# Custom Candle Making Experiences The Candle Pour Allows Consumers to Mix and Create Own Candles By Amy Duong | Published 2020-06-18 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/candle-pour References: [thecandlepour](https://thecandlepour.com/) The Candle Pour is located in Hyde Park Village and invites customers to [create their own candle fragrances](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hm-nolita-pop-up). There are over 120 scents to choose from, with additional options with [seasonal introductions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/candier-fall-collection). Visitors select or blend scents on a preference sheet to experiment with what blends work best with one another. Co-founder of The Candle Pour, Dennis Akers, states, "we help you throughout the entire process [...] so all you’re going to focus on are individual scents that you like—what we will help you do is combine those scents to make a [custom fragrance](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/scentmatch).” The scents are then narrowed down to 2-4 options before figuring out the best proportions of the oil scents to be blended with the wax. Image Credit: The Candle Pour ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.5/10 - Popularity: 33% | Activity: 4% | Freshness: 9% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Life](https://www.trendhunter.com/life) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Custom Fragrance Experiences:** Offering customers the opportunity to create their own unique fragrances through scent blending. - **Personalized Consumer Products:** Empowering consumers to customize products to their own preferences and tastes. - **Interactive Retail Experiences:** Providing customers with hands-on and engaging experiences in retail spaces. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Fragrance:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing platforms or services that allow customers to create personalized fragrances. - **Cosmetics:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Offering consumers the ability to customize and create their own cosmetic products. - **Retail:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Incorporating interactive elements and customization options in retail stores to enhance customer experience. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [DIY Candle Refill Kits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/candle-refill-kit.md) - [DIY Soy Candle Sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/diy-soy-candle.md) - [Clean Hand-Poured Candles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/california-incline.md) - [Vintage-Inspired Candle Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-maker.md) - [Functional Artisanal Candle Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/artisanal-candle-collection.md) - [Candle Maker Toolkits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/candle-jar.md) - [Self-Leveling Coconut Wax Candles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/adlan-fragrances.md) - [Decadent-Smelling Fragrance Ranges](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/scent-lab-has-introduced.md) - [Uplifting Youthful Candles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/friday-collective.md)