During the plague outbreaks in 1619, Charles de lorme came up with the idea of dressing up doctors as birds to protect them. The design consisted of a long coat, gloves, boots, and a wide-brimmed hat, and of course, the bird beak mask. The mask extended half a foot from the face with two eye holes covered in glass and two nostril holes.

Back then, people did not understand germs or how illnesses spread. They believed the sickness was spread by bad smelling air and did what they could to make pleasant scents. Doctors would stuff their beaks with herbs and flowers, sometimes burning them before to fill their masks with nice smelling smoke. 

Our candles won’t prevent the plague or corona virus, but they will make your house smell, feel and sound great.

Hand-poured in Orange County, California with love.