Started on a kitchen stove.
Ember Lane is a one-maker candle studio in Clinton, New York — small batches, clean wax, and a lot of patience poured into every jar.
Meet Nora.
Nora Whitfield started Ember Lane in 2019, melting wax on her kitchen stove in Clinton after one too many store-bought candles that looked lovely and smelled like nothing. She wanted a warm, honest scent that actually reached the far corner of a room — without the soot and synthetic edge of paraffin.
Dozens of test pours later, she landed on a soy-coconut blend and a two-week cure that made all the difference. What began as a hobby for friends and neighbors is now a small studio pouring for homes all over Central New York — still by hand, still two dozen jars at a time.
Shop her candlesSmall batches, clean burns, no shortcuts.
Clean-burning by design
Soy-coconut wax with lead-free cotton wicks and phthalate-free oils — a longer, cleaner burn with no black soot on the jar.
Truly small-batch
Everything is poured by hand in Clinton in batches of two dozen. No factory, no shortcuts, no two-year-old inventory.
Made to be reused
Once your candle is spent, the thick glass jar cleans up into a tumbler, a planter, or a spot for your loose change.
Four steps, zero rushing.
Blend
We hand-mix soy-coconut wax with clean, phthalate-free fragrance oils in small 24-candle batches — never a giant vat.
Pour
Each jar is poured by hand at a temperature we test all day long, so the wax sets smooth with no sinkholes or frosting.
Cure
Candles rest and cure for a full two weeks. The wait is what gives Ember Lane its strong, even scent throw.
Hand-label
We trim each cotton wick, wipe every jar, and hand-apply the label before it’s boxed for your doorstep.
Light something hand-made.
Ten soy-coconut scents, poured and cured in Clinton, NY.