Hole & Corner new candles

We have been huge fans of Hole & Corner magazine since its debut issue (in which Jo’s husband Craig Sams featured, actually): a beautifully-produced magazine which celebrates artisan craftsmanship and a slower, more considered pace of life.

That’s a spirit embodied by this new hand-made candle collection, created in partnership with True Grace (whose home fragrances we also adore: Jo’s house smells hippie-ishly patchouli-ish at all times, thanks to their Albany Patchouli room spray). Both Hole & Corner and True Grace are based in the West Country, and there’s a very British vibe to these creations.

Four altogether, all with a 40-hour burn, each created ‘to evoke the memory of a particular favourite “hole and corner” – a secret place in a life lived away from the mainstream.’

Saltmarsh – with fresh notes of geranium, neroli, amber and moss. Think ‘salty sea air, southery breeze, seagulls, canvas and thread, tangled seaweed in the sun.’ (We can’t resist using their descriptions for the candles, as they’re just so evocative.)

Leather Shop – bergamot, ginger, sandalwood, oudh, coriander, patchouli, musk and cedar, conjuring up ‘Leather, polish, elbow grease’.

Smokehouse – this conjures up ‘Fishermen’s huts, smouldering wood fires, the daily catch, coastal winds’. Smoke notes, cade oil, fir balsam, birch, moss and woods feature.

Allotment – probably the one we’re most enraptured by, with its complex blend of nutmeg, bergamot, lemon, black pepper, cardamom and basil, jasmine, patchouli, oregano, clove and cypress, underpinned by amber and cedarwood.

You can’t hold a candle to them, frankly.

£35 each – buy here

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