Candles of Old Town Alexandria

Bashford and Pitt began with a walk through Old Town Alexandria.

If you have taken that walk yourself, you know the feeling. Brick sidewalks uneven underfoot. Rowhouses with shutters painted in colors chosen two centuries ago. Ship masts once crowded the Potomac waterfront here, and the streets still carry the names of that era.

Every candle we pour starts with a question: what did this place smell like? Not in a museum sense, but in a lived one. Rain on cobblestones under lamplight. Herbs hanging to dry in a shop window. Woodsmoke drifting from a kitchen hearth in December.

King Street

King Street captures the city after an evening rain, when the streets glisten and the lamps come on. It is the scent of the walk home. Also available in the Signature Collection.

Apothecary No. 1

Apothecary No. 1 honors the botanical shop that opened on Fairfax Street in 1792 and served Alexandria for nearly 150 years. Shelves of dried herbs, pressed botanicals, and clean green preparations. Our version is fresh, herbal, and quietly restorative. Also available in the Signature Collection.

Yorktown

Yorktown looks east toward the water: sea air and soft jasmine, the fragrance of a Virginia town shaped by its harbor. Also available in the Signature Collection.

Each candle is hand poured in small batches from a natural soy and coconut wax blend with a lead-free cotton wick. The Signature Collection comes in glass; the Heirloom Collection comes in our reusable Blue and White Bowl, made to stay on your table long after the last burn.

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