIES · CREAM · POUND CAKE
Fragrance family: Gourmand & Fruity

Why Book Lovers Choose Under the Stars

Truly handmade — poured, wicked, and checked by hand in North Carolina, not run off an industrial line with an "artisan" label added later.
100% pure soy wax — no paraffin, no blends; a clean, even burn through long reading sessions.
Non-toxic — phthalate-free, dye-free, vegan, cruelty-free fragrance oils; safe to burn in bedrooms, nurseries, and small reading nooks.
Lead-free cotton wick — a steady, quiet flame that will not compete with the story on the page.
Honest pricing — wax melts from $11.99, while comparable bookish candles elsewhere often run $18–30+.

Strawberry is the note most likely to smell like a sweet shop in cheap wax. The pound cake base is what fixes it — buttery, floury, and slightly dry, it gives the fruit somewhere to land so the whole blend reads as dessert rather than candy. Poured and wicked by hand in North Carolina from 100% pure soy, one of 280+ scents in the range.

Under the Stars — Frequently Asked Questions

Is the strawberries and cream candle artificial-smelling?

It is deliberately built not to be. The strawberries and cream candle uses a ripe, jammy fruit note over buttery pound cake, which keeps it in dessert territory rather than bubblegum territory.

Is this a good gift for a summer reader?

It is an easy summer gift, and a good one for a romance reader working through a stack of paperbacks in a garden chair. Wax melts from $11.99 make it a light, inexpensive present.

Is this candle handmade and 100% soy?

It is. Under the Stars is hand-poured in small batches at Aarka Origins' North Carolina shop from 100% pure soy wax — no paraffin, no wax blends, no dyes, and a lead-free cotton wick. The fragrance oils are phthalate-free, vegan, and never tested on animals.

Trim the wick to 1/4" before each burn and keep burns to about two hours at a time for the cleanest, most even melt pool. Browse the full book lover soy candle collection.