Nose Dive Aromas
This post was sponsored by Nose Dive Aromas. All opinions are my own.
I love a good candle. I love a quippy name. I love a heartfelt backstory. Put those three together and you have Nose Dive Aromas.
I recently did a Faces of Small Biz campaign highlighting small businesses in Greenville in light of COVID-19 shutdowns. Nose Dive Aromas barely missed squeaking into the last post, so we decided to do a collaboration!
From the Owner, Altona’ Lomax - “Launched April 7th of this year! Nose Dive aromas is my first business, and my proudest achievement. I make hand-poured aromatherapy candles, that are infused with pink Himalayan salt and white sage. After the passing of my wife, I started making candles as a hobby, reflecting on my life and journey - from a harrowing childhood to being a troubled youth, kicked out of high school. My business is important to me because it symbolizes not letting your circumstances define you. I’m not the greatest example to follow, but I hope I can encourage and motivate anyone who feels like life is getting the best of them to keep going. you'll find quotes inside the lids of my candles that have helped me and inspired me to get back up when life has hit me like a speeding bullet. Hopefully one of them will mean as much to you as it has to me.”
Nose Dive Aromas represents a symbol of hope. Knowing their story, every time I light a candle I will remember that light illuminates darkness and sparks hope for a resilient future. For daydreams of summer outside (and not holed up in my house), I tried Nose Dive’s Baecation and Yacht Club candles. I took a whiff of both before lighting them and favored Yacht Club’s fresh, crisp scent a little over the warmer smell of Baecation. I lit them both for a further assessment.
I had never seen a candle with a wooden wick before, and I noticed the calming, crackling sound of the wood as soon as it lit. I burned both candles in my home office and while both are lovely, I still preferred Yacht Club juuuuuust a little more than Baecation. I looked up the descriptions of the candles to see if I was getting the right sense of smell, and sure enough Yacht Club is described as “Airy and cool. Featuring notes of wind, sea salt, and cardamom” while Baecation is “Clean and tropical. Featuring notes of sugar, jasmine, and green leaves.”
I think the sugar notes in Baecation gave me the warmer vibe, and although I’m curious what notes of wind are for Yacht Club, I can FEEL it in the smell! I absolutely love the wooden wick, and with 50+ hours of burn time these candles will be lit at my house all day, every day. And even better, they have white sage and pink himalayan salt for enhanced relaxation and purified air.
In addition to Baecation and Yacht Club, there are plenty more fun and motivational candles from Nose Dive Aromas like Red Viking, Rodeo Drive, Successful, and Mansion. Which one is your fave?