Campfire Stories Soy Candle – Campfire Candle for Book Lovers – Roasted Marshmallow + Smoked Maple

A Campfire Candle for the Story Told After Midnight

Scents: Roasted Marshmallow · Smoked Maple · Hand-poured in: North Carolina, USA · From: $11.99 (wax melts)

This campfire candle sits book lovers around the last live log — roasted marshmallow crisping to gold, smoked maple sap dripping onto the coals, and stories getting braver the darker the woods.

Light it with adventure fiction, camp-set thrillers, and short story collections passed around like a flashlight. 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

ROASTED MARSHMALLOW · SMOKED MAPLE
Fragrance family: Smoky & Gourmand

Why Book Lovers Choose Campfire Stories

• 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+.

Every jar in the Campfire Stories pour is inspected before it ships, from wick centering to label alignment, so what arrives at your door is the same candle Aarka's makers would keep on their own shelf. It is part of a catalog of 280+ book-inspired scents — one of the widest bookish ranges anywhere — and each one is designed to smell like a story you can name, not a generic fragrance with a bookish label pasted on.

Campfire Stories — Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Campfire Stories campfire candle smell like?

Aarka Origins' Campfire Stories campfire candle smells like a s'mores station at midnight: charred golden marshmallow and warm smoked maple. Marshmallow was originally made from the sap of the marshmallow plant (Althaea officinalis) — a herbal remedy first used by the ancient Egyptians before it ever landed on a stick.

Is this a good gift for adventure or thriller readers?

Yes — a favorite for camp-set mystery fans, road-trip readers, and anyone whose ideal weekend involves a fire and a book. Wax melts from $11.99 make an easy summer or autumn gift.

Is this candle handmade and 100% soy?

It is. Campfire Stories is hand-poured in small batches at Aarka Origins' North Carolina shop from 100% pure soy wax — no paraffin, no blends — with phthalate-free, dye-free, vegan fragrance oil and a lead-free cotton wick, one of 280+ book-inspired scents.

Care: trim the wick to 1/4" before each burn and keep burns to about 2 hours at a time to keep the melt pool even and the flame low. Browse all 280+ scents in our book candles for book lovers collection.