Waves rolling in on an overcast morning, Cayucos

Cayucos, California

Hand-poured a few
blocks from the water

Clean-burning coconut apricot wax. Cotton-core wicks. Natural fragrance oils and not one synthetic. Hand-poured in small batches on the California Central Coast.

Five scents. One coastline.

Every one of them started somewhere real

A foggy morning on the bluff. Golden hour at the pier. A weekend nobody wanted to end. We pour them by hand a few blocks from the water, in a shop where we can tell you who made everything on the shelf.

“Mmmm — it smells
so good in here.”

What people say walking through the door

The Candles

Five scents, four forms

See all five scents

How they're made

Clean, and we mean it

Premium coconut apricot wax — it burns clean and even, and it carries scent beautifully. Cotton-core wicks, so there is no metal in the flame.

The scent comes from natural fragrance oils — paraben-free, and never synthetic. Non-toxic all the way through, because you are breathing it in your own house.

Small batches so it is always fresh. Minimal packaging on purpose. Frosted glass, clean lines, nothing extra.

  • Clean-burning coconut apricot wax
  • Cotton-core wicks
  • Natural fragrance oils — never synthetic
  • Paraben-free
  • 100% non-toxic
  • Sustainably harvested palo santo
  • Hand-poured in small batches in Cayucos
  • Nothing extra
The Artistry By the Sea shopfront on Ocean Avenue at golden hour

Find us

Made and sold in Cayucos

By the Sea Alchemy lives on the shelves at Artistry By the Sea, 146 N Ocean Ave — two minutes' walk from the sand. Everything is also available online.