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The Ace Attorney collection is live!! Go get ya lawyers!!

-> Turnabout – Luminis Candle Co.

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I didn't want to overload my info post on the AA collection with pictures... so here's a humungous post with a bunch more pictures of everything :)

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Coming Saturday, July 15, at 12 pm Pacific time...

"TURNABOUT," an Ace Attorney-inspired collection!!

This collection features 8 scents inspired by Ace Attorney characters, available both as candles and snap bar-style wax melts.

Scent descriptions and more photos under the cut!

"Objection!" - Phoenix Wright: A woody, slightly spicy scent that opens with peppercorn, cedar, and orange zest. Heart notes of sandalwood, jasmine, neroli, and cashmere are followed by a resinous base accented with vetiver and Cabernet grape.

"Unnecessary Feelings" - Miles Edgeworth: A rich, luxurious blend. Top notes of orange bitters and rock salt ease into freshly waxed mahogany wood and pink pepper, all wrapped up in a smooth base of oakmoss, paprika, bourbon, and tonka bean.

"Hamburgers and Ramen" - Maya Fey: Sweet and girlish, this scent begins with grapefruit, bergamot, thyme, and sweet pea. White tea, nutmeg, rose, and honey form the heart notes, and are followed by tuberose and jasmine.

"Chords of Steel" - Apollo Justice: A strong scent with a kick of spice. Top notes of bergamot, ginger, and lemon mingle with cardamom, nutmeg, rose, and incense. Woods, labdanum, amber, and musk linger at the base.

"Courtroom Air Guitar" - Klavier Gavin: A balanced scent reminiscent of expensive cologne. Sea spray, eucalyptus, and citrus zest provide an ozonic opening combination, warmed by heart notes of cashmere, florals, and earthy mint. Cedar, sandalwood, vetiver, and amber musk complete the blend.

"Impromptu Psychoanalysis" - Athena Cykes: Bright notes of lemon, lime, citrus peel, and lemongrass jump-start this blend, followed by a calmer heart of jasmine, sugar, and blackcurrant. A simple patchouli and powder base holds the medley together.

"Gallery Fopdoodles" - Simon Blackquill: An earthy blend that opens with palm leaf and coffee, blending into oak, leather, patchouli, and caramel middle notes. Bottom tones of smoked vanilla, whiskey, and dried woods leave a lasting impression.

"Weaponized Prayer Beads" - Nahyuta Sahdmadhi: Soft and delicate, this scent's top notes of aloe, citrus zest, and milky ambrette unfold into a smooth heart of bamboo, green leaves, tuberose, and temple incense. Tonka bean, vanilla, sheer musk, and teakwood add depth for the finishing touch.

This collection has been bouncing around in my noggin for about two years, and now it is finally time to release it into the wild.

Everything will become available on my website promptly at noon on July 15; quantities are limited, so be there or be square!!

also maybe keep an eye out for a DGS/GAA collection in the future

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This actually touches on something I wanted to talk about, which is the process of determining which flags I represented in this collection.

In general, I need to limit how many individual scents that are in a collection, and how many of each scent I make, because candlemaking is a fairly time-intensive process, especially factoring in label design and the 8-12 hours per scent I spend on burn testing. Testing and production both use up wax (obviously) and fragrance oil, which are resources I have to budget because 44lb cases of wax and most 16 oz bottles of fragrance are 'spensive.

An issue unique to the pride candles is the layers. The more layers there are (and/or the more individual colors there are), the longer it takes and the more difficult they are for me to make. There's some math involved. Therefore, I can't really allow myself to take on more than a couple flags with more than 5 stripes, because it'll just take way too much time and be too stressful for me to produce.

Another component is, honestly, guessing at what will sell. I also have an Etsy shop that sells embroidered pride flag patches, and there are a few flags that have never sold a single time. There's too much cost investment in candles to make a whole lot of inventory that won't sell, so I used the sales data from the embroidered patches to determine which flags sold the best and guess which would subsequently do well as candles, in combination with the criteria of "maximum of 7 stripes, but only 2-3 flags with more than 5 stripes" and "not more than 8 scents total".

