This was such a fun experience! I came here with my girlfriends to celebrate my friend's birthday. When you enter the shop, you are given a clipboard and are directed to start smelling all the fragrances...over 80!! You write down all of your favorites and then narrow it down your list to the top 4 scents you think smell best together to create your own signature candle. You can also make a reed defuser, room spray, or soap as an alternative option. Before pouring the wax and mixing your scents, you choose from their selection of jars, ranging in price around $40-60. After creating your candle and naming your scent, it takes around 90-120 minutes for it set. I think the experience could be elevated with a few things: An option to customize your candle with glitter, color of wick, color of wax, ability to select a cute label with your scent's name or create one, even a label maker would do the trick. They have some cute vessels, but I would love to see more variety in different styles, colors, and sizes. I asked the owner, Marleen what ingredients were in the fragrance oils and she couldn't really give me a complete answer other than they are not 100% essential oils but they're synthetic and safe because they don't buy them from overseas. hmmm.... With that said, I'm sure they contain toxins like phthalates and ethyl methoxycinnamates. Reputable brands of oils will clearly label their products and disclose all the components. I try to use scents, body care, and household cleaners free from toxins so this is a little concerning not knowing what chemicals are in the candle. I'm sensitive to irritants which aggravate my asthma and also give me headaches. I just wish i knew for sure what was in this magical potion of oils we mixed. Overall, I had a fun time and made some great memories. It's a unique activity for a date night or group outing with friends that all ages can enjoy. read more

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This was such a fun experience!! Good for groups and date night! Checking in was a breeze and they got us set up quickly. They give you a card to write down your top scents. We started by smelling several scents, they have 90 scents to smell - I skipped some that weren't appealing like bacon and old books LOL Be sure to grab you a bag of coffee beans to cleanse your scent palette. I don't want to spoil the process so I won't tell you everything! So just go ahead and make a reservation, the fee goes towards your reservation at the end. I'm going to wait 2 weeks before light my custom candle so that I get the best scent payout. It's worth the money. You can make a candle, room diffuser, and/or room spray. I'll be back to make a diffuser. read more

This was an amazing experience coming here to make a candle! A great date night idea! We made a reservation to come in and go through this candle making experience. My wife had already come in here previously for a bachelorette party to make a candle and she had such a great experience that she wanted to come back as soon as our candle was finished. We walked in and I couldn't believe what I saw! A wall full of different candle scents, a big bar to sit at and make your candle, and just an overall cozy atmosphere to do it in. My wife explained to me how it worked but I let our candle bar expert assist me to get the full experience. We had Adeline as our candle expert. She was a lot of fun to talk to throughout and was very informative. She even helped me pick out my scent and improve on it. The pouring part to make your candle the best that it can be with the oil was really cool. The experience is roughly a half hour but we spent a lot longer enjoying our time and really smelling all of the different scents that were available. It was a very nice time and will definitely be back with our candle to get it refilled! read more

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It was my first time making my own personal scented candle! The staff was friendly and helped me fix my candle scent because my nose was getting broken at one point from all the smelling I had to do. They have a large selection of scents that you can go through and my boyfriend and I had a fun time choosing the scents. I would totally come back when I visit Michigan again. read more

Urban Wick Candle Bar - Candle Stores Near Me - Birmingham, Michigan

The place looks nice with its rustic modern look of wood, brick and metal. I like making your own unique scent with the different options they have. The staff are very nice helpful but slow to come up to you when you are ready. It is very pricey for the candles and room spray but I guess if you are making a scent you like you might want to pay for the experience. The wax melts were decently priced. read more

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Such an amazing time! They should serve wine! lol The service was great! Super nice lady helped us. Very fun, very helpful! The selection was great! So many scents and candle vessels to choose from. It's a wonderful experience...picking the scents, picking the vessel, stirring the scents to the right smell for you and then mixing into the wax. Definitely would like to return. Experiences are the best and this one did not disappoint. Great value for the totality of the experience. read more

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Visited Urban Wick for a shower. There were 10 women and we had a great time. Highly recommend for a unique and fun experience.

This place was amazing. Everyone that works here was so kind and helpful. I had no idea what I wanted for my scent and they all helped me. It's a very clean and neat space. They have so many scents and candles jars to choose from. It is kind of expensive but it's a fun experience. My family and I enjoyed our time here. I will be back with more friends and family. read more

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I am going to be fully transparent here.. im not sure if I just came during a bad day; but I truly didn't love my experience. I came in on a Saturday at 2pm for a reservation and the whole place was SLAMMED. And I'm talking I could barely hear the 2 people I was with and smelling scents was incredibly difficult being shoulder to shoulder with people. From the get go, we were told to smell scents and write down what we liked. The problem with this is once you smell 5+ scents you start to go nose blind and we didn't have coffee beans or anything to clean our nose. When we finally finished smelling the scents, we were sat down with one instructor who recommended variations of scents to create one. Once you find one that you like you they take it away and pour the oil inside. You can come back after I think about 90 minutes to retrieve your candle or wax melt. I'm not 100% sure the prices but I think it was $16 for the wax melts and either $30 or $40 for the candle Overall; our experience was lackluster. The amount of people in the tiny store was claustrophobic, loud, and obnoxious. We needed something to clear our nose, which should've been provided. And it honestly felt like we were being rushed the whole time because the instructor kept telling us how busy she is. For how much we're paying this was not worth it to me. The whole experience lasted about 25 minutes. I do however give it an extra star because I am obsessed with my wax melt and I think it smells amazing and last longer than my normal wax melts, but I also would hope so for $16 and 6 cubes. It's overpriced, oversold, and I wouldn't recommend coming here. read more

