Essential oil soy candle for sleep and housewarming gifts: Offgray

I'm someone who takes the scent of my home really seriously, so I've always been very into candles 🕯️ Diffusers are nice too, but I love how a candle's scent suddenly fills the room when you light it, so I often give candles to friends as housewarming gifts 🎁

What is an Offgray candle?

The Offgray candle is an aromatherapy soy candle made with 100% natural essential oils and soy wax made from soybeans 🕯️ The packaging design is stylish too, so it makes a great housewarming gift ✨

They say it's made with a special blend that takes yin-yang and the five elements (eumyang ohaeng) and aromatherapy into account, and when I light it, I feel calmer and my mood lifts 💌

Are the packaging and design good enough for a housewarming gift?

Offgray soy candles come in double packaging, so they ship safely. It's not just the box: the candle itself is so pretty that I felt happy the moment I opened the parcel 📦

With its stylish design, the Offgray candle works as an interior object just sitting there 💐 so I really recommend it as a product that covers both scent and decor.

What does it mean that it's made only from plant-derived scents?

Offgray says it doesn't use artificial fragrances made from petroleum compounds, only 100% essential oils that carry the natural energy plants absorb as they grow. Maybe that's why I haven't had any discomfort like headaches or tiredness even after using it for long stretches 🫧

Lighting the Offgray candle before bed with insomnia

Honestly, I have severe insomnia from working rotating three shifts, but just lighting the Offgray candle before bed relaxes my body and lets me sleep a little more deeply. Aromatherapy is a kind of alternative medicine, and it's said to help manage emotions and the mind and bring balance to body and mind through calm breathing.

Scents made by experts

Going by the product detail page, Offgray is a brand that pursues scents straight from nature rather than artificial ones, focusing on finding the mind's balance (homeostasis). It develops its own scents based on yin-yang and the five elements, the foundation of Eastern medicine.

What does the Offgray candle actually smell like?

The actual scent of the Offgray candle is like walking through a deep forest. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to feel nature at home 🌱 Since it's a scent that captures nature, it makes me feel calm. Artificial or overly sweet scents can sometimes give me a headache if I smell them for long, but the Offgray candle has none of that, and the more I smelled it, the clearer my head felt.

When do you use the Life Line scent?

The Offgray Life scent line I chose is a custom scent based on yin-yang and the five elements, for various stressful situations like meditation, breathing exercises, yoga, and the days around your period.

What should you watch out for when lighting a soy candle for the first time?

When you light a soy candle with a flame for the first time, you need to keep it burning for at least 2–3 hours to prevent a tunnel (a hole forming in the wax) 🕯️ Personally, I prefer using a candle warmer rather than burning the candle directly, because the scent spreads through the whole house.

Scent triggers an immediate reaction in the brain, so what ingredients a good scent is made from matters a lot. Try full-body relaxation with the Offgray candle, which uses no artificial fragrances 🌀

Who I'd recommend the Offgray candle to

• People who have trouble falling asleep because of insomnia
• People looking for a housewarming gift for a friend or newlyweds
• People who want to experience relaxation through aromatherapy

You can browse more Offgray candles on the brand's sales page ✨