Finally, a few flags were immediately out of the running: flags like the circle intersex flag, the sapphic flag with the flower in the center, the leather flag, anything with shapes that aren't stripes. Someone more innovative than me could probably figure out how to incorporate the shapes into the candles, but for me, the workload was already really significant, so adding in something that would need that much special attention wasn't going to work.

In an ideal world I would have been able to make candles for as many flags as I could think of, but realistically I'm limited by finances and my mental/physical bandwidth, so I simply did as many as I reasonably could!!

We're here, we're queer, and we cannot be legislated out of existence 🏳‍🌈✨

The Luminis Candle Co 2023 Pride Collection is being released on June 1 at 12:00 pm (Pacific time), and you can find it all on www.luminiscandleco.com!!!! This year's Pride candle lineup includes 8 scents, 7 of which are brand new!

Scent information and additional details under the cut!

Nonbinary: This is the only one that's the same as last year: a lovely aromatic blend featuring gentle English lavender top notes, a heart of sweet Meyer lemon, and a base of vanilla and tonka bean.

Pansexual: A playful blend with aldehydic top notes of bergamot, sweet orange, and apple, unfolding into heart notes of rich honey nectar and toffee. White musk forms a gentle base.

Polyamorous: Fresh and clean with citrus and mint top notes. A heart of lavender, green accord, and sandalwood blends into a soothing base of cedarwood, amber, and musk.

Lesbian: An effervescent, feminine blend that opens with sweet apple, raspberry, and sparkling champagne. Lily, jasmine, and peach heart notes follow, supported by coconut and sugar base notes.

Asexual: Herbal and aromatic. Top notes of lemon and cyclamen give way to a heart of sage, lavender, rosemary, and thyme. Base notes of eucalyptus leaf and green musk tie the blend together.

LGBTQ+/Rainbow: Oceanic but not overwhelming, this scent begins with marine and green accords, followed by herbaceous notes, dry woods, and a strong note of sea salt. Leather, cedarwood, and smooth black pepper form a lingering base.

Transgender: A sweet, blush blend. Raspberry and mandarin top notes blend seamlessly into a heart of rose, lychee, and red currant, which in turn lead to a captivating base of oud, benzoin, and sheer musk.

Bisexual: Sweet with a little spice, this striking blend starts with ozone and chili pepper, mellowed out by a heart of mandarin, guava, and orange. Coconut and peppercorn round out the scent.

All candles are decorated with eco-friendly glitter made from sustainably and ethically sourced plant material that biodegrades in a wastewater environment. Testing was conducted to ensure that eco-glitter won't cause a severe fire hazard the way dried botanicals do, and while my own testing showed that they don't cause fireballs or anything, if your glitter gets too close to the wick, I recommend gently brushing it away before lighting, just to be safe!

Each candle costs $35 and the wax weight of each is approximately 6 ounces!

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Sample a few of the scents from the upcoming Genshin collection with these sample products!!!

There are four solid perfumes, two velvet salt scrubs, and a bath whip, all available on the Luminis website :)

Scent descriptions and ingredients under the cut!

Scent Descriptions:

Lapis Dei (Zhongli): White currant, orange blossom, dried pampas grass, rose petal, magnolia, bitter cocoa, soft musk Monoceros Caeli (Tartaglia/Childe): Citrus peel, cardamom, pepper, sea salt, spices, jasmine, woods, amber, labdanum Victor Mare (Beidou): Aged bourbon, ozone, plum, saffron, leather, sea salt, vanilla, charred oud, sandalwood, violet, musk Opus Aequilibrium (Ningguang): Ambrette, magnolia, plum, sandalwood, queen of the night, violet, cedar, chantilly musk, amber

Ingredients:

Monoceros Caeli/Victor Mare Solid Perfume Ingredients: Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Fragrance/Parfum

Lapis Dei Solid Perfume Ingredients: Juglans Regia (Walnut) Oil, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Fragrance/Parfum

Opus Aequilibrium Solid Perfume Ingredients: Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Oil, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Fragrance/Parfum

Monoceros Caeli Salt Scrub Ingredients: Velvet Grain Grey Sea Salt, Olive Squalane Oil, Emulsifying Wax NF, Polysorbate 80, Mica, Fragrance/Parfum