Urban Wick Candle Bar - Candle Stores Near Me - Birmingham, Michigan

This was amazing and I had a woman finally take me on the date and I'm telling y'all she might be the one because nobody treats me out and I was out of town. So parking is limited but the area has a parking garage that offers 2 free hours. You walk right into the business and the scent hits you. I walked around and it's a beautiful place surrounded by whatever you would want to add to it. I made the wax melts and body spray and that experience alone was worth it, the instructor helped with putting the options I picked together wisely and I left wanting to come back. Prices are low when you do the wax but the candles are pricey because you have to purchase the jars I know this to be a great first date or date period with whomever. Trust me you won't be disappointed. read more

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What an awesome experience. Weekends do get really busy so definitely make a reservation! Everyone was so kind and helpful. There is about 60 scents you smell and you narrow down to what you like and they help you make a combo of scents and you adjust to what ratio you like. I would definitely go again. I think the starting cost is $20? And then the final price is determined by which jar you choose. Mine costed about $50. read more

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Amazing place and experience. Great for a date or family outing. Staff is exceptional!!!! They went out of their way to cater to my daughter. I will be a repeat customer. Thank you for a wonderful experience. read more

Hailey was amazing! We were running late and they still accommodated us. She allowed us to take our time with choosing our scents. She made the already amazing experience even more amazing! Will be back!! read more

I really really enjoyed this spot. Date night event. We made our own candles. The staff was super nice and helpful. I was even more surprised that the candles smelled so good when they burned. I would definitely go back! read more

Urban Wick Candle Bar - Candle Stores Near Me - Birmingham, Michigan

I took my wife here to celebrate her recent promotion as part of our day date and am so glad that we did. From the moment we walked in, we were greeted with such friendly service. You are assigned a scent expert and they direct you to the back wall where you smell the different scents they have to offer. You write down the scents you like and they assist you with making the best concoction of scents that you like. From there, you pour your scents into the candle wax. The team of workers are very knowledgeable on the different scents and were very helpful. The owner Marlene was there and took the time to chat with us about our candles. It's always nice to see the engagement from ownership with customers. I highly recommend this experience and we will definitely be returning customers. read more

Urban Wick Candle Bar - Candle Stores Near Me - Birmingham, Michigan

I have been to Urban Wick several times and I can honestly say that every time I've gone it was an amazing experience. I went with a group. Marlene, Elise and the staff were so helpful with their knowledge on mixing scents and answering questions about how exactly I wanted my candles to smell. The choices for hand sanitizers, room sanitizers, candles and hand soap made this experience so much more fun my friends and I mixed and matched items to smell and sample. If you love a certain scent I am sure you'll find it at Urban Wick! The items I purchased were comparable to what I would spend on good quality candles and the room sanitizers last so long. I had an awesome strawberry chocolate sanitizer in my classroom for the entire year and it was always fresh. Great place to go with friends or a date night! Thank you for the wonderful experience!!! read more

After hanging out with some of my friends to celebrate a friends birthday party In Birmingham, one of my friends suggested that we go to The Urban Wick Candle Bar to make our own candles. And sense I love candles, and all types of smell goods, I was excited for this outing! One we arrived, one of the young ladies that worked there explained the process for the candle making. And we were all able to pick out different scents to make our own individual candles. Customers can also create more than candles. There is a variety of other options to create, which as diffusers, room sprays, hand soaps, lotions and wax tarts! There are also specials that the store has, such as buy one get one 1/2 off another item. I definitely would go back to have more time to create more candles, and maybe some other items! I think this place is great for a ladies day outing, or for a date, or family get together! It's very diverse, the staff are really nice, and my opinion is that it's just something fun and out the norm to do! read more

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I came in on a Friday as a walk in and was helped right away! The workers were so kind and took the time to explain everything. The whole process does not take too long which is honestly the best part- it didn't feel like it dragged on for no reason. I did have to go back to get my candle and it turned out amazing! I did a candle and lotion, both in different scents and they both are great. If I come back to the area I definitely want to make some other things! read more

Extremely overpriced for being handed an essential oil to stir into a jar of wax. 20 minutes, one candle $115.

