Haeckels Reculver / GPS 12’ 0”E Candle 270ml

This soy wax candle evokes the scent of waves crashing into the Reculver sea defences, the overgrown plants and fruits of the ruined Abbey and graveyard below. Salt water, berries, flowers and wild parsley.

For the first time that you burn your Haeckels candle, allow it to burn for at least two hours, or until the whole top is liquid with wax. This allows for an even burn the next time it is used.

As waves smash into the Reculver sea defenses, below sits a ruined abbey, graveyard and wild, overgrown fields. Remnants of more recent uses are now overgrown and covered over with blackberries, raspberries and sea lavender. The salt water spraying up onto the path leaves small puddles so that the smell of the sea is carried by the wind to mix with berries, flowers and wild parsley creating a fragrance that is fresh, but shows the history that surrounds this place in every direction. There is a feeling here of something that was once important and loved but that has now been given back to nature to heal and be washed away, into the sea.

Soy wax, Parfum