{"product_id":"australian-flora-soy-candle","title":"Australian Flora Soy Candle, Hand-Poured in Australia","description":"\u003c!-- Petal \u0026 Parcel — Australian Flora Soy Candle — Standalone Product --\u003e\n\u003c!-- Paste this into your Shopify product description HTML editor --\u003e\n\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n  .bb-desc { font-family: var(--font-body-family, 'Jost', sans-serif); color: rgb(var(--color-base-text, 33, 35, 38)); line-height: 1.8; }\n  .bb-desc * { box-sizing: border-box; }\n\n  \/* Dividers — teal *\/\n  .bb-divider { width: 40px; height: 2px; background: #264a4d; margin: 3rem 0 2rem; }\n\n  \/* Section labels — teal *\/\n  .bb-label {\n    font-family: var(--font-heading-family, 'Cabin', sans-serif);\n    font-weight: 600;\n    font-size: 10px;\n    letter-spacing: 3px;\n    text-transform: uppercase;\n    color: #3d7a7e;\n    margin-bottom: 0.75rem;\n  }\n\n  \/* Section headings *\/\n  .bb-heading {\n    font-family: var(--font-heading-family, 'Cabin', sans-serif);\n    font-weight: 600;\n    font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 2.5vw, 1.8rem);\n    line-height: 1.3;\n    color: rgb(var(--color-base-heading, 26, 27, 24));\n    margin: 0 0 1.2rem;\n  }\n\n  .bb-desc p { margin: 0 0 1rem; font-size: 1.5rem; }\n  .bb-desc p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }\n\n  \/* Expert note — soft inline treatment *\/\n  .bb-note {\n    padding: 1rem 1.2rem;\n    background: #e6f2f0;\n    border-left: 2px solid #264a4d;\n    margin: 1.5rem 0;\n  }\n  .bb-note p {\n    font-size: 1.25rem;\n    line-height: 1.65;\n    color: rgba(var(--color-base-text, 33, 35, 38), 0.7);\n    margin: 0;\n  }\n  .bb-note-by {\n    font-family: var(--font-heading-family, 'Cabin', sans-serif);\n    font-weight: 600;\n    font-size: 0.95rem;\n    letter-spacing: 2px;\n    text-transform: uppercase;\n    color: #3d7a7e;\n    opacity: 0.75;\n    margin-bottom: 0.4rem;\n  }\n\n  \/* Sequence strip *\/\n  .bb-sequence {\n    display: flex;\n    gap: 0;\n    margin-top: 1.5rem;\n    overflow-x: auto;\n    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;\n  }\n\n  .bb-seq-step {\n    flex: 1;\n    min-width: 90px;\n    text-align: center;\n    padding: 1.2rem 0.5rem;\n    position: relative;\n  }\n\n  .bb-seq-step:not(:last-child)::after {\n    content: '';\n    position: absolute;\n    top: 50%;\n    right: 0;\n    width: 1px;\n    height: 40%;\n    transform: translateY(-50%);\n    background: rgba(var(--color-base-text, 33, 35, 38), 0.08);\n  }\n\n  .bb-seq-num {\n    font-family: var(--font-heading-family, 'Cabin', sans-serif);\n    font-weight: 600;\n    font-size: 2rem;\n    color: #264a4d;\n    line-height: 1;\n    margin-bottom: 0.4rem;\n  }\n\n  .bb-seq-name {\n    font-family: var(--font-heading-family, 'Cabin', sans-serif);\n    font-weight: 600;\n    font-size: 1.2rem;\n    color: rgb(var(--color-base-heading, 26, 27, 24));\n    margin-bottom: 0.2rem;\n  }\n\n  .bb-seq-why {\n    font-size: 1.1rem;\n    color: rgba(var(--color-base-text, 33, 35, 38), 0.4);\n  }\n\n  \/* Who cards *\/\n  .bb-who-grid {\n    display: grid;\n    grid-template-columns: 1fr;\n    gap: 1.5rem;\n    margin-top: 1.5rem;\n  }\n\n  @media screen and (min-width: 750px) {\n    .bb-who-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr; }\n  }\n\n  .bb-who-card {\n    padding: 2rem 1.8rem;\n    background: #e6f2f0;\n    border: 1px solid #c5ddd9;\n  }\n\n  .bb-who-title {\n    font-family: var(--font-heading-family, 'Cabin', sans-serif);\n    font-weight: 600;\n    font-size: 1.4rem;\n    color: rgb(var(--color-base-heading, 26, 27, 24));\n    margin-bottom: 0.6rem;\n  }\n\n  .bb-who-text {\n    font-size: 1.3rem;\n    line-height: 1.7;\n    color: rgba(var(--color-base-text, 33, 35, 38), 0.65);\n  }\n\n  \/* Spec features — teal tinted *\/\n  .bb-box-grid {\n    display: grid;\n    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;\n    gap: 1rem;\n    margin-top: 1.5rem;\n  }\n\n  .bb-box-feat {\n    padding: 1.2rem 1.4rem;\n    background: #e6f2f0;\n    border: 1px solid #c5ddd9;\n  }\n\n  .bb-box-feat-label {\n    font-size: 0.95rem;\n    letter-spacing: 2px;\n    text-transform: uppercase;\n    color: #3d7a7e;\n    opacity: 0.6;\n    margin-bottom: 0.3rem;\n  }\n\n  .bb-box-feat-val {\n    font-family: var(--font-heading-family, 'Cabin', sans-serif);\n    font-weight: 600;\n    font-size: 1.3rem;\n    color: rgb(var(--color-base-heading, 26, 27, 24));\n  }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"bb-desc\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- INTRO --\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eFlowers get the gasp. Then they go, and the room is quiet again. A candle works the other way round. It asks for nothing the day it arrives, then earns its place slowly, lit on an ordinary Tuesday with nothing to celebrate, burning while someone does the dishes