WHOLESALE
Become a Stockist
Whether you're a small independent gift shop opening your first store or a department store with several locations, we'd be delighted to chat with you about your home fragrance needs.
Join our network of amazing wholesale partners today.
Simply email enquiries@skyecandles.co.uk
Our Story
The Isle of Skye Candle Co. is a luxury manufacturer of Home Fragrance gift collections. We create the finest quality candles, reed diffusers, and accent gifting pieces. We are inspired by our environment to develop natural, yet complex fragrances that will create great ambience, warmth, and style to compliment any home interior.
The Isle of Skye Candle Co. was founded back in 2006 by James Robertson in a grass roofed bothy on his uncle's croft, in the small township of Gead an t-Sailleir on the Isle of Skye. It was started with the aim to encourage people to use sustainable products whilst exciting and delighting them with our unique fragrances and simple packaging.
Although we've outgrown they bothy and are now based in the island's biggest town of Port Righ (Portree), our ethos is still the same, aiming to encourage people to shop natural while providing great products and service. Testament to this is shown in our growth, with us now having 6 outlets of our own across Scotland and selling to more than 200 outlets across the globe.
Handmade, Natural Home Fragrance
Our products, handmade in our workshop on the island, are elegantly packaged and designed but have key consumer price points, allowing customers to purchase and enjoy them regularly, not just occasionally.
We have two separate collections - our Signature Collection and our Scottish Collection. Across the two we have 28 unique fragrances, available in a range of products and sizes. All of our candle products are derived from sustainable soya by-products.
Making emotional memories with skill, pride, and passion.
HAND MADE & HAND POURED
Our expert team use their knowledge and understanding to produce high quality products.
PREMIUM INGREDIENTS
Our core ingredient is natural soya wax which is critical in protecting the environment.
It also ensures a consistent and lower temperature burn on all of our candles.
BESPOKE WICKS
Carefully selected and specific for its intended use,
our wicks provide the perfect partner to our premium wax.
FULLY FRAGRANCED CANDLES
Attractive and unforgettable scents are what we do.
We believe that you should experience this throughout the entire burning of your candle.
NATURAL OILS AND FRAGRANCES
Scents inspired by nature, but also providing a safe and fully transportable product range.
This includes our diffusers, which are manufactured using non flammable materials, allowing for a smooth movement of goods around the world.
DESIGNED LED PACKAGING
Inspired and sourced by our environment and fully sustainable.
WHY SKYE CANDLES?
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Our Promise to the Environment
Being kind to our planet truly lies at the core of our company ethos and it is reflected in our products, our packaging, our shops and in our efforts to give back too.
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Green Ingredients
We use natural soya wax in all of our candles. This truly differentiates us from our competitors, who use paraffin or paraffin blends in their creations. Paraffin wax is derived from petroleum which is one of the biggest contributors of carbon dioxide. Our natural wax is a blend of soya and botanical oils which are completely sustainable, biodegradable and burn longer than paraffin candles. The wax itself is derived from ethically sourced American grown soya, primarily from Illinois and Iowa. We specifically avoid wax made of soya from South American countries where the soy plantations are amongst the causes of deforestation.
Green Packaging
All of our beautiful, natural products are packaged in plastic free containers. We opted for reusable and recyclable glass tumblers and bottles, with metal container alternatives, also highly recyclable, for those concerned about the weight and fragility of glass. The outer packaging is made from recyclable card. In our retail stores, we offer recyclable paper gift packs. We do not support the use of single use plastic in any of our production and delivery methods. Customers will receive their goods in recyclable out and inner packaging.
Reducing, Reusing, Recycling
For the customers who live locally we offer a recycling reward for all of our glass and metal containers. When the packaging is returned to one of our shops in fair condition, the containers get cleaned, returned to our workshop and reused in the next batch of beautiful candles and reed diffusers, therefore reducing the waste overall. If the containers are damaged we make sure they are recycled, disposed of responsibly.
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Little changes CAN make a difference! Apart from our recycling program, we’ve adopted other changes in our shops and offices to help reduce our carbon footprint as a company. We power our shops and manufacturing with 100% renewable energy. We use an Electric car to make smaller deliveries to our shops and for meetings.
Our Island
The Isle of Skye or an t-Eilean Sgitheanach (the Winged Island) as it’s know in our native Gaelic language. Is known for its rugged landscapes, wild coastlines and rich history. The largest island in the Inner Hebrides archipelago, is home to around 12,000 people.
Now a bustling tourist destination, the island economy is pretty fragile and has only recently seen the population start to stabilise from a rapid decline. It’s always been a sore point to have so many talented friends and family leave the island ate find work due to lack of opportunities here. Trying to change this has always been a major driver for us to grow and we will never stop trying.
People and the community truly make a place special, and anyone who’s ever been to the Highlands of Scotland and experienced highland hospitality will surely agree. There’s a special connection and pride in calling the Hebrides our home and in our products we want to share a little piece of ours with
