Once upon a time… A plucky mother-daughter duo started a business – together… 

We began with a very simple concept – high-quality, beautifully scented candles.  Taking that concept further, we wanted our candles to not only elevate our customer’s space but be useful too.  That’s when we decided that all our formulas would be odor-eliminating.

The concept for our branding came from our desire to bring history and mythology to life through scent.  That’s how Arkæologi was born.

The first year was spent in research and development, not only blending custom scents until they were just right, but also sourcing quality raw materials, and creating our brand story.

We started with three distinct collection – Archives, Hellenes, and Viking.  Each collection, and the scents within them tell a story.  Within the first month, our odor-eliminating candles caught the attention of our very first retail partner.  It led to us creating our Anubis Pet product line, which includes candles and all-natural pet sprays based on mythological creatures.  These products can now be found in multiple pet stores and our all-natural pet sprays are used in grooming facilities too.  We’re very proud of this collection because we enjoy knowing our products are helping pet parents.

In our second year we added our fourth Arkæologi collection – Cursed.  In addition to our love for archaeology, we love all things spooky too, so a scent collection based on haunted places and cryptids seemed like the perfect fit.  When we created this collection, we had no idea one of the scents would become an overnight bestseller, but it’s our most popular scent to date, and that doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon.  

We’ve experienced slow and steady growth, ramping up production as required.  We now have several retail partners, some who use Arkæologi branded products, others we private label for, and some use a combination of the two.  In addition to our retail partners, we sell direct to consumer through our website, attend larger festivals, and still do our local farmer’s market when time allows.  

Our following is exceptionally loyal, we have wonderful customers who not only purchase from us regularly but bring their friends and family too… Something we are so thankful for.