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<\/a>Tamara sneaks a sniff in her Brooklyn, New York, studio; photos by Theresa Hensley<\/p><\/div>\n
Some 20 blocks from our own offices in the Brooklyn Army Terminal<\/a>, Tamara Mayne and her staff of candle experts toil in Industry City<\/a>. Tamara’s studio is filled with smells: pear, bergamot, jasmine, gardenia, lemongrass\u2014the list goes on. She’s a new mom, and it’s a rare treat to catch her at work in her Sunset Park outpost. “My home studio [is] where I do most of my work,” she tells us, adding, “in true New York fashion, it\u2019s half of our bedroom.” But if her apartment’s where much of the behind-the-scenes, creative-director-y magic happens, Industry City is where it all comes together. After all, that’s where her Sunday Morning<\/a> and Love Potion<\/a> candles come to life\u2014where soy wax is heated, mixed with fragrance, and poured into sleek, stylish tins and jars, topped off with stickers Tamara designs herself.<\/em><\/p>\n It’s no surprise that a candle-making studio might be a relaxing place, but Tamara’s workspace, with its vast wall of windows and tiny “shop” where you can smell every candle she makes, is especially calming. Dressed in jeans and a casually knotted button-up, she’s nothing if not approachable. That unstuffiness makes its way into her creations, too: they’re well crafted, beautifully designed, and smell great, but they’re not too self-serious. Made from soy wax, a sustainable, clean-burning alternative to traditional paraffin wax, each is perfumed and packaged with a care that shows… and they’re usually named something fun. You know, like “Love Potion.”<\/em><\/p>\n Watch our video to learn how Tamara bottles that “lazy Sunday”<\/a> mood<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180601_BrooklynCandleCoStudioTour_16.jpg\")
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