Our Story
Gleaux Shop creates high quality home fragrance products with meticulously formulated scents and unique designs that celebrate identity and culture - what makes us unique, brings us together, and provides a sense of belonging.
The aroma of our products act as a reminder to your olfactory system to love and celebrate your true self. Gleaux Shop believes in the time each of us are given, you should spend it being a friend to yourself, cultivating joy, and surrounding yourself with things that bring you happiness.
All Gleaux Shop products are made from non-toxic, high-quality ingredients:
- Coconut wax with a small amount of food-grade paraffin. The paraffin in our wax is the same paraffin that's used to give chocolate its sheen as it hardens. We use coconut wax because it's the cleanest burning candle wax on the market, which means our candles produce minimal soot and smoke.
- Phthalate-free premium fragrance oils. We don't use fragrance oils with phthalates as a matter of common sense - most people avoid them in products they put in or on their bodies, so we would never use ingredients in our candles that disperse those chemicals into the air.
- Lead-free cotton wicks.
- Eco-friendly packaging. We use biodegradable packing peanuts, recyclable packing paper, and recyclable/reusable glass candle containers.
- Responsible manufacturing. All candles are poured by hand in small batches to minimize waste and maintain quality.
- Longer-lasting. When cared for properly, our candles made with coconut wax can burn up to 15% longer than soy candles, and even longer when compared to candles with a high paraffin content (i.e. candles from most major retailers).
Founded in 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Gleaux Shop started as my reprieve from the impact of the global pandemic - I was mentally burnt out. I knew that it was unsustainable to continue to cope with the pandemic by working myself to the bone, so I started to focus on restoration. During that journey, I began exploring candle making and graphic design, exploring my sense of smell and creating deigns with self-care centric messages that celebrated the many identities (many of which are my own) that were the focus of political hate - blackness, queerness, gender identity. After melding the two together, Gleaux Shop was born.
I'm Lindsey Douglas, the maker and creative mind behind all Gleaux Shop products. In seeking restoration in the midst of the pandemic, Gleaux Shop was born. Making empowering candles is important to me because as a queer, black woman, navigating my identity has been and always will be a huge part of my life. When I was young, it was the source of bullying and anxiety, but as an adult, with continued self-work and soul searching, who I am is one of my greatest points of pride. Candle making and design are a restorative art for me. It's an honor to share my creations with you!