or reads or just sits. Bought on its own, the Australian Flora candle is the gift you send when you want to be in the room on a night you will never see. Or the one you light in your own house, because the evening is yours and nobody else is going to mark it for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- WHAT YOU'RE LIGHTING --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-label\"\u003eWhat You're Lighting\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch3 class=\"bb-heading\"\u003eWhat Australian Flora Actually Smells Like\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eMost people expect a native candle to smell like a perfume counter. Real Australian natives do not. This is worth getting right, because it is the whole reason the scent is built the way it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-note\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-note-by\"\u003eAnna, our florist, on the real thing\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eI spent years with these stems in a cool room. Banksia and waxflower are quietly honeyed, more nectar than bouquet, and you have to lean in for it. The sharpness people remember from the bush is the foliage, the eucalypt and tea tree oils, clean and almost medicinal. Boronia is the one true showstopper, and it is rare and gone in a fortnight. So an honest native scent sits low and warm. Honey over a green, resinous edge. A long way from a sweet floral wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eThat is the register this candle chases. Warm, honeyed, faintly resinous, built to read as Australian bush, warm and dry. And here is the part most brands leave out: it is a fragrance blend, not extracted banksia or wattle oil. Almost nothing on the market carries the real extract, because the real extract barely survives distillation. We would rather say that outright and let you buy a well-made impression of the bush, made by people who know exactly what the bush smells like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-label\"\u003eWhat You're Paying For\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch3 class=\"bb-heading\"\u003eSoy, Cotton, and a Jar Worth Keeping\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eOne hundred percent soy wax, hand-poured by a small Australian supplier into an amber apothecary jar with a glass stopper. Soy burns cooler and slower than the paraffin in supermarket candles, and you can see what that buys. It stretches the burn to around forty hours, which is roughly a dozen long evenings if you light it after dinner and put it out before bed. Cooler burning also keeps the soot off the glass, so the jar still looks like something once the wax is gone. The wick is lead-free cotton, which means no metal core smoking away and no petroleum note catching at the back of your throat by the end of the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-box-grid\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-box-feat\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-box-feat-label\"\u003eWax\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-box-feat-val\"\u003e100% soy\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-box-feat\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-box-feat-label\"\u003eWick\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-box-feat-val\"\u003eLead-free cotton\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-box-feat\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-box-feat-label\"\u003eVessel\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-box-feat-val\"\u003eAmber apothecary glass, 200ml\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-box-feat\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-box-feat-label\"\u003eBurn Time\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-box-feat-val\"\u003eAround 40 hours\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- HOW TO BURN IT --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-label\"\u003eGet It Right\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch3 class=\"bb-heading\"\u003eFour Rules for a Clean Burn\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-sequence\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-step\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-num\"\u003e1\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-name\"\u003eFirst Burn\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-why\"\u003eMelt to the edge\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-step\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-num\"\u003e2\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-name\"\u003eTrim\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-why\"\u003eWick to 5mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-step\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-num\"\u003e3\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-name\"\u003eSessions\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-why\"\u003eFour