Chamomile

Chamomile: Gentle Peace in a Flower

This chamomile candle offers gentle peace-if herbs had personalities, chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) would be that friend who always knows how to calm you down without being pushy about it. This gentle, apple-scented flower has been helping people relax and sleep peacefully for thousands of years. It's the universal herb of peace and comfort.

The Peace Plant:
Ancient Egyptians dedicated chamomile to the sun god Ra and used it in healing rituals. Romans burned it as incense for peace. The name "chamomile" comes from Greek words meaning "earth apple"-because the fresh flowers smell surprisingly like apples. Across cultures, it's been the go-to plant for calming anxiety, easing children to sleep, and creating peaceful environments.

Traditional Sleep & Calm Uses:
Chamomile is traditional for bedtime rituals, especially for children or anyone who struggles with anxious thoughts at night. People burn it in bedrooms before sleep, during meditation when they need to calm racing thoughts, or anytime they're feeling overwhelmed and need gentle peace. It's not about forcing sleep-it's about creating the kind of calm where sleep can happen naturally.

That Apple-Sweet Gentleness:
Fresh chamomile has this distinctive sweet, apple-like aroma with soft herbal undertones. It's not sharp or medicinal-it's genuinely gentle. Traditional aromatherapy practitioners specifically use chamomile for creating peaceful, non-stimulating environments. The scent itself feels like a deep breath, like tension releasing from your shoulders, like finally being able to rest.

Gentle Flowers, Gentle Process:
Chamomile flowers are delicate little things-tiny, apple-scented blossoms that require very gentle handling. Too much heat and you get a harsh, medicinal smell instead of that characteristic sweet gentleness. We infuse whole chamomile flowers directly into beeswax at low temperatures for extended periods, giving them time to fully release their peaceful, apple-like aroma without any harshness. This sleep candle smells exactly like you stuck your face in a basket of fresh chamomile flowers-sweet, soft, and deeply peaceful.

What You're Getting:

• Hand-poured beeswax candle (size varies by option selected)
• Real chamomile flowers infused directly into the wax
• Hemp wick for clean burning
• Metallic wick anchor
• Container included if jar option selected
• Gentle apple-like floral scent for peace and sleep

These statements reflect traditional and historical use. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.