Skip the perfume aisle. At Wndrmade®, we aren’t just inspired by nature, it’s what we’re made of.
We craft all of our fragrances in-house, using only essential oils and botanical extracts derived directly from plant materials. Our ingredients are consciously sourced from the purest, highest quality, and environmentally responsible providers around the world, blended by hand at our Catskill Mountain hideaway to create truly unique, beautiful, and REAL smelling candles that have all the complexities and curiosities that nature intended.
Here’s a list of all the ingredients we use in our fragrances. Check back often as we expand our offerings:
Distilled from a small bushy tropical evergreen tree that grows wild in the Bahoruco Forest of the Dominican Republic. It is in this forest where the environmentally friendly task widely known as ‘cleaning the forest floor’ of only dead, dry wood for distillation helps to prevent fires and gives young, green saplings a better chance to thrive. We use Amyris in our perfumery profiles as a sweet, woody fixative and a compliment to other prominent fragrance notes.
BALSAM FIR Botanical name: Abies balsamea Origin: Canada
The balsam of fir needles is a remarkable air purifier, clearing a room of offensive odors and microbes.
BERGAMOT Botanical name: Citrus aurantium var. bergamia Origin: Italy
Bergamot oil has many applications in addition to being greatly valued for its calming and balancing properties – its fresh, sweet, citrus aroma is very pleasing and uplifting to the spirit.
BLACK PEPPER Botanical name: Piper nigrum Origin: Madagascar
Used in trace amounts to add interest or 'flavor' to other notes in our perfumes.
BLACK SPRUCE Botanical name: Picea mariana Origin: Canada
Spruce oils have invigorating aromas, while providing a calming effect on the mind. Black Spruce is also beneficial for upper respiratory issues, as its clear, clean penetrating aroma helps to facilitate easy breathing.
BLUE CYPRESS Botanical name: Callitris
A grounding, complimentary fragrance that we use to support wood notes and floral notes, with the added benefit of a natural mosquito repellent.
CARDAMOM Botanical name: Elettaria cardamomum Origin: Tanzania
Cardamom oil has a very long history of use in food, medicine and perfumery. We use Cardamom as a lively middle note in multiple fragrances.
Fortunately, we found a company that works with an essential oil producer who sources cedarwood stumps, trees from clean-up cuts and wood residue (sawdust) from which to distill the essential oil; in addition, they work with their suppliers to evaluate and improve sustainability, tools and practices in all stages of production. Ensuring the sustainability of vulnerable biological species is a very important aspect that we consider when sourcing our oils.
CINNAMON BARK Botanical name: Cinnamomum zeylanicum Origin: Sri Lanka
Needs no introduction, we use Cinnamon Bark to add a warm spice note in our natural perfumes.
Part of the Rock Rose family, we use Cistus as a substitute for animalic, leathery, and musk notes in small amounts. We also find that Cistus has a notable "warming" aromatherapy effect in our Patchouli candle.
CLARY SAGE Botanical name: Salvia sclarea Origin: USA
Clary Sage has a fresh, bittersweet, almost peppery aroma that we use in many fragrance profiles. It contains Linalyl acetate, a form of linalool, and has been demonstrated in human studies to promote calm and relaxation, particularly for women suffering from PMS. (source)
Coriander Seed oil contains between 60-87% of the gentle monoterpene alcohol linalool, and we use it as a sustainable alternative to the endangered Rosewood oil, due to the remarkably similar fragrance profile.
Although it is so beautiful and complex on it's own, we use this wild grown Frankincense essential oil to compliment our Patchouli base, most notably.
GRAPEFRUIT (PINK) Botanical name: Citrus paradisi Origin: USA
One of our favorite citrus oils, Pink Grapefruit is lighter and sweeter than expected, while also having the added benefit of nootkatone, a nontoxic sesquiterpene ketone, which is effective in repelling disease-carrying insects. (source)
JASMINE SAMBAC ABSOLUTE Botanical name: Jasminum sambac Origin: India
An intense and beautiful floral fragrance and a known aphrodisiac, Jasmine is an exquisite and quintessential component in natural perfumery.
JUNIPER BERRY Botanical name: Junperus communis Origin: Nepal
An aroma often recognized as the characteristic scent of gin, Juniper Berry has been said to cleanse the atmosphere of a room.
LAVENDER Botanical name: Lavandula angustifolia Origin: France
Aromatically iconic, and widely used commercially in synthetic or adulterated forms. We use a beautiful high elevation lavender from France, where the altitude increases the development of linalyl acetate.
LEMON Botanical name: Citrus limon Origin: Italy
A bright and clean citrus top note that can lend some interesting lift to a deep fragrance like our VNLA and PCHL.
MAGNOLIA Botanical name: Magnolia x alba Origin: China
A very sweet, floral bouquet. On it's own can be overpowering, but in trace amounts and in just the right blend, this oil adds an amazingly unique perfumery note.
An absolutely beautiful, fine fragrance fit for royalty, it was the princess of Nerola in Lazio, Italy who made the bitter orange blossom famous as a perfume essence. The blossoms can be gathered by hand for only a few weeks per year.
The Palo Santo oil we use is distilled in small batches from sustainably harvested wood. The aged, dead wood is gathered from the forest floor on Ecuador's Pacific coast, allowing the production of oil without any harm to the living trees.
PATCHOULI Botanical name: Pogostemon cablin Origin: Indonesia
We use this extremely versatile oil in several fragrance bases. It is an excellent fixative and blends very well with other oils, especially florals.
PERU BALSAM Botanical name: Myroxylon balsamum Origin: El salvador
The principal areas of trees from which Balsam of Peru oil is produced are mainly along the Balsam Coast where El Salvador meets the Pacific Ocean. In and of itself, Balsam of Peru is a soothing fragrance that has been used in incense and medicinally as far back as Mayan culture.
Petitgrain Bigarade essential oil is steam distilled from the leaves and twigs of the bitter orange tree, the same tree that produces Neroli from the blossoms. It has a fresh, leafy-green, lightly floral, citrus aroma with light bitter/dry notes and rich, sweet undertones.
SANDALWOOD Botanical name: Santalum paniculatum Origin: USA
An exceptional fragrance, and one of the most famous natural fragrances in the world. One of our favorite base notes, true natural sandalwood is rich, very complex, sweet, and warm.
SILVER FIR Botanical name: Abies alba Origin: Austria
Also known as White Fir, this oil adds camphorous freshness to our natural perfume blends.
TANGERINE Botanical name: Citrus reticulata Origin: USA
A bright and fresh citrus fragrance we use to add a little zesty sweetness at the top note of natural fragrances.
The Linalool chemotype of thyme essential oil is very typical of the herb, with the soft green and slightly powdery, clean middle note we love in some of our fragrance compositions.
Forget baking, forget ice cream. Vanilla is an incredible base for natural perfumes by adding richness, depth, warmth, and spice.
VETIVER Botanical name: Vetiveria zizanioides Origin: Haiti
Vetiver has a long history in perfumery and is very well known as the "oil of tranquility." We use this deep, earthy base to ground a few of our natural fragrances in addition to VTVR.
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