There is nothing more fitting to the holiday season than candles and the flickering of candlelight as the days turn shorter for winter. One luxury candle-maker with strong Dallas ties is lighting the way with her brand of custom fragrant, soy-based candles named Redolence Gems that are designed to invoke memories with specific, custom-made scents.
Created by a Sophisticated Woman With Strong Dallas Ties
Eve Short, a former Dallas resident who now lives in Scotland, Hawaii and Palm Beach, was on the road with her son, a budding tennis pro now playing at an Ivy League school. She looked to the power of scent to calm stress and anxiety and created the scent-based product in her home.
Growing up in northern California, near Lake Tahoe, gave Eve her first inspiration for Redolence Gems.
“That unique fresh pine scent that I remember so well from my hikes,” she says, “became the impetus for my first candle, Tahoe Pines.”
Each Redolence Gems candle is custom built according to a customer’s selections. They choose the blended scent from an extensive menu, the candle vessel, the gem stone on the lid, and the material for the lid.
The scent Palm Beach contains honey with a touch of clementine. Texas Cedars is a blend of cedar and vanilla.
The vessels were sourced from around the world to hold and preserve the special scented soy apricot and coconut oil and professionally made wicks.
“The gemstones are inspired by my major in Geology and my love of gemstones at University of the Pacific,” says Short. “Along with the gems, I continue to educate myself on the chemistry of scents every day.”
Short is a member of the National Candle Association, where she attends annual meetings around the world, meeting with others associated with the industry from organic chemists to petroleum engineers. She also attends gem shows throughout the year to meet the families who own the mines and the wholesalers who market the gemstones, all of the highest quality.
Not only are they the perfect gift — beautiful candles topped with gems in refillable containers — it is a very scientific and fascinating industry. Short has turned her Palm Beach kitchen into a laboratory of scents and stones. As she personalizes candles for individuals, hotels and boutiques — she is the face of Redolence Gems.
“Imagine a blend of your most favorite aromas, gemstones and colors… contact me and I’ll bring it to life,” says Short.
A Hobby Turns to Passionate Custom Candle Gems
Redolence Candles are much more than soy. They are made from 100 percent pure soy apricot and coconut oil without one drop of paraffin.
“Soy wax candles are more dense than paraffin candles, which means that it takes a little bit more time for the fragrance to be released,” says Short. “But it also means that the candles will last longer and will hold the fragrance longer. Soy wax doesn’t yellow or harden and shrink as paraffin does.”
It is also clean-burning, colorless, non-toxic, and sustainable.
“The beautiful handmade vessels are crowned with crystals and semi-precious stones, accentuated by my studies in geology. Your chosen scent is infused in a coconut & apricot luxury soy candle,” says Short. “The glass vessel is sustainable and can be refilled with other Redolence Gems scents.”
Go To Stanley Korshak Friday
Meet Eve Short in Dallas and let her turn your unique memories into scented custom blends at the Dallas debut of Redolence Gems Candles on Friday, Dec. 2 at Stanley Korshak Dallas, from 10 a.m. until closing. Experience the store’s signature Redolence Gems scent, “Stanley,” available only at Korshak!
