The House

A room has a second architecture.

Cedar Cove Candle Company is a Northern Michigan fragrance house founded by Matthew and Cassandra Ballard. We hand-pour luxury soy candles and work across sculpture, photography, drawing and poetry.

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Surface Tension ship relief flanked by framed black-and-white photographs, with a candle on a pedestal.

01 / FRAGRANCE

The candle as an object.

Wax holds the fragrance. The vessel holds its place in the room. Both decisions shape Cedar Cove’s two signature collections.

The Pantheon

Ceremonial statement candles, from the amber and jasmine of Nefertari to the balsam and vanilla of Midnight Ritual.

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The Collected

Fragrance studies for considered interiors, from the resinous woods of Hylophile to the rain-dark character of Earth’s Exhale.

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Midnight Ritual Fragrance 003 ivory Cedar Cove candle with black illustration, from The Pantheon.

Cassandra Ballard’s black-and-white photograph of a weathered timber structure with exposed rafters.

02 / THE STUDIO

What the light leaves.

Cassandra Ballard works in black-and-white photography, drawing and poetry. She directs Cedar Cove’s visual work and co-designs its vessels. Matthew Ballard develops the candles’ construction. They share fragrance curation and sculpture.

In Surface Tension, a plaster freighter bow projects from its frame. Two photographs, a poem and a candle accompany the relief. The work brings several of the House’s materials into one room.

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Read The Architecture of Atmosphere and How Luxury Candles Are Made in the Atmosphere Journal.

03 / TRADE & GIFTING

For a particular room.

Cedar Cove’s Trade Program serves qualified interior designers, boutique hospitality, premium retail and creative businesses. Bring a custom-labeled candle brief to the studio. For private occasions, Gifting brings together the candle collections and gift cards.

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04 / HOUSE NOTES

Frequently asked questions

Where are Cedar Cove candles made?

Cedar Cove Candle Company hand-pours its luxury soy candles in Northern Michigan. Matthew and Cassandra Ballard founded the independent fragrance house there. Their work with wax and fragrance sits alongside the studio’s sculpture, photography, drawing and poetry.

How do The Pantheon and The Collected differ?

The Pantheon is Cedar Cove Candle Company’s ceremonial collection of luxury statement candles. The Collected brings a wider range of fragrance compositions to considered interiors, including woods, spice and petrichor. The individual candle pages describe the fragrance and vessel for each piece.

What is Surface Tension?

Surface Tension is an installation by Cedar Cove Candle Company founders Matthew and Cassandra Ballard. A plaster freighter bow projects from a framed relief. Two black-and-white photographs, a poem and a candle accompany the sculpture, carrying the work from the wall into the room.

Does Cedar Cove make candles for design projects?

Cedar Cove Candle Company works with qualified interior designers, boutique hospitality, premium retail and creative businesses through its Trade Program. The studio also considers custom-labeled candle inquiries. The project brief helps establish scope, timing and the right fragrance and vessel for the setting.