Forest Bathing Soy Candle | Fir, Pine Needle & Patchouli | 100% Essential Oils | Non-Toxic | Cotton Wick | Reusable Gold Tin | 20-Hour Burn | Slow North

Four ingredients. Twenty hours of pure forest. The ancient practice of forest bathing — brought into your home, your living room, your quiet corner. 🌲✨

The Slow North Forest Bathing Soy Candle is a handcrafted, all-natural soy wax candle made with only four ingredients — fir essential oil, pine needle essential oil, patchouli essential oil, and soy wax — and absolutely nothing else. No synthetic fragrance oils. No artificial dyes. No petroleum-based paraffin. No toxins. Just pure botanical aromatherapy, a clean-burning cotton and paper wick, and a reusable brushed gold travel tin. Vegan. Non-toxic. Eco-friendly. 🕯️

Light it and close your eyes. The fir and pine fill the air with the crisp, resinous, oxygen-rich fragrance of a deep forest — the scent of tall trees, cool air, and the ground beneath your feet. The patchouli grounds it with a warm, earthy depth that makes the forest feel ancient and alive. You don’t need to find a forest. The forest comes to you. 💧

Forest Bathing — The Ancient Practice Behind the Candle

Shinrin-yoku — “forest bathing” in Japanese — is the practice of spending time in the presence of trees, breathing the forest air, and allowing the natural environment to restore the body and mind. Developed in Japan in the 1980s as a response to the stress and disconnection of modern urban life, shinrin-yoku has since been validated by decades of scientific research showing that time spent in forests genuinely reduces cortisol levels, lowers blood pressure, boosts immune function, reduces anxiety and depression, and promotes a profound sense of calm and wellbeing. The trees release phytoncides — natural antimicrobial compounds — into the air, and breathing them in has measurable, lasting effects on human health. The Slow North Forest Bathing Candle brings that experience home — the fir and pine essential oils carry the same phytoncide-rich, forest-fresh fragrance that makes shinrin-yoku so restorative, in a candle you can light any time the world feels like too much. 🌲

Why Slow North Is Different — The Candle Standard That Most Brands Don’t Meet

Most candles — even ones marketed as “natural” or “clean” — are made with synthetic fragrance oils containing dozens of undisclosed chemical compounds, paraffin wax derived from petroleum that releases toxins when burned, and wicks that release heavy metals into the air. Slow North makes none of those compromises:

• 🌿 100% Soy Wax — plant-based, biodegradable, and renewable; burns significantly cleaner and cooler than paraffin, producing minimal soot and no petroleum-based toxins; burns more slowly for a generous 20-hour burn time
• 🌸 100% Essential Oils — No Fragrance Oils — scented exclusively with pure fir, pine needle, and patchouli essential oils; pure botanical aromatherapy that is genuinely therapeutic and completely trustworthy; the forest scent that is actually from the forest
• 🪧 Cotton & Paper Wick — clean-burning, no soot, no smoke, no heavy metals
• 🎚️ No Artificial Dyes — nothing artificial, nothing unnecessary

Fir, Pine Needle & Patchouli — The Scent of the Forest Floor

• 🌲 Fir Essential Oil — distilled from the needles and branches of the fir tree; crisp, fresh, and powerfully resinous; the top note of the blend that hits first and fills the room with the unmistakable fragrance of a deep evergreen forest; fir is naturally antimicrobial and air-purifying, and its phytoncide-rich aroma is the closest thing to actually standing among the trees; the essential oil that makes this candle genuinely feel like forest bathing
• 🌳 Pine Needle Essential Oil — bright, clean, and invigorating; pine needle adds a lighter, more citrusy freshness to the blend that lifts the heavier resinous quality of the fir and creates the sense of cool, moving air through the trees; naturally antiseptic and energizing, it supports mental clarity and a sense of spaciousness that makes any room feel larger and more alive
• 🌿 Patchouli Essential Oil — the grounding base note that anchors the entire blend; rich, earthy, and deeply complex, patchouli adds the warmth of the forest floor — the damp earth, the fallen leaves, the roots beneath the soil — to the crisp freshness of the fir and pine above; it is the note that makes the fragrance feel complete, three-dimensional, and genuinely like a forest rather than simply a pine-scented candle; the essential oil that makes this blend extraordinary

The Reusable Brushed Gold Travel Tin

Every Slow North candle is poured into a reusable brushed gold travel tin — beautiful enough to display on any surface, practical enough to travel with, and completely reusable once the candle is finished. The candle that keeps giving long after the last burn. ✨

Candle Care

• Trim the wick to ¼ inch before each burn for the cleanest, most even flame
• Allow the wax to melt to the edges of the tin on the first burn to prevent tunneling
• Burn for no more than 4 hours at a time
• Keep away from drafts, children, and pets
• Never leave a burning candle unattended

Details:

• Scent: Fir, Pine Needle & Patchouli essential oils
• Size: 6 oz | Burn time: approximately 20 hours
• Wax: 100% soy wax | Wick: cotton & paper | Fragrance: 100% essential oils only
• No synthetic fragrance oils, no artificial dyes, no paraffin, no toxins
• Vessel: reusable brushed gold travel tin
• Vegan, non-toxic & eco-friendly
• By Slow North
• Perfect for: mindfulness, meditation, home office, gifting, Father’s Day, birthdays, Christmas & stocking stuffers

"The trees of the Lord are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted." — Psalm 104:16