Noctua Salt Scrub Ingredients: Velvet Grain Grey Sea Salt, Olive Squalane Oil, Emulsifying Wax NF, Polysorbate 80, Activated Charcoal, Fragrance/Parfum

Opus Aequilibrium Bath Whip Ingredients: Aqua (Water/Eau), Sorbitol, Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate, Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate, Sodium Chloride, Phenoxyethanol, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Yogurt Powder, Pearlizer (Sodium Laureth Sulfate (and) Glycol Distearate (and) Cocamide MEA (and) Laureth-10), Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Oil, Preservative (Propylene Glycol (and) Diazolidinyl Urea (and) Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate), Fragrance/Parfum

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the plans for the genshin collection are... expansive. there's also a wave 4 to the right in this spreadsheet but I haven't really nailed anything down yet

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Showing up to Genshin several years late with some beta test versions of solid perfumes and salt scrubs (the first of... so many)

Left picture has Beidou solids on the top rows, then the 4 grey scrubs are Tartaglia and the black ones are Diluc; right pic is all Tartaglia solids :')

These solid perfumes aaare grapeseed oil + beeswax + vitamin E, the scrubs are velvet grain grey sea salt with squalane oil! The Tartaglia ones are colored with a grey-blue mica and the Diluc ones have activated charcoal

Basic scent descrips (subject to change since I am still testing): Beidou-- aged bourbon, plum, suede, charred oud, sea salt Tartaglia-- cardamom, ginger, citrus peel, amber, labdanum Diluc-- rose, black pepper, coffee, violet, leather, birchwood

Stay tuned for literally about 5 million more things

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There are also a whole bunch of wax melts that will be going up with the candles tomorrow!! For single tarts and roses, if you add two or more to your cart, a 25% discount will automatically apply at checkout :)

We're here, we're queer, and we cannot be legislated out of existence 🏳‍🌈✨

The Luminis Candle Co 2023 Pride Collection is being released on June 1 at 12:00 pm (Pacific time), and you can find it all on www.luminiscandleco.com!!!! This year's Pride candle lineup includes 8 scents, 7 of which are brand new!

Scent information and additional details under the cut!

Nonbinary: This is the only one that's the same as last year: a lovely aromatic blend featuring gentle English lavender top notes, a heart of sweet Meyer lemon, and a base of vanilla and tonka bean.

Pansexual: A playful blend with aldehydic top notes of bergamot, sweet orange, and apple, unfolding into heart notes of rich honey nectar and toffee. White musk forms a gentle base.

Polyamorous: Fresh and clean with citrus and mint top notes. A heart of lavender, green accord, and sandalwood blends into a soothing base of cedarwood, amber, and musk.

Lesbian: An effervescent, feminine blend that opens with sweet apple, raspberry, and sparkling champagne. Lily, jasmine, and peach heart notes follow, supported by coconut and sugar base notes.

Asexual: Herbal and aromatic. Top notes of lemon and cyclamen give way to a heart of sage, lavender, rosemary, and thyme. Base notes of eucalyptus leaf and green musk tie the blend together.

LGBTQ+/Rainbow: Oceanic but not overwhelming, this scent begins with marine and green accords, followed by herbaceous notes, dry woods, and a strong note of sea salt. Leather, cedarwood, and smooth black pepper form a lingering base.

Transgender: A sweet, blush blend. Raspberry and mandarin top notes blend seamlessly into a heart of rose, lychee, and red currant, which in turn lead to a captivating base of oud, benzoin, and sheer musk.

Bisexual: Sweet with a little spice, this striking blend starts with ozone and chili pepper, mellowed out by a heart of mandarin, guava, and orange. Coconut and peppercorn round out the scent.

All candles are decorated with eco-friendly glitter made from sustainably and ethically sourced plant material that biodegrades in a wastewater environment. Testing was conducted to ensure that eco-glitter won't cause a severe fire hazard the way dried botanicals do, and while my own testing showed that they don't cause fireballs or anything, if your glitter gets too close to the wick, I recommend gently brushing it away before lighting, just to be safe!

Each candle costs $35 and the wax weight of each is approximately 6 ounces!

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We're here, we're queer, and we cannot be legislated out of existence 🏳‍🌈✨

The Luminis Candle Co 2023 Pride Collection is being released on June 1 at 12:00 pm (Pacific time), and you can find it all on www.luminiscandleco.com!!!! This year's Pride candle lineup includes 8 scents, 7 of which are brand new!

