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CACTUS ABDUCTION CANDLE

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$34 $68 In stock

Category: Black Salt Beach

Botanical, Celestial, Slightly Suspicious. Cactus Abduction is what happens when the desert stares back. A candle of crisp citrus and sun-baked stone, laced with juicy and mischievous prickly pear, scorched minerals, and bright cactus flower that will hypnotize you with its succulent scent. 

TOP: grapefruit, bitter orange, carrot seed, cedar, plai
HEART: green pepper, geranium absolute, prickly pear
BASE: vetiver, patchouli, benzoin, aloewood

FRAGRANCE STORY

Botanical • Celestial • Slightly Suspicious.

One moment, peace. The next—beam of light, scent of ozone, and something vaguely succulent. Cactus Abduction is what happens when the desert stares back. A candle laced with prickly green mischief, solar flares, and the faint, unshakable sense that you're being watched… by something with excellent taste.

Curious succulent stems and scaly branches reach to the sun God, basking in the scorching heat. We've drawn inspiration from the mysterious night-blooming Cereus, a bizarre cactus flower pollinated by bats that exudes a spicy, green and addicting aroma into the inky midnight sky.

Scorched minerals mingle with alien musk and something unidentifiable, but polite, hovering just beyond olfactory comprehension. It smells like sunbaked stone, plant-based paranoia, and a very stylish exit from Earth. Bright citrus notes are paired with the crisp green snap of carrot seed, cedar and galbanum. A verdant heart chord of geranium absolute, spicy green pepper and juicy prickly pear dries into the verdant and mineralic notes of aloewood, vetiver, hints of patchouli and elegant Siam benzoin.

Ideal for lighting when you wish to be alone, studied, or gently removed from this dimension. Burn responsibly. They’re listening.

HOW TO USE

INSTRUCTIONS: Heretic candles are hand poured with soy wax and unleaded wicks. To prevent damage, make sure to trim the wick to ⅛ of an inch every time the candle is lit. Do not let it burn for more than 4 hours at a time and please place the candle on a stable, heat-resistant surface. For the best candle performance, allow the wax pool to completely liquify, extinguish, and let cool.

PRECAUTIONS: Never leave a burning candle unattended or burning for more than 4 hours. Keep away from drafts, children, pets, and all flammable materials.

Customer Reviews (4.3 / 5 · 12 reviews)

John N. ★★★★★

The citrus hits first, then that prickly pear sneaks in with this weird, playful sweetness—it's genuinely like the desert is messing with you. Burned it for an hour and the whole room smells sun-baked and a little mysterious.

Ava J. ★★★★★

The scent is wild—crisp citrus over sun-baked stone with this sneaky sweet prickly pear underneath that keeps you sniffing. Burned it for an hour and the whole room smelled like a desert night, weirdly comforting and a little eerie. Definitely a keeper for my odd-candle collection.

Eli Q. ★★★★★

The citrus hits first, but that prickly pear note sneaks in like it’s up to something — exactly the vibe I wanted. Burned it on my porch at dusk and the sun-baked stone scent made the whole evening feel like a desert scene.