hours, then rest\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-step\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-num\"\u003e4\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-name\"\u003eThe Last\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-seq-why\"\u003eStop at 1cm\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eSoy has a memory, and the first burn sets it. Give it the two or three hours the melted pool needs to reach the full width of the jar before you put it out. Cut that first burn short and it tunnels, sinking a narrow shaft down the middle while the wax around the edge sits untouched for the life of the candle. That one is the mistake we would put money on being the most common, so we are telling you before it happens rather than after. Trim the wick to about five millimetres before every light and the flame stops mushrooming and throwing soot. And stop at the last centimetre of wax. The glass runs too hot below that to be worth it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- WHO LIGHTS THIS --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-label\"\u003eWho Lights This\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch3 class=\"bb-heading\"\u003eThree People Reach for This One\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-who-grid\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-who-card\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-who-title\"\u003eThe Gift That Keeps Working\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-who-text\"\u003eSent with a bouquet, or in place of one. The flowers do their work the day they land. The candle does its later, on the recipient's own schedule, lit weeks after you have stopped thinking about the parcel. You will never see it burning on their bench on some ordinary Sunday. It will be, though, with your name behind it.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-who-card\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-who-title\"\u003eThe House With Nothing to Celebrate\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-who-text\"\u003eThis one is for the buyer who is also the recipient. The evening belongs to you, the reason is nobody's business, and forty hours of it may as well smell like something you chose on purpose. Permission to stop for an hour, for the price of a candle.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-who-card\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-who-title\"\u003eThe Quiet Sympathy Send\u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-who-text\"\u003eWhen flowers feel like too much colour for the moment. A candle cannot do a single thing about what happened, and it will sit there and keep burning anyway, which is nearer the truth than most sympathy gifts get. It asks nothing of a grieving house. Nothing to arrange, nothing to keep alive, nothing to decide on a day when every small decision already feels heavy. It holds a small light for as long as they need one.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- AFTER THE WAX --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-label\"\u003eAfter the Wax\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch3 class=\"bb-heading\"\u003eThe Jar Outlives the Candle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eWhen the last of the wax is gone, pour in just-boiled water, let it set, and lift the disc out with a spoon. What is left is an amber apothecary jar with a ground-glass stopper, the kind of object that costs money empty. People keep them for cotton buds, loose tea, cuttings on a windowsill, the good pens. Call it a small environmental win if you like. Mostly it is just a good jar, and throwing it out feels wrong, which is rather the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- ORIGIN --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-label\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch3 class=\"bb-heading\"\u003eHand-Poured in Australia\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eMade here, by hand, in small runs, by a supplier who puts their own numbered label on every jar. The Candle No 3 apothecary label is theirs. The honest account of what the fragrance is came from us, because we would rather you know exactly what you are lighting. Packed and posted from our Kingscliff studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Petal \u0026 Parcel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47787505877245,"sku":null,"price":49.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/5545\/8301\/files\/australian-flora-soy-candle.png?v=1783139897","url":"https:\/\/petalandparcel.com.au\/products\/australian-flora-soy-candle","provider":"Petal \u0026 Parcel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}