Mountain stream: With the refreshing scent of peppermint and lemon, accompanied by light floral notes of palmarosa (a type of grass native to Asia) to brighten the mood and harmonize. Aromatherapy effect: energizes, promotes concentration and an alert mind.

Here, the room fragrances develop their soothing aroma through the principle of evaporation. Some of the natural paper sticks included are placed in the glass bottle and soaked up with the fragrant liquid, which then slowly evaporates and releases its fragrance. As with the Looops scented candles, the diffuser also uses pure natural essential oils to create the wonderful aroma - with the advantage that the intensity of the fragrance can be controlled with diffusers. The more sticks there are in the bottle, the more intense the fragrance becomes. We recommend starting with three to four paper sticks. You should have a little patience at the beginning, as it can take a while for the paper sticks to become saturated. Incidentally, this is easy to recognize because the fully soaked paper turns dark. One bottle lasts for four to eight weeks, depending on the number of wooden sticks used.

In the mountains, they say, the mind is free. It was in the mountains, more precisely in the Salzkammergut on the northern edge of the Alps, that Julia Schliefsteiner and Markus Niederfriniger came up with the idea of their own fragrancekerzen-Manufaktur to capture and preserve the scents of nature and take them home with them. The fire was lit: they founded Looops Kerzenmanuaktur, and the deeper they delved into the world of fragrances and aromas, the more they realized how far-reaching their effects could be and that the findings of aromatherapy could be wonderfully combined with their new craft. So Julia Schliefsteiner went straight on to complete her aromatherapy training and is now very familiar with the gentle extraction of essential oils and their effects.

True to their principle "Nature is good the way it is", they add neither artificial nor synthetic substances and use vegetable wax obtained from rapidly renewable plants (soy and rapeseed) - which also has the advantage that these plant-based candles burn longer and produce less soot than mineral oil-based ones. The wicks are made of pure cotton or even wood. Julia Schliefsteiner creates all the fragrances herself in the company's own "kitchen" near Salzburg. The scented candles are also made by hand there - a complex process involving many steps. It begins with the extraction of the valuable, fragrant and highly effective oils from herbs, flowers and fruits. For new creations, the mixtures of essential oils are first left to rest for a while so that the various fragrance components can blend into a single unit. Only then are small test candles poured and the fragrances tested over several days. The creations are usually inspired by the landscape of the Salzkammergut, the herbs on the mountain pasture or the forest shortly after the rain. After all, a hike through the mountains and nature not only clears the mind, but also fills it with new ideas.