Recycled is 100% recycled glass. Reclaimed is the glass we saved.

Peculiar

Scents for a brighter circle

Recycled glass. Glass we saved.

Recycled is a jar of 100% recycled glass, the same form every time. Reclaimed is glass we saved — a vessel that would have been thrown out, given a new life. Both take a numbered blend. Both are poured here.

Recycled

Recycled glass.

A candle in a jar of 100% recycled glass

100% recycled glass. One form, every time. We pour the candle. You see the vessel before it ships. From $34.

  1. 01 — Size. The jar does not change shape.
  2. 02 — A numbered blend. The same house line.
  3. 03 — The vessel in the photograph.
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Reclaimed

Glass we saved.

Several different reclaimed glass candles, each a vessel that was saved

Glass we saved from being thrown out, given a new life. You choose size, blend, and a preference. We choose the vessel. It is not the recycled jar. From $38.

  1. 01 — Size. A pool, not a fixed silhouette.
  2. 02 — The same blend. No. 03 is still No. 03.
  3. 03 — Clear, color, or surprise. We save the glass.
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Same blends. Same wax. Same pour.

The numbered blends

All blends
A wick being set into green glass on the Baltimore studio table
The pour is shared. The glass is not.

Reclaimed only

Glass we saved

Examples from the reclaimed pool. Not the recycled jar, and not a vessel you can claim by number. Yours will vary.

  • Clear straight tumbler, accession 024

    Reclaimed 024

    Clear · Straight tumbler

  • Amber apothecary, accession 031

    Reclaimed 031

    Amber · Apothecary

  • Green ribbed, accession 041

    Reclaimed 041

    Green · Ribbed

  • Smoke straight tumbler, accession 048

    Reclaimed 048

    Smoke · Straight tumbler

  • Forest jar, accession 057

    Reclaimed 057

    Forest · Jar

  • Clear fluted, accession 063

    Reclaimed 063

    Clear · Fluted

  • Smoke squat, accession 072

    Reclaimed 072

    Smoke · Squat

  • Olive cylinder, accession 080

    Reclaimed 080

    Olive · Cylinder

Recycled circle

  1. The jar

    100% recycled glass. One form, every time. We pour into it.

  2. Filled

    Any numbered blend. Soy-coconut wax, a wood wick, poured in Baltimore.

  3. Ships

    The photograph is the vessel. What you see is what arrives.

  4. Again

    Empty, the glass can go back into recycling.

Reclaimed circle

  1. Sourced

    Glass that would have ended in a landfill, or sat unused somewhere else. We take the vessel and give it a new life.

  2. Prepared

    Labels off. Cleaned, inspected, and sorted into clear or color.

  3. Filled

    The same soy-coconut wax, wood wick, and numbered blend as the recycled jar.

  4. Returned

    An empty jar can come back. If we can use it again, it becomes store credit — the amount is still being set.

How the circle works

Field Notes

  • Saved glass

    The amber apothecary

    Accession 031 arrived with a medicine label we couldn’t quite read. The glass was sound.

  • Scent Lab

    Why 03 smells like a closed room

    Fig skin, not fig jam. Smoke as a trace, not a campfire. Sandalwood to keep it from leaving.

  • Materials

    Soy, coconut, and a wick that behaves

    The blend is chosen so a reclaimed jar and a recycled jar burn with the same manners. Soy-coconut wax, a wood wick.

Read the notes

Disposable jars were the part that never made sense. The scent should be remarkable. The object should be worth keeping.

Peculiar Candle Co., Baltimore