10 July 2026 — 3 min read
If the Comfort Candle Is One Thing, Banshee Is Another
Cultural Essay
There is a category of candle that has become very good at being comfortable.
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Essays on scent, myth, and the spaces in between.
10 July 2026 — 3 min read
Ash and Iron: The Scent of a Forge at Dusk
Material & Craft
A forge in use does not smell the way most people imagine.
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3 July 2026 — 4 min read
The Threshold: Banshee at the Front Door, Banshee at the Bedside
Ritual & Practice
There are two thresholds in most homes that are stronger than the others.
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3 July 2026 — 3 min read
Banshee Mist vs the Famous Rose-and-Pepper Scent: A Mood Comparison
Comparison & Discovery
There is a fragrance that became, for a long stretch of the last decade, the reference point for the modern unisex room scent. Rose. Pepper. A wood underneath. The composition is...
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3 July 2026 — 3 min read
The Quiet Power of Veil, Lament, and Peat
Grief & Mourning
There is a kind of fragrance that does its work by being barely there.
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26 June 2026 — 3 min read
If You Love the Classic Doorway Candle, You Might Love Banshee Mist
Comparison & Discovery
There is a particular candle that has become a kind of shorthand for the considered apartment. Tall glass. Black label. Blackcurrant and rose, with a green edge underneath. It has...
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26 June 2026 — 4 min read
Wool, Wax, and Wood: The Material Language of Banshee
Material & Craft
A fragrance is a language, and the language is made of materials.
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19 June 2026 — 3 min read
Rain on Slate: The Atmosphere of an Irish Wake
Cultural Essay
There is a particular sound that rain makes on slate, and there is no other sound quite like it.
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19 June 2026 — 3 min read
Why Banshee Made a Candle for the In-Between Hours
Cultural Essay
Most candles are made for events.
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12 June 2026 — 3 min read
The Difference Between Grief and Sorrow, Held in Scent
Grief & Mourning
Grief and sorrow are not the same word.
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12 June 2026 — 3 min read
A Letter on Why Banshee Does Not Use the Word Cozy
Cultural Essay
The word cozy has done a lot of work in the last decade.
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12 June 2026 — 4 min read
The Banshee Origin Story: Folklore, Not Marketing
Folklore & Naming
The banshee is not a marketing figure.
Read more5 June 2026 — 4 min read
Keening: A Short History of Celtic Mourning Sound
On caoineadh, the sound grief was given permission to make
There was a sound that women made at Irish wakes, and the English language has almost no word for it.
Read more5 June 2026 — 5 min read
On Naming a Candle After a Death Spirit
On the name, the figure, and the territory the candles serve
Why name a candle brand after a figure associated with death?
Read more26 April 2026 — 4 min read
The Room You Return To
On scent, ritual, and the hour the world quiets
There is a difference between a place you arrive at and a place you return to.
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19 April 2026 — 4 min read
Peat
A scent for slow burning, for the hour after dinner, for the room when it has finally settled
A bog in the west of Ireland holds, by some measures, ten thousand years.
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