First Raindrops Scented Candle
First Raindrops Scented Candle
- Soy-coconut wax blend
- Cotton wick, lead-free
- Reusable glass jar
- 100 g net weight
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First Raindrops Scented Candle
Top, Heart & Base
The geeli-mitti register: wet air on top, roots and soil through the middle, old wood underneath.
- Top note: Fresh Rain
- Top note: Citrus
- Heart note: Vetiver
- Heart note: Damp Earth
- Base note: Aged Wood
- Base note: Musk
Notes do not arrive all at once. The top of a fragrance is the lightest part and reads first, within the first minutes of lighting, then fades fastest. The heart holds the middle of the burn. The base is the slowest and heaviest, and it is what you can still smell in the room after the flame is out and the wax is cooling. That is why this candle smells sharper and wetter when you light it and woodier an hour later — same scent, different stage.
Why You'll Love It
- Cold, wet and green from the first minute — nothing sweet, nothing bakery-warm
- The bright wet-air top reads first, then the soil under it comes up as the pool widens
- Vetiver keeps the middle dry and rooty, so it never tips into perfume
- What stays in the room after you put it out is wood and low, skin-warm musk
- One jar scents a hostel room, a PG room or a small bedroom — not an open-plan hall
- 65mm tall and 60mm across, so it fits a window ledge, a bathroom shelf or a crowded desk corner
This is a cold, wet, earthy scent, not a warm one. If what you actually want is spiced and cosy — ginger, cardamom, vanilla — buy Evening Chai instead. If you want florals, Jaipur Gardens is richer and Summer Evenings is lighter. First Raindrops is the one to pick only if you like the smell of ground after rain.
Make The Most Of Your Candle
Almost everything about how this jar behaves for the rest of its life is decided by the first burn.
- Trim the wick down to about 5mm before every burn, including the very first one
- On the first burn, leave it lit until the melted wax reaches the glass all the way round
- Keep each burn to three or four hours, then let the wax cool fully before relighting
- Pick out any trimmed wick ends or matchstick heads from the wax pool before you light it again
- Never leave it burning unattended, and stop using it once roughly 1cm of wax is left at the base
- 1 Trim firstCut the wick down to about 5mm before every burn. A long wick is what makes a flame tall, flickery and smoky, and it is the most common reason a jar sooties up along the glass.
- 2 Let the first burn finishKeep it lit until the melted wax reaches the glass all the way round. Soy and coconut wax hold the shape of that first pool, so a first burn cut short sets the pattern for every burn after it.
- 3 Burn it safelyLevel, heat-resistant surface. Away from curtains, open windows, children and pets. Three to four hours at a stretch and no longer, and never in a room you are about to leave.
- 4 Put it out properlyUse the cap or a snuffer rather than blowing hard, straighten the wick to the centre while the wax is still soft, and let the glass cool completely before you move it.
Treat it as an open flame, because that is what it is. Burn it on a level, heat-resistant surface — a tile, a ceramic coaster, a wooden trivet — never directly on a bedsheet, a rug, a stack of books or a plastic tray. Keep it well away from curtains, dupattas, paper and anything else that moves in a breeze, and out of a direct draft from a fan, cooler or open window, because a flame pushed sideways burns unevenly and smokes. Keep it out of reach of children and pets, and never leave it lit while you sleep or step out of the room. Do not burn it for more than three to four hours at a stretch. Stop using the candle once about 1cm of wax remains at the base — below that the flame sits close to the glass and can heat it far more than it should. The glass gets genuinely hot near the base on a long burn, so let it cool fully before touching or moving it.
Product Details
- Commodity
- Scented candle
- Country of Origin
- India
- Net Weight
- 100 g / 3.5 oz
- Wax Type
- Coconut and soy wax blend
- Wick Type
- Lead-free cotton wick
- Manufactured/Marketed by
- INDRAAZ Selfcare
- Customer Care Email
- connect@indraaz.com
- Customer Care
- +91 70681 14030
What We Leave Out
- No paraffin — coconut and soy wax blend only
- Lead-free cotton wick
- Reusable clear glass jar with a metal screw cap
Size & Specifications
About This Candle
What this actually is
A 100 g candle in a small glass jar, 65mm tall and 60mm across, poured in a coconut and soy wax blend around a lead-free cotton wick, scented in the petrichor register — the smell of the first rain landing on ground that has been hot for weeks. In most Indian homes you would just call it geeli mitti and be understood without further explanation.
Natural wax blends behave differently from paraffin, and it is worth knowing how before you light one. They melt at a lower temperature, which means a cooler pool, less soot along the glass and a gentler burn. It also means the scent carries a shorter distance, especially when the candle is sitting unlit. That is a property of the wax, not a fault in the pour.
The scent story
Light it and the first thing you get is cold and wet — a rain-and-citrus brightness that reads within the first minute or two and does not hang around. It is the sharp part, the part that smells like air just before the ground gets soaked.
Underneath that, as the melt pool widens, the middle comes up: vetiver over wet soil. Vetiver is a root, and it smells like one — dry, grassy, faintly bitter. It is what stops this candle drifting anywhere near sweet or floral, and it is the reason the scent holds its shape through the middle of a burn instead of thinning out.
The base is old wood and musk, low and warm and slow. It is the part that is still in the room when the flame is out and the wax is setting.
How to burn it well
Trim the wick to about 5mm every time. Long wicks make tall flames, tall flames make soot, and soot ends up on the inside of the glass where you can see it.
