Poisoned Apple Soy Candle – Spiced Apple Candle for Book Lovers – Red Apples + Spice + Vanilla
Regular price $29.99 Save $-29.99A Spiced Apple Candle with a Fairy Tale Edge
Scents: Red Apples · Spices · Vanilla · Hand-poured in: North Carolina, USA · From: $11.99 (wax melts)
This spiced apple candle is the apple in the story, not the apple in the bowl — red skin polished to a shine, spice underneath it like a warning, and vanilla soft enough to make you take the bite anyway.
Light it for dark retellings, fractured fairy tales, and any villain who is far more interesting than the person they are trying to ruin. 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
RED APPLES · SPICES · VANILLA
Fragrance family: Fruity & Gourmand
Why Book Lovers Choose Poisoned Apple
- 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+.
The vanilla is doing quiet, deliberate work here. Left alone, red apple and spice read as a mulled drink; the vanilla pulls the whole thing toward something creamier and stranger, which is what gives the blend its storybook character. It is hand-poured in small North Carolina batches from 100% pure soy, wick-centred by hand, and inspected before labelling — one of 280+ book-inspired scents in the Aarka range.
Poisoned Apple — Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from a plain apple candle?
Most apple candles stop at fruit. This spiced apple candle adds a warm spice layer and a vanilla base, so it smells less like an orchard and more like a scene — polished, sweet, and faintly unsettling.
Is this a good gift for a fairy tale reader?
Yes. It is an obvious gift for anyone who reads retellings, villain origin stories, or the older and grimmer versions of the tales they were read as children. Wax melts from $11.99 make it easy to pair with a book.
Is this candle handmade and 100% soy?
It is. Poisoned Apple 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.