Cottage Witch soy candle, an elderberry candle with elderberries, pear, cinnamon, and nectar notes, hand-poured by Aarka Origins.

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Cottage Witch Soy Candle – Elderberry Candle for Book Lovers – Elderberries + Pear + Cinnamon + Nectar

Name: Cottage Witch Soy Candle – Elderberry Candle for Book Lovers – Elderberries + Pear + Cinnamon + Nectar
Brand: Aarka Origins - The Best Scented Soy Candles
Price: 29.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$29.99

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8oz Amber Jar

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An Elderberry Candle for the Kitchen at the Edge of the Village

Scents: Elderberries · Pear · Cinnamon · Nectar · Hand-poured in: North Carolina, USA · From: $11.99 (wax melts)

This elderberry candle is a pot that has been on the stove since morning — dark elderberries breaking down, pear going soft and sweet beside them, cinnamon stirred through, and nectar thick at the bottom of the pan.

It belongs to hedge-witch chapters, to remedies made from the garden, and to every book where the healing happens in a kitchen rather than a castle. 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

ELDERBERRIES · PEAR · CINNAMON · NECTAR
Fragrance family: Fruity & Spiced

Why Book Lovers Choose Cottage Witch

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+.

Elderberry is a difficult fruit to render because it is dark without being sweet — closer to wine than to jam. Getting it right means resisting the urge to sugar it, so the pear does the sweetening here and the nectar only shows up at the very base. The cinnamon keeps it herbal rather than dessert-like. Hand-poured in small North Carolina batches from 100% pure soy, with no paraffin and no blends.

Cottage Witch — Frequently Asked Questions

Is the elderberry candle a dessert scent?

No. The elderberry candle is closer to a simmering pot than a bakery — the berries stay dark and wine-like, the pear adds ripeness rather than sugar, and the cinnamon reads as an herb, not a spice cake.

Is this a good gift for a witchy or cottagecore reader?

It is one of the strongest gifts in this batch for that shelf, and it doubles as a kitchen scent for anyone who cooks. Wax melts from $11.99 make it easy to build into a herbal gift set.

Is this candle handmade and 100% soy?

It is. Cottage Witch 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.