Meet Swankee Candles

Quirky gifts designed to make you laugh and feel all the feels

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Swankee Candles was born in Northumberland, forged in boredom, and lightly dusted with cat hair.

The founder is, by her own admission, a bored and financially challenged middle-aged cat lady who reached a pivotal life moment somewhere between “Is this it?” and “Why does everything smell faintly disappointing?” With bills to pay, cats to feed, and a dangerously active imagination, she did the only sensible thing… she started making candles that absolutely should not exist.

Swankee Candles is a rebellion against bland. Against beige. Against polite little jars that whisper things like Fresh Linen and Summer Meadow while lying straight to your face. These candles tell the truth. Sometimes loudly. Sometimes rudely. Always memorably.

Each candle is inspired by the smells we all pretend don’t exist but secretly recognise instantly. Awkward. Uncomfortable. Hilarious. Unavoidable. Swankee Candles doesn’t ask “Does this smell nice?” It asks “Does this smell familiar?” and then cackles quietly to itself.

Despite the names, these candles are lovingly crafted, properly tested, and made to be genuinely high quality. Think premium wax, strong scent throw, and a burn that behaves itself. It’s just wrapped in an attitude problem and a filthy sense of humour.

Swankee Candles is for people who:

• Are tired of pretending they’re classy

• Appreciate a good laugh more than a lavender fantasy

• Want gifts that cause silence, then laughter, then concern

• Believe life is too short for boring candles

No corporate boardrooms. No lifestyle jargon. Just one woman, a questionable sense of smell-based humour, and several cats silently judging the whole operation from nearby surfaces.

Swankee Candles...
It smells wrong. And that’s entirely the point.