Common Scents: the Blog

SCENT-INSPIRED RECIPES: PISTACHIO GRAPEFRUIT COOKIES BY KENDRA ARONSON

SCENT-INSPIRED RECIPES: PISTACHIO GRAPEFRUIT COOKIES BY KENDRA ARONSON

Our San Luis Obispo friend Kendra Aronson is making it impossible to get sweets off our mind. She’s put together two recipes inspired by two of our...

P.F. CANDLE CO. ZINE, VOL. 1: WISH YOU WERE HERE

For our home state’s most magical season, we created a California-inspired Summer Collection complete with new gift sets, select scents, and now: a...

P.F. GIVES BACK: HEAL THE BAY

In 2011, our founder Kristen Pumphrey made the move from Austin, TX to Long Beach, CA to get the business up-and-running. She remembers recharging ...

SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE: MAKE THE LEAP

Welcome to our Small Business Advice series, where P.F. Stockists all over the country let us in on how to get a business started, what they wish ...

SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE: GET YOUR PRODUCT IN STORES

As a small business owner, it’s a dream to see your product on your favorite shops’ shelves., but how do you make that dream come true? We asked so...

P.F. GIVES BACK: GIRLS BUILD LA

As a female-founded and co-owned company, we understand the impact women make in small businesses. That’s why we're giving back this Women's Histor...

IN STOCK: KITKITDIZZI

March is Women's History Month! To celebrate the amazing women that keep P.F. Candle Co. going, we're kicking it off with an interview with Nevada ...

SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: HERBIVORE BOTANICALS

For our first small business spotlight, we reached out to Seattle's Herbivore Botanicals and found out how owners Julia & Alex created their sp...

P.F. PLAYLIST: SOUND INSPIRED BY SCENTS

We put together our most popular scents and the sounds we think go perfectly with them. Cool & moody, chill & upbeat or just for winding do...

SCENT-INSPIRED RECIPES: FIG + OAT MUFFINS BY MODEST MARCE

We still haven't come down from the No. 28 Black Fig hype, and don't plan on it soon. But with this recipe inspired by the scent from Toronto bake...

P.F. PLAYLIST WITH ESTA.

For the first ever P.F. Playlist, we teamed up with music collective Soulection's very own Esta - a local producer who put together a mix just for ...

ASK A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER: BE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL

As a small business or maker of any kind, nothing is more exciting than sealing a deal with a stockist. Getting your hard work from your shelves to...

IN STOCK: ANOMIE

For our second installment of In Stock, we get to know Chelsea, owner of San Francisco's Anomie. While her style may change here and there, (she's ...