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Afro-Latina Dawn Marie West, the founder and creative director of La Botica really went off when she started this brand. She launched La Botica as her own sanctuary and has grown it to take on its own identity and a collection of sustainable luxury pieces. According to their site, La Botica develops a range of sustainable luxury products, including candles and accessories. One of my favorite candle scents is Palo Santo, which has been used across Latin America for its healing properties.
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Inspired by her Black and Afro-Dominican culture, Dawn Marie founded La Botica as a manifestation of her own self-care routine. The luxury-candle studio currently has an array of its vegan candles available, including this one inspired by the forests in Dominican Republic, which is a mix of Dominican orange, nutmeg, pimenta, resin, white cedar, and cypress.
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Dawn Marie West launched La Botica as a chill, muse-worthy identity and lifestyle. Offering everything from candles to chill wear, the luxury self-care brand evokes the dreamy, effortless and undone. We chatted with West about scent inspiration, her proud Black and Afro-Dominican heritage, what’s on the horizon for her chic concept brand, and more.
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“La Botica has seen a tremendous increase in demand since the recent solidarity on several platforms, particularly Instagram. The sheer volume we have experienced in the last week and a half has been so incredible and life-changing for us as a small Afro-Latinx brand, from new stockist relationships to editorials,” Dawn Marie, founder of La Botica tells Emperifollá. “We are now expanding our production as a result of this incredible event in Black-business awareness.”
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“Ethically crafted, this citrus kissed candle infuses sunlit rooms with soothing notes of cedarwood and palo santo.”
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“ Being self-taught, (Dawn Marie) says, allowed her to create without boundaries and incorporate scents inspired by her Black and Dominican roots. One of her newest, Flor de Selva has notes of Dominican orange, resin, Pimenta, cypress, nutmeg, and cedarwood. West collaborates directly with indigenous Dominican communities to source her fragrance oils. “It’s exciting knowing that I can create a narrative of what the Dominican Republic means to me,” she says. “These are ingredients my grandparents used.”
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“Take a deep breath in after you light this luxe candle and you'll smell smoky cedarwood mixed with fruity notes. It's the fragrance equivalent of being outside in an orchard.”
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“Founder and creative director Dawn Marie West designs luxury candles under the moniker La Botica, located in New York City.”
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“Scent profiles that become gifts from our studio tend to be found in nature,” says West. “I think something about green, earthy, or floral scents brings calm, and most people can find it enjoyable because we all can relate to nature in some way.”
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Any spiritual ritual usually includes palo santo, which is used to ward off evil spirits and purify your home. Afro-Latina Dawn Marie West founded La Botica to provide a go-to online shop for self-care remedies. Among her products is a 12-stick bundle of palo santo ethically sourced from Ecuador.
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These high-quality fragranced candles feature indigenous ingredients sourced directly from South America.
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“The perfect summer scent no homebody could refuse.”
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BEST NEUTRAL GIFT SET: Explore four best-selling scents from La Botica, all packed with natural notes and essential oils. This specific set of scents has a lot of woodsy elements, making it a perfect neutral set. My personal favorite scent is Casablanca, a Morocco-inspired scent.
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Founded by Dawn Marie West, La Boticá is a luxury fragrance house offering everything from home fragrance to everyday perfume. Each scent is unique and made with handcrafted, sustainable offerings centering on Indigenous ingredients from South America.
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BARCELONA: If you're looking for a self-care gift for friends (or yourself!) this luxury small-batch, hand-poured candle is a winner. Featuring the alluring aromas of grapefruit, peony, rose, pink pepper, mandarin and musk, the home fragrance will immediately transform any space into an inviting sanctuary.
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“Founder Dawn Marie is Black and Dominican and has combined both cultures into a candle. You’ll find vegan and non-vegan candles, mixed with peony rose, pink pepper and musk.”
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You're guaranteed to be invited back for next year's holiday party when you gift this sleek La Botica NYC Flor de Selva Vela Concreto Candle (a spicy, floral scent with cedar and orange) to the hostess. Bonus: the stone vessel doubles as an objet d'art.