Let the first burn go long enough for the melted wax to touch the glass right the way round. Wax remembers the first pool it makes. Get that one right and the jar burns level to the bottom; get it wrong and you are looking at a ring of stranded wax for the rest of its life.
After that, three to four hours a session, cooled fully between burns, wax pool kept clear of trimmings.
Who it suits
People who like the smell of the first monsoon shower more than they like the smell of dessert. If your favourite part of the year is the week the rain arrives, this is aimed squarely at you.
It also suits a small space. A hostel room, a PG room, a one-BHK bedroom, a WFH corner, a bathroom shelf, a balcony door left half open on a wet evening. It reads well next to a book and a cup of tea and it reads well on a desk at eleven at night.
Who it does not suit
Anyone who wants a candle that smells warm, spiced or edible. This one has no vanilla-and-cinnamon comfort in it at all, and no amount of burning will make it turn cosy. Evening Chai is the candle for that — ginger and black tea on top, cardamom and cinnamon through the middle, vanilla and honey at the base.
It also will not suit anyone shopping for a floral. Jaipur Gardens is the rich one, rose and jasmine over amber and oud; Summer Evenings is the softer, brighter version of the same idea. And if you want cold and woody rather than cold and earthy, Ancient Forest is the closer match — sandalwood and cedar rather than vetiver and soil.
One honest limitation
This is a 100 g candle in a 65mm jar, and natural wax throws softer than a synthetic blend. Put it in a large open-plan living room and you will smell it standing next to it and nowhere else. It is a small-room candle. If you want to scent a big space, you need more than one jar, or a different product entirely.
Storage and safety
Cap on when it is not in use, out of direct sunlight, away from heat. Sunlight and warmth are what age a fragrance fastest in the jar.
Burn it on a level, heat-resistant surface, away from curtains, drafts, children and pets, and never leave it unattended. Stop burning once roughly 1cm of wax is left at the base, so the flame never sits close enough to overheat the glass. Let the jar cool completely before you move it — the base gets hot on a long burn.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long will one jar last me?
We are not putting an hour figure on this page, because we have not run a burn test we would be willing to publish. What we can tell you is what you are buying: 100 g of coconut and soy wax in a 65mm jar. That is a small candle by design.
How far it goes is mostly down to you. Three-to-four-hour sessions with the wick trimmed each time will get far more evenings out of one jar than a run of ten-minute lights, which waste wax without ever opening the pool properly.
Is the wax actually natural, or is paraffin blended in?
It is a coconut and soy wax blend around a lead-free cotton wick. No paraffin.
The trade-off is worth knowing before you buy. Natural wax blends generally melt cooler and carry scent a shorter distance than paraffin, so this fills a small room well and a large one barely at all. If you are used to a strong synthetic candle, this one will read quieter.
Can I burn it in a small closed room, like a hostel room?
Yes — a small room is exactly the size this is built for. Keep it on a level, heat-resistant surface, well back from curtains and bedding, and never lit while you sleep or step out.
A little air movement helps. A door left slightly ajar is better than a fully sealed room. What you want to avoid is a direct draft: a fan or cooler pointed at the flame will make it flicker, smoke and burn down one side.
Will it tunnel?
Only if you cut the first burn short. Wax has a memory. If the first melt pool stops short of the glass, later burns tend to follow the same ring and leave a wall of unused wax standing around the edge.
Give the first burn long enough for the melted wax to reach the glass all the way round, then trim the wick back to about 5mm before every burn after that. A tunnelled jar is almost always a first-burn problem, not a wax problem.
Can I keep the jar once the candle is finished?
Yes, and it is worth keeping — clear glass with a metal screw cap. Stop burning once about 1cm of wax is left, let it cool completely, then lift out the leftover wax and the small metal wick tab.
Warm soapy water takes off the rest. It ends up as a decent little storage jar for hair ties, paper clips, spare buttons or loose change.
Is it safe to burn around pets?
Treat it the way you would treat any open flame in a house with animals. High shelf or a table they do not jump onto, nothing trailing beside it, and never lit and left alone in a room with them. A tail passing a flame is the real risk here.
On the fragrance itself we are not going to make a blanket claim for every animal. If you have a pet with breathing trouble, or a bird — birds are unusually sensitive to anything airborne — ask your vet before burning any scented candle, ours included.
Does the scent fade if the jar sits unlit for months?
Some of it does. The lightest part of a fragrance is the first to go while a candle sits, so an old jar often smells flatter and woodier than it did new — the wet, bright top has thinned out and the base is what is left.
Keep the cap screwed on, out of direct sunlight and away from heat, and it holds much better. We do not have a confirmed shelf-life figure for the candles yet, so we would rather say that plainly than print a number we cannot stand behind.
Is the wax actually natural?
Yes, a coconut and soy wax blend, not paraffin. It's why the burn is cleaner and the scent throw is a little softer than a synthetic-wax candle.
Will it tunnel down the middle?
Only if the first burn is cut short. Let the very first burn run until the melt pool reaches the glass edge on all sides, usually an hour or two, and it should burn evenly after that.
Will one candle be enough for my room?
For a regular bedroom or a small living area, yes. For a larger open-plan room, it'll be noticeable near where it's burning rather than filling the whole space, that's true of most natural-wax candles this size.
Can I reuse the jar after?
Yes. Once the wax is finished, wipe it out with warm soapy water and it works well as a small glass for pens, brushes, or anything else on a shelf.
Is it safe to burn around pets?
Keep any lit candle out of reach of pets and away from anywhere they can knock it over, the same as you would with any open flame. If you're ever unsure about a specific pet's sensitivity to a scented room, it's worth checking with your vet.