What is Light Academia?
Light Academia is a decor and lifestyle aesthetic that celebrates historical vibes, classic literature, art, and poetry. Light Academia is the counterpart to Dark Academia; while both are similar, DA is for those dark, stormy day moods and LA is for light, bright and cheery moods. They are two sides of the same coin.
Summer is here, Fall is upon us, which makes Light Academia perfect for the season! Transform your space into a tranquil place for creativity!
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🌷 Garden Party Women gather in sunhats and men with canes to stroll among the garden paths. Smells like: Honey cakes served on pristine platters, vanilla cream and blossoming roses.
🏺 Hall of Antiquities In the museum archives, treasures are stored, waiting to be catalogued and studied. Smells like: Leather bound books, old wooden relics, and warm cocoa butter and coconut wafting from the nearby café.
✉️ Love Letters on the Writing Desk A quill pen traces across a sheet of paper, detailing promises, dreams, and longing. Smells like: Citrus and saffron, warm woods, and rich amber.
🖼️ Monet, Musings, & Music As a stringed quartet plays in the garden, the artist sits beside the pond, sketching in quiet contemplation. Smells like: Ivy climbing up the sides of a gazebo, weeping willows, and flowers growing in the garden.
🥪 Picnic at the Estate On the grounds of a stately manor, elegant folk gather to dine upon the lawn. Smells like: Freshly-made strawberry preserves, peanut butter, and toasted bread.
📖 Steeped in Stories Fingers trace the spine as the tea steeps on the table. The choice of book essential to the quiet hour. Smells like: Black tea and soft rosebuds, bergamot and cedarwood.
Collection Description
Light filters through the leaded glass windows into a cozy library. Books fill the shelves. The quiet sound of pages turning and tea cups clinking against saucers drifts like music in the otherwise silence.
In museum halls, artists stop to sketch the marble statues. Outside philosophers stroll the university grounds, listening as a string quartet begins to play a concert in the park.
You are invited into the world of Light Academia. Here creativity and intellectual curiosity are celebrated. Take your rest among the universities, conservatories, and libraries with this stunning new candle collection made for scholars, philosophers, and poets.
Hall of Antiquities
Mood: In the museum archives, treasures are stored, waiting to be catalogued and studied.
Smells like: Leather bound books, old wooden relics, and warm cocoa butter and coconut wafting from the nearby café.
Scent Strength: Medium
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In the hour before the museum opens, the curator walks the halls. He scans each new exhibit, checking that the labels are correct and the glass is polished. His life work will be displayed today. He knows each carefully catalogued artifact like the back of his hand.
Each tells a story not just of its own history, but of his life. Of hours spent researching and restoring. Of long nights in the silence of his workshop. Now all is ready. His knowledge will spread among the patrons. His love of history shared with all.
Love Letters on the Writing Desk
Mood: A quill pen traces across a sheet of paper, detailing promises, dreams, and longing.
Smells like: Citrus and saffron, warm woods, and rich amber.
Scent Strength: Medium
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A sepia tinted photograph sits in a pewter frame upon the desk. The writer's finger traces over it before selecting a sheet of fresh writing paper and her favorite pen. Words tumble in her mind, promises of fidelity and expressions of admiration.
Her heart is so full she must spill it on the page. Dipping her pen in the inkwell she paints a picture in her mind, of two hearts so entwined the space between them means nothing at all. Her words will reach her beloved soon.
Picnic at the Estate
Mood: On the grounds of a stately manor, elegant folk gather to dine upon the lawn.
Smells like: Freshly-made strawberry preserves, peanut butter, and toasted bread.
Scent Strength: Medium
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A cloth is spread out on the green lawn beside the fountain. Upon it, delicacies are spread. Sandwiches cut into triangles sit beside a basket of berries and a plate of meats and cheeses. A pitcher of lemonade is passed around the party as laughter and good conversation are likewise shared.
The wind gently shakes the boughs of the tree, sending petals floating down towards the diners. Clouds drift across the blue sky above, and birds sing in the distance. A perfect afternoon where time stands still and memories are made beneath the sunny sky.
Steeped in Stories
Mood: Fingers trace the spine as the tea steeps on the table. The choice of book essential to the quiet hour.
Smells like: Black tea and soft rosebuds, bergamot and cedarwood.
Scent Strength: Medium
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The reader sits in silence, turning pages in contemplation. A smile graces her lips at a moment of humor only for her brow to furrow as the plot thickens.
Beside her on the table, dark tea steams within a china cup. She reaches for it and takes it in her hand, her eyes never leaving the words on the page.
Here she will wile away the hours. Lost in the bliss of her favorite book.
Garden Party
Mood: Women gather in sunhats and men with canes to stroll among the garden paths.
Smells like: Honey cakes served on pristine platters, vanilla cream and blossoming roses.
Scent Strength: Medium
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Tables lined with pristine table cloths sit beneath the shade of flowering trees. Floral arrangements picked from the garden attract dancing butterflies.
Upon the tables are spread delicacies. Sweet cakes, bowls of fruit, sparkling wine, and pyramids of carefully stacked sandwiches.
The guests in their finery flock to the garden as the musicians begin to play.
Monet, Musings, & Music
Mood: As a stringed quartet plays in the garden, the artist sits beside the pond, sketching in quiet contemplation.
Smells like: Ivy climbing up the sides of a gazebo, weeping willows, and flowers growing in the garden.
Scent Strength: Medium
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Tables lined with pristine table cloths sit beneath the shade of flowering trees. Floral arrangements picked from the garden attract dancing butterflies.
Soothing blues and greens upon the canvas capture light and emotion. The master's work stirs thoughts and dreams. Across the room a piano plays, its lilting melody filling the room like the warmth of summer. A woman sits on a bench before the landscape, her eyes taking in the beauty. In her lap a sketchpad rests, awaiting the inspiration she will find.
Light Academia Mini-Candle Set
Try all 6 scents in our 2-oz mini-candle set!
🌷 Garden Party: Honey cakes served on pristine platters, vanilla cream and blossoming roses.
🏺 Hall of Antiquities: Leather bound books, old wooden relics, and warm cocoa butter and coconut wafting from the nearby café.
✉️ Love Letters on the Writing Desk: Citrus and saffron, warm woods, and rich amber.
🖼️ Monet, Musings, & Music: Ivy climbing up the sides of a gazebo, weeping willows, and flowers growing in the garden.
🥪 Picnic at the Estate: Freshly-made strawberry preserves, peanut butter, and toasted bread.
📖 Steeped in Stories Black tea and soft rosebuds, bergamot and cedarwood.
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Book of Kells
Notes of Damp ink, leather-bound covers, and a hint of earthy lavender dried between pages.
The Tudor House Library
Notes of deep amber warmed with citrus spice and vanilla-sweetened patchouli with a touch of clove.
Oxford Hall
Notes of antique hickory study desks and suede armchairs with a hint of loose leaf tobacco.
Calligraphy
Notes of glowing amber and aged paper, laced with toasted sugar and poetry.
The Raven
Notes of black currants steeped in intoxicating Absinthe, polished sandalwood and dark dreams.
Scholar's Haven
Notes of ancient tomes, dried ink, and leather covers, with toasted vanilla beans and traces of dried violet petals.
Library of Alexandria
Notes of aged leather book bindings, scrolls of parchment paper, and an ominous hint of smoke.
Inklings
Notes of a cozy fire in the corner, earth on polished leather shoes, and shuffling inky pages.
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