9 Questions with Olivia Walton, Founder of Candle Flair

Candle Flair offers an extensive collection of high quality and luxurious dinner candles and candle accessories. Taking pride in the quality of the products offered, Olivia has worked with the best artisans to source the finest, natural and sustainably sourced hand-dipped candles, as well as a selection of candle holders and LED lighters that will bring beauty and ambience to the home. Changing the perception that dinner candles should only be used at the dining table, Candle Flair’s selection of silhouettes and sizes ensures that each candle looks just as beautiful unlit as it does with the flicker of a flame.

Olivia Walton

Founder of Candle Flair

Olivia started her career as an Interior Designer in London and after a lifelong fascination with luxury, design and personalisation decided it was time to launch her own new venture. Candle Flair is female founded and recently established in London in 2021. The name Candle Flair reflects the nature of the brand providing an array of high quality candles and stylish complementary candle products. Our objective is to encourage exploration of design and to use our candles to create beautiful ambiences, act as striking and colourful accessories or to be given as the ultimate gift.

I love working in the candle industry because….

I love all design and tablescaping, so we I am super fortunate to be involved and see so many amazing and beautiful events and weddings.

Candle Flair is best known for…

We pride ourselves on our beautiful colour range and high quality characteristics such as long burn times, dripless and smokeless candles.

My biggest achievement to date is…

Having just launched in September 2021 we are extremely fortunate to be stocked with likes of more renown companies such as The Wedding Shop, Prezola and Amara as well as working with a number of stylists for events on behalf of Valentino, Smythson, Sisley, Loreal Paris as well as weddings for the likes of Pixie Lott.

I’m inspired by ….

Seasons and interiors! My background is luxury residential interior design so I’m always eyeing up the latest home décor trends and how candles can be a part of that.

The current candle trends trends we’re loving are…

Tablescapes have definitely become more organic and less structured looking, therefore combining different heights of our Classic Collection and introducing multiple colours is a great way to do this.

Our favourite candles from the collection are…

Our latest designs from the Travellers collection – personally I love the Mykonos set which features an array of blue taper candles including an eye popping cobalt blue and St Tropez which have a more autumnal colour palette and take reference to Provencal.

My favourite pieces in the world to skip the crowds is…

Either skiing on top of the mountain in Courchevel or on the relaxing on the beach in Barbados – they are both great places to reset and provide a good foundation to come up with new designs and developing the business.

The best person to follow on Instagram for big-day inspo is…

I am fascinated with a few florists and wedding planners we sell to. I love to see our candles in designs from: Alice Wilkes, Fiona Leahy, Tony Marklew, Angela Mugnai, EMYP Studios and Wild About. They all have their different styles yet they always deliver sophisticated and elegant table settings for every event and wedding they do.