Evîn Bois de Figue: the Zurich scented candle made by hand in a family workshop
Fig leaf, coconut and warm cedarwood in a hand-poured candle from Zurich – vegan, free from animal experiments, with a burn time of around 75 hours.
What it is
The “Bois de Figue” candle comes from Evîn, a scented candle brand based in Zurich. Evîn is a family business, founded in 2019 by Güllü Häberling, who pours the candles by hand in her own workshop rather than having them made industrially. This also shapes the character of the product: it feels less like a mass-market item and more like something valued for the way it is made.
“Bois de Figue” is aimed at people looking for a woody-fruity scent for the home – in the living room, the office or on the bedside table. The combination of fig leaf, creamy coconut and warm woods makes it a candle suited both to a quiet daily routine and to a more considered evening. It comes in a single format only.
Why it exists
Evîn positions its candles as an answer to the question of what actually goes into a scented candle. Rather than relying on cheap, industrially produced waxes, the brand says it uses ingredients of high quality and ethical origin. For “Bois de Figue”, this translates into a vegan wax blend, an organic cotton wick and the absence of phthalates.
With this, Evîn is responding to a concern that matters increasingly in scented products: traceability of ingredients. According to the brand’s own logic, someone lighting a candle wants not just a pleasant scent, but also to know what the wax is made of and how it is produced.
What matters
Burn time: The candle burns for around 75 hours. That is a long span, meaning a single candle can last several weeks, provided it isn’t burned for hours every evening. For households that use candles regularly but in short sessions, this is a relevant figure.
Weight and size: At 350 g and measuring 9.5 cm x 11 cm, the candle is neither particularly small nor oversized. It fits on a sideboard, a dining table or a bedside table without visually dominating the room.
Wick and wax base: An organic cotton wick combined with a coconut wax blend is intended to ensure an even burn. This combination is often chosen for scented candles to achieve a clean burn.
Wax composition: The “Coco Apricot Crème” wax used is a vegan blend of apricot, coconut and soy. For people who want to avoid animal-derived ingredients in household products, this is a concrete point of reference.
Scent structure: The fragrance is built in three stages. The top note features fig leaf, green galbanum and blackcurrant. The heart brings creamy coconut, delicate flowers, ripe fig and davana. The base consists of warm cedarwood, golden amber, powdery orris root and tonka bean. This structure explains why the scent changes over the course of the burn time – from a fresh, green top note to a warm, woody base.
Product characteristics: The candle is vegan, developed without animal experiments and made without phthalates. For households that pay attention to such criteria in scented products, these are concrete details that go beyond the scent itself.
Day to day
The candle is hand-poured in Evîn’s workshop in Zurich, pointing to artisanal rather than industrial production.
The long burn time of around 75 hours suggests the candle is meant for regular but not continuous use – for a few hours in the evening rather than all day.
Technical specifications
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | 350 g |
| Dimensions | 9.5 cm x 11 cm |
| Burn time | around 75 hours |
| Wick | organic cotton |
| Wax base | coconut wax blend |
| Wax composition | Coco Apricot Crème wax, vegan blend of apricot, coconut and soy |
| Top note | fig leaf, green galbanum, blackcurrant |
| Heart note | creamy coconut, delicate flowers, ripe fig, davana |
| Base note | warm cedarwood, golden amber, powdery orris root, tonka bean |
| Product characteristics | vegan, free from animal experiments, free from phthalates |
What the brand says
Evîn states that every candle is hand-poured in its own workshop, using ingredients of high quality and ethical origin. The brand applies this statement to its entire collection, and therefore also to “Bois de Figue”.
For readers in Switzerland
Evîn is a Swiss company based in Zurich, which for customers here means a direct link to production: the candles are not made abroad but in the brand’s own workshop.
Why it caught our eye
We like the clear scent structure of this candle – from the green fig leaf top note through to the warm base of cedarwood and tonka bean. We also appreciate that Evîn, as a Zurich family business, is transparent about the fact that every candle is hand-poured in its own workshop, using a vegan wax blend free from phthalates.
Exactly the kind of brand we’d love to come across on O!deal one day.
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