Handcrafted Home Fragrance

Small-batch candles, wax melts and sachets, room and textile sprays, reed diffusers, and other thoughtfully designed pieces to bring fragrance into the everyday.

Nature-inspired

Ember & Reed is an artisan home fragrance brand rooted in the landscapes of Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. We create home fragrance products and accessories designed to bring a sense of grounding to the moments that matter.

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A practice in intention

Each piece is designed with a quiet, steady purpose to soften a room, to mark a memory, to accompany a ritual, or to offer a moment of calm in the middle of a full day. Inspired by the shifting seasons and textured landscapes, our work leans into warm, simplicity, and materials that age with character.

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Thoughtfully made, beautifully fragrant, and intentionally chosen.

We believe the materials behind a product matter just as much as the way it looks and feels.

Our home fragrance is made in small batches using plant-based waxes and thoughtfully-selected fragrance materials. Our fragrances are vegan, cruelty-free, and phthalate-free, and we work with suppliers who maintain rigorous standards for fragrance formulation, ingredient transparency, and safety. Many of the fragrance materials we select are subject to additional supplier testing and formulation standards designed to evaluate ingredients beyond the basic industry requirements. We continuously review the materials we use as new research, standards, and information become available.

Rooted in place

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Our studio is shaped by the quiet woods, open fields, and winding roads of Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. We create with the hope that each piece carries a bit of groundedness in your space.

Made to accompany the moments you want to keep.