If youSA国际影视传媒檝e ever wished that you could bottle up the sweet smells of the Boreal forest, or the scent of wild sage after a nice walk in the woods, Lindsay Ransom is making candles that are doing just that.
Ransom, who got her start as a candle-maker at the age of 10, just launched a business called Eh Five Tree Five Outdoor Adventure Products thatSA国际影视传媒檒l likely resonate with anyone in the North who likes to use their nose.
Her venture is offering curiously named candles such as the sage and mint scented Sacred Flame, Frig off eh! (which aptly smells like citronella) and Yellowknife Rocks that contains actual chunks of locally sourced quartz.
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Creative marketing aside, Ransom is no slouch when it comes to candle-making.
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She said her products contain no artificial colouring, synthetic chemicals, dyes, paraffin, petroleum, preservatives or artificial fragrances.
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Her first products were a line of citronella-based anti-mosquito candles that include Frig off eh!, in addition to Buzz Kill and Ever Deadly, but she is expanding.
A Northern lights-themed candle will include a combination of purple, green and red foliage and another will be called Great Slave Lake Campfire.
SheSA国际影视传媒檒l also be coming out with a line of soaps and shampoos, including one that repels mosquitoes because SA国际影视传媒渘o one wants to wash their hair in the North when youSA国际影视传媒檙e canoeing for too many days, because it attracts the bugs,SA国际影视传媒� she said.
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Her sweet-smelling handiworks can be found at SutherlandSA国际影视传媒檚 Drugs and will soon be for sale at Mermaid and Moon and Aurora Village.
