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Hand-poured in Doha

Light for
slow evenings.

Soy-wax candles scented around the oud, spice, and sea air of the Gulf. Poured in small batches, burned in majlis rooms and quiet kitchens across Qatar.

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A lit Shamaa candle glowing in a dark room

Burn slow.
Sit longer.

Why we hand-pour

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Our story

Named for the candle that lit every Ramadan evening.

Shamaa — Arabic for "candle" — began in a Msheireb apartment kitchen in 2019, testing oud and bakhoor blends against the scents we grew up around. Today every candle is still poured within a few kilometres of where it's shipped from.

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