Home Swiss Home: candles and soaps made by hand since 2021

The name says it plainly: Home Swiss Home. Behind it sits a small, family-run business making candles and soaps by hand, founded by Wendra Mae in 2021. There is no factory line here, no mass production to speak of — just a maker’s approach to two everyday objects that most of us buy without ever asking what’s inside them.

How it started

Home Swiss Home began in 2021, built around a simple idea: candles and soaps don’t need long lists of unpronounceable ingredients to work well. Wendra Mae founded the company on that premise, choosing to keep production small and hands-on rather than scale it into something anonymous. The brand describes itself as a small family business, and that scale shows in how it talks about its own choices — deliberate, unhurried, closer to a workshop than a factory.

The range

The catalogue is built around two categories: scented candles and soaps. Each candle is made from a soy wax base, and each soap relies on a blend of natural oils. There’s no attempt to diversify into unrelated product lines — the focus stays on these two objects, refined rather than multiplied. For anyone furnishing a home, or looking for a gift that doesn’t rely on packaging alone to make an impression, this is a narrow but considered range.

The craftsmanship

What sets the materials apart is spelled out clearly in how the brand describes them. The candle wax is a natural soy wax, biodegradable and free from genetically modified sources. The fragrances used in the candles are formulated without CMR substances or phthalates — the kind of detail that matters to anyone who burns candles regularly at home and has started reading labels more carefully. The soaps follow the same logic: natural oils, organic, and biodegradable, chosen for what happens to them after use as much as for what they do during it.

None of this is presented as a technical breakthrough. It reads instead as a baseline the brand holds itself to — the kind of standard that, once set, is simply maintained batch after batch. For the person lighting the candle or using the soap, the practical result is straightforward: fewer synthetic additives, and materials designed to break down rather than linger.

What the brand stands for

Home Swiss Home ties its material choices to a broader stance on packaging. According to the brand, it favours ecological packaging materials specifically to reduce its environmental footprint — a choice that extends the same logic used in the wax and oils to the box or wrapping the product arrives in. The brand also states that, as a small family business, it prioritises quality over quantity, a line that frames its modest scale as a choice rather than a limitation.

These are claims made by the brand about itself. They are consistent with the rest of its profile: a narrow product range, natural raw materials, and a founder-led structure that hasn’t pushed toward rapid expansion.