Creative Collection: Making Scents

When Jasmin Kechel Couldn't Find the Candle She Wanted, She Taught Herself to Make Her Own 

- Kylie Jackes

EVERY DAY, WHEN Jasmin Kechel opens the door to her studio on Queensland’s Gold Coast, she gets butterflies in her stomach. “I just love coming here and getting my hands dirty making candles and blending oils,” says the owner of artisan candlemaker Lemon Canary. The space is filled with the delicious aroma of coconut, honey, lime and mango, which lingers after a batch of ‘Summer Solstice’ candles has just been poured. With two young boys at home – Sunny, eight, and five-year-old Jon – Jasmin has made the studio “very girly”. “There’s lots of pink around, and there’s always chocolate and champagne in the fridge,” she says. “It’s my happy place!”