There are certain things my family is never going to agree on. What to have for dinner. What temperature the house should be. And apparently, what “this smells amazing” actually smells like. Keagan loves pine. Shaun loves aquatic scents. Teal loves gourmand scents—the sweet, bakery-inspired kind. And I want something deep, rich and complex. Give me layers. Give me a scent I want to keep going back to.

So asking all of us to choose one fragrance? Good luck. That is part of what makes this new addition to Mountain Glow Candle Co. so fun: you can now order custom scented candles, hand and body lotion, and goat milk and olive oil soap online through Rocky Mountain Olive Oil. Choose from 20 fragrances, add an optional name to the “Created By” line on the label, and we’ll make your selection here in Colorado.
Your scent. Your everyday favorites. Or a gift that feels like you actually know the person you’re giving it to.

What Can You Customize Online?

Our online custom scent options include a 12 oz olive oil and soy wax candle, olive oil and shea hand and body lotion, and goat milk and olive oil soap, sold as three bars in one chosen fragrance.
Each product has the same 20-scent menu, so you can choose one favorite across all three or give each product its own personality. Customization means choosing a fragrance from our menu and, if you’d like, adding a name to the label. We make the finished products for you. You get the fun of choosing without taking over your kitchen with wax, lotion or soap supplies.

A Custom Candle That Feels Like Your Home

Our custom candle is hand-poured in Fort Collins using olive oil and soy wax, in a 12 oz size.
I love the idea of choosing a candle for the way you actually want your home to feel. Maybe you want something fresh for an ordinary afternoon. Maybe your ideal evening smells warm and woodsy. Maybe you want the bakery feeling without having to wash a mixing bowl. You can choose a fragrance for yourself or pick one with someone else in mind. Add their name to the optional “Created By” line, and suddenly a candle feels a little more personal. The fragrance keeps its own name on the label, too. When you find your favorite, you’ll know what to order again.

Custom Olive Oil & Shea Lotion for Everyday Use

Our custom hand and body lotion brings your chosen fragrance into something you can use throughout the day. It’s made with aloe, extra virgin olive oil, organic coconut and sunflower oils, organic shea butter, and apricot kernel oil. The feel is intentionally lightweight: a light, sheer layer of moisture rather than a thick body butter. This is the kind of bottle I like having within reach. Next to the sink. On the bathroom counter. Somewhere I’ll actually remember to use it. Choose a scent you enjoy wearing on your skin, whether that’s fresh, softly sweet, woodsy or something with a little more depth. You can also add an optional name to the label.

Custom Goat Milk & Olive Oil Soap, Three Bars at a Time

Our custom soap combines goat milk and olive oil for a creamy cleansing lather, with your choice of fragrance. Each order includes three 3.6 oz bars, all made in the same selected scent. You choose one fragrance for the order rather than a different fragrance for each bar. That gives you a few options: keep a bar by more than one sink, save the extras for later, or share them. An optional “Created By” name adds a personal touch to the labels. Once you start using a bar, let it dry between uses on a draining soap dish.

How Do You Choose a Scent? Start with What You Already Love

You don’t need to speak fluent fragrance to choose something you’ll enjoy. Start with a simple question: do you usually gravitate toward forest smells, fresh water-inspired scents, sweet bakery smells, florals, citrus or deeper blends? Here’s how I’d narrow the menu for my family. These are starting points based on what they like, rather than fragrances they’ve all personally tested and declared winners.

For Keagan: Pine and Forest-Inspired Scents

Keagan loves pine smells, so Sugar Pine & Patchouli would be an obvious place to start. I’d also put Cypress & Bayberry and Sage & Cypress on his shortlist. If your person is happiest with a forest-inspired scent, those are useful names to look for in the menu.

For Shaun: Aquatic Scents

Shaun loves aquatic smells, so I’d start with Sea & Stone or Sea Salt & Orchid. That’s a completely different direction from my own preferences, which is exactly why having choices matters. His favorite doesn’t have to be mine.

For Teal: Gourmand Scents

Gourmand is the fragrance word for scents inspired by sweet or edible things: cake, vanilla, baked goods and that general “something good is in the oven” feeling. Teal loves that direction. Vanilla Cake Pop, Banana Nut Bread and Apples & Maple Bourbon would be the first names I’d show her. And yes, there is something funny about wanting your soap to sound like dessert. I understand the appeal.

For Me: Deep, Rich, Complex Blends

My shortlist would begin with Tonka & Oud, Oakmoss & Amber and Egyptian Amber. White Copal & Bergamot would also have my attention. Those are the names I’d explore when I want something with depth rather than a straightforward sweet or fresh direction. Choosing my favorite might still take a minute. Or several.

Can You Match Your Candle, Lotion and Soap?

Yes. All three custom products currently offer the same 20 fragrances, so you can select the same scent for each item and build a coordinated trio. A candle for the room, lotion for everyday use and soap by the sink: it’s a simple way to carry a favorite fragrance through a few parts of your routine. You can also mix things up. Choose a woodsy candle for the living room and a fresher scent for your soap. There is no family rule requiring everyone—or every room—to smell the same.

Personalized Gifts That Start with the Person

My favorite reason to give something custom is simple: you can start with what that person likes.
The friend who always talks about the mountains. The person who wants everything to smell fresh. The one who loves vanilla. The one who has very strong opinions about candles. We all know somebody. A custom candle makes a thoughtful housewarming or host gift. Lotion and soap can make a useful thank-you. Choosing the same scent across all three gives you a coordinated gift without needing to guess at three unrelated fragrances.

And if you’re putting together a larger gift, I love bringing our two worlds together: something fragrant for the home alongside something delicious for the kitchen.
Planning favors or gifts for a celebration? Our wedding favors and gifts page is the place to start a conversation about custom candles and olive oil or balsamic gifts for your event.

How to Order Your Custom Mountain Glow Products

Open the product page for the candle, lotion or soap, then select one fragrance from the scent menu. If you want to personalize the label, enter a name in the optional “Created By” field, up to 25 characters. Add the item to your cart and repeat for any other products you’d like. Your selected scent keeps its fragrance name on the label. The “Created By” field adds a name alongside it; it doesn’t rename the fragrance. Custom products ship from our Fort Collins shop one week after ordering.

That is the time before shipping, so allow additional time for delivery when you’re planning a gift.
For soap, remember that one order contains three bars in the same fragrance.

A Little More Mountain Glow, Wherever You Are

If you’ve followed our Mountain Glow Candle Co. story, you know how much I love the creative side of scent.
These new online options bring another piece of that to you. A candle you’re excited to light. Lotion you keep reaching for. Soap that makes the everyday sink routine a little nicer. You can start with a custom candle, choose your custom lotion, or pick a fragrance for your three-bar custom soap order.

I’m curious where you’ll land. Team pine? Team aquatic? Team smells-like-dessert? Or over here with me, trying to choose between the deep, rich blends?

xoxo,

Andi