September 2024 marked the one-year anniversary for the business, which offers classes to create custom scents from over 80 options, with prices ranging from $25-$65 depending on the size and style of candle.
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Ochoa encourages guests to “let their nose be their guide” as they navigate various fragrances, dyes, glitter and crystal combinations to create their own custom candles. The experience is open to participants of all ages, she said.
In this way, Chandlery provides a space where its guests can draw on good memories from their past, but also create new lasting moments and connections, she said.
“We even had a couple who wanted to create a scent for their wedding,” Ochoa said. “They combined creme brulee and flannel and put them in gold tins with labels. So when you go home, you burn it and remember.”
Ochoa was encouraged to open her business after the owner of Soulfreak coffee shop asked her to sell her candles at the shop’s monthly market. Not soon after, her candles were being sold at eight different stores around the Clear Lake area, she said.
That’s why she keeps products from other local entrepreneurs in Chandlery’s gift shop. It’s also why she and other owners in the small strip where Chandlery is located organized a wine walk to promote other local businesses, Ochoa said.
Through her connection with other woman-owned, small businesses in League City, she said she has gained mentorship, friendship and a new perspective.
“Bringing people together for the same reasons, being a part of something bigger and having the support of other women who have your back and you have theirs ... it's just really important to have that sense of community,” she said.
- 240 Park Ave., Ste. 4, League City
- www.luzdelunacandles.com