Scent information and additional details under the cut!

Nonbinary: This is the only one that's the same as last year: a lovely aromatic blend featuring gentle English lavender top notes, a heart of sweet Meyer lemon, and a base of vanilla and tonka bean.

Pansexual: A playful blend with aldehydic top notes of bergamot, sweet orange, and apple, unfolding into heart notes of rich honey nectar and toffee. White musk forms a gentle base.

Polyamorous: Fresh and clean with citrus and mint top notes. A heart of lavender, green accord, and sandalwood blends into a soothing base of cedarwood, amber, and musk.

Lesbian: An effervescent, feminine blend that opens with sweet apple, raspberry, and sparkling champagne. Lily, jasmine, and peach heart notes follow, supported by coconut and sugar base notes.

Asexual: Herbal and aromatic. Top notes of lemon and cyclamen give way to a heart of sage, lavender, rosemary, and thyme. Base notes of eucalyptus leaf and green musk tie the blend together.

LGBTQ+/Rainbow: Oceanic but not overwhelming, this scent begins with marine and green accords, followed by herbaceous notes, dry woods, and a strong note of sea salt. Leather, cedarwood, and smooth black pepper form a lingering base.

Transgender: A sweet, blush blend. Raspberry and mandarin top notes blend seamlessly into a heart of rose, lychee, and red currant, which in turn lead to a captivating base of oud, benzoin, and sheer musk.

Bisexual: Sweet with a little spice, this striking blend starts with ozone and chili pepper, mellowed out by a heart of mandarin, guava, and orange. Coconut and peppercorn round out the scent.

All candles are decorated with eco-friendly glitter made from sustainably and ethically sourced plant material that biodegrades in a wastewater environment. Testing was conducted to ensure that eco-glitter won't cause a severe fire hazard the way dried botanicals do, and while my own testing showed that they don't cause fireballs or anything, if your glitter gets too close to the wick, I recommend gently brushing it away before lighting, just to be safe!

Each candle costs $35 and the wax weight of each is approximately 6 ounces!

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Available right now...

Creatures of the Crystal: inspired by monsters (and friends) from the Final Fantasy universe!

This collection brings four new scents for your olfactory enjoyment:

Kupo! A marshmallowy treat with sugar, a touch of eucalyptus and ozone, and a little smoked oak wood. Gather 'round the campfire, but mind the pom-pom, kupo!

9999Mild green tea and cool, sharp metal blend to form a deceptively calming scent. Don't get too comfortable.

Thousand Needles Refreshing cactus flower and sweet succulents combine with earthy greens and sea salt. Good luck dodging all 1000!

Kweh! Bright, cheerful lemon and bergamot meet juicy pineapple, kiwi, and melon, softened by tropical flowers. Grab your gysahl greens and go for a ride!

Each scent is available in three candle sizes, as well as in wax melt form.

Get details and grab some for yourself here!

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It's time for the winter seasonal scent duo!

Vanilla Eggnog: If you liked the last eggnog candle I did, you'll go apeshit for this one. A sweet and mildly boozy blend of amaretto, rum, and vanilla mingles with a new-years'-resolution-busting combo of butter, sugar, cream, and spices.

White Pine & Grapefruit: Tired of regular old pine tree smell? Try this one on for size! It combines familiar notes of fir and white pine trees with spicy clove, sweet mistletoe berries, pink grapefruit, lily, and pineapple.

All scents are available either as wax melts or 6-ounce candles, which come in mercury glass jars in one of three colors and patterns, which are randomly selected!

Everything will go live on the site on January 14, 2023, at 12:00 pm Pacific time!

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New Year, New Workflow: State of the Candle Address 2023

As I have continued to increase production over the last couple of years, I've been spending increasing amounts of time trying to fit restock in while working on new projects, sticking with the formula of Make X Number Of Candles, Release On Shop On Specified Date.  

This has ultimately become both very stressful and an actual hinderance to productivity, so as of today, permanent products will be produced on a made-to-order basis, which means they will never appear as out of stock and you can order them whenever you want. There are a couple of exceptions, such as Vermillion Scourge, which is theoretically a permanent scent but the fragrance oil has been discontinued, so it will need to remain a numbered stock item since I'm rationing the fragrance. 

The most exciting part of this update is that a whole buttload of discontinued scents are coming back!! Being able to make smaller batches as needed instead of trying to hit a stock quota of several restock scents allows me more freedom to move in my workflow, so please look forward to it! A full list of products affected by this update can be found here.

Likewise, the endangered species list will be edited to only include products that either have limited restock quantities or that will not be restocked at all.  Furthermore, I'm getting into work on a whole bunch of new stuff that will be coming down the pipes over the next several months, including soaps, skincare, fandom stuff, and my first flagship collection! 

And finally, info on the winter scents will be appearifying here in a separate post very very soon!

Thank you as always, so so much, for your omnipresent support and enthusiasm! Last year was wonderfully successful, and I'm beyond grateful for the chance to share my work with so many people, and you, my delightful candle gremlins, make it possible for me to just play for a living, and I'm eternally thankful for that. You're all the bees' knees, and I look forward to bringing you more and more smelly things in 2023.  

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Hooray! The candle versions of these have all gotten restocked! Go grab them while they last :D

I hereby christen the Luminis account with the announcement for my upcoming collection, Balance and Ruin, inspired by Final Fantasy VI!

This collection has 5 new scents inspired by the game's characters:

Balance's Hope: Terra Branford A sweet, floral blend opening with light cucumber, clover fern, and a hint of pink peppercorn. Heart notes of freesia, rose, jasmine, hydrangea, and green vines lead into a soft base of violet, sandalwood, cashmere, and musk.

Dancing Mad: Kefka Palazzo This slightly chaotic and nearly aggressively sweet blend begins with rice powder, beeswax, and coconut. Candy apple, raspberry, currant, tulip, heliotrope, and rose follow, atop a base of vanilla bourbon, amber, cashmere, and tonka.

Treasure Hunter: Locke Cole Masculine with a sentimental streak, this scent starts with top notes of petitgrain and grapefruit, opening into a heart of clove, tobacco, golden amber, and gardenia. A smoky base of myrrh, smoked firewood, and musk finish the blend.

King of Figaro: Edgar Roni Figaro A dashing and charismatic aroma, with top notes of lemon zest and orange blossom leading into middle tones of cream, jasmine petals, and sandalwood. The base notes of leather amber woods, cashmere, and patchouli linger gently.

Suplex: Sabin Rene Figaro This deep, earthy scent starts with green tea, sweet basil, and peppermint at the top, followed by cinnamon, suede, whiskey barrel, thyme, and palm leaves-- all atop a base of amber, violet, marigold, and oakmoss.

Knight Gallant: Celes Chere Fresh and clean, this blend opens with ozone, bergamot, lemon, dewy greens, and mint, leading into heart notes of lavender, eucalyptus, green tea, and rose. A gentle base of amber, moss, violet, woods, and steel complete the blend.

All scents will be available in a 6 oz size, as well as in wax melt form for a flameless alternative.

Everything will be live on the Luminis website on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 12 pm Pacific time!

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I didn't have time to share everywhere before rolling these out since I was on a pretty severe time crunch pre-vacation, but I have a whole mess of non-fandom MP soaps available now. Lots of fun scents and colors and such!!

Observe them here!

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A Black Friday-Adjacent discount code will be active from now until 11:59 pm (Pacific time) on Tuesday, Nov. 29!

Enter code BLACKFRIDAY22 at checkout to receive 25% off your order with no purchase minimums!

Please note that this does not stack with the automatic "spend $65, get 20% off" discount-- if you enter a code as well, the larger of the two discounts will be applied by default.

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Another recent creation: Dirt, But It Makes You Clean.

This soap smells exactly like a fresh bag of potting soil, but fret not-- the specks are finely ground coffee, which gently exfoliates as you wash. Also included are small pinches of sifted nettle leaf, sage leaf, and lemongrass.

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it took about a thousand years, but I finally got the consistency I wanted for my meteion whipped body butter!!! here she is, a very special girl!!

this is still being tested by myself and others to make sure everything's all good with the formulation but I hope to have it available on the site in the next couple of months ;w;