In continuation of my birthday celebration, I popped into this location as recommended to me by my brother. Here you are able to create a custom scent using their fragrance oils to be made into a candle. I was surprised to learn that while the candle is the most popular option that there are several other items that could be made as well. Despite it being an hour to closing the staff was very welcoming and allowed me the opportunity to begin the process of identifying fragrances that appealed to me and determine the products I desired to make. They advised that despite the hour I would be able to create my candle but would have to return to pick it up as the time remaining was not enough to allow it the properly set. All other options for products were available for take home the same day. I estimate that there were about 100 fragrances to smell, and I was provided a clipboard and pen to note my favorites amongst them. I saw a trend developing with the fruity, citrus and clean scents. Once I completed that the staff assisted me in identifying those that were complementary to one another. I used four of the fragrance oils to create my custom blends. I used one blend to create a lotion and the other for my candle. The experience overall was wonderful. I look forward to returning in a few weeks with a group to create more things. read more

What an experience!! Not only was this a great time and we learned a lot - but the candles have SO much scent when you light them. They cover so much square footage. The staff was very helpful which is needed - I could not have paired my scents on my own. Slightly pricy but worth it. Plus the shop is SO cute. read more

Urban Wick Candle Bar - Scent wall - Candle Stores Near Me - Birmingham, Michigan

Such a fun & unique experience! Loved coming here and smelling all the scents. It was cool to be able to hand pick your own candles by choosing the vessel, the different scents and mix those oils to create your own unique smell. We choose the simple jars as our vessels because they were buy 3 get one free at $35 each. They also have you name the candle whatever you'd like with your own label. I would definitely recommend making a reservation so you won't have to wait too long. They do have a non-refundable reservation fee but that comes off your total when you checkout. The whole experience takes about an hour and then you can normally pick up your candles 90 minutes after. It was a cool experience I'd recommend for anyone to try if they haven't done it before read more

Urban Wick Candle Bar - Candle Stores Near Me - Birmingham, Michigan

still one of my favorite candle places ever! everyone is so kind and helpful! the scents here are amazing! You can go wrong! Its great place for a first date, or a gift for anyone! Go here and take a wiff! read more

So nice the service was amazing . it is so much fun to do i go every week. every one is so happy and friendly.

This was a really fun experience! You kind of feel like a kid in a candy store with all the options for what you can make and all the scents to choose from. The ambiance is really earthy, modern, and sleek. The staff were very nice and informative. They were happy to answer all our questions and were very patient as we were first timers. We had a group so I recommend making reservations. I ended up making a room spray and still use it to this day and still love the scent every time I spray it! I took two stars off mainly for an issue with pricing and communication. When you could see the options and different sizes for what to choose from, they had both size options for room sprays and the prices listed accordingly. I opted for the smaller room spray but when it came to what the total was, I was charged the price for the larger spay. I was then told that they were out of the smaller size spray. I was totally caught off guard by this because if that was the case, I feel like they should've removed the smaller size from the display so people would not even have that as an option and know they would have to pay for the larger size or they should've told you that you'd be paying for the larger size one because they were out of the smaller size one when you told them you were choosing to make a room spray. Not cool to be caught totally off guard as a consumer expecting to pay one thing and ended up having to pay another when you've already made your custom scent. That definitely put a damper on the experience and the memory that I walk away with that would have otherwise been an awesome experience. Take away: please always be transparent and up front with your customer about the price so everyone is on the same page from the beginning and can make an informed decision about how they want to proceed. read more

Very cute idea. If you looking for a nice girls outing or even a date night idea. They have a selection of fragrance oils where you can make your own unique scent. And they make more then just candles. Your choice of candles, diffusers, room sprays. And don't worry, they have someone there to help refine your choices. My only area for improvement would be to have more variety of candle vessels. Other then that....great experience. read more

This was a really fun experience and I will definitely be back! We made 4 candles for around $100. Some may think that's expensive, but you have to factor in the experience itself, what you learn, and what you take away. We were there for about 2 hours and had a great time coming up with our 5 scents. The staff was really helpful throughout the process and our candle blends smell amazing! read more

Urban Wick Candle Bar - Candle Stores Near Me - Birmingham, Michigan

I've been to other candle bars in different states and this "experience" using the term loosely wasn't anything like the others. Pros: the staff were extremely friendly I really like the wall of scents that you can smell before you sit down to start your candle. They have a nice variety and some really unique scents. Cons: it says the experience is about an hour but it's really 30-45 minutes. Smelling the different scents is the longest part (that's not a complaint). The vessels for the candles are really small for $45 read more

We had an amazing time at Urban Wick Candle Bar! The staff was warm and welcoming and extremely helpful in helping us create unique scents that we'd both love! The amount of scents and combinations to choose from make you want to cave in and buy more than one of their amazing candles. We picked up our candles the day after making them, though they said you would be able to pick them up the same day, and they came with the cutest gift bag packaging and individually written card! read more

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Urban Wick is a great place to bring the girls and have a great evening creating your own candle scent! The candles are great quality and have a really long burn period. Would highly recommend checking them out for gift giving, home candles and a fun night out with friends! read more

They have lots of good safety protocols in place to help the customer experience during this pandemic be really organized and safe. Besides that, they also have a really awesome scents and a huge range of different types of smells for candles and even the option to create your own scent which is really amazing and fun. You get to smell all the different since they have which is a lot and kind of mix them together and create your own signature scent for your own candle. It's a really fun thing to do with friends or family, And the staff is super helpful and super friendly. Would recommend this to anyone who loves candles as much as I do! read more

Just an awesome time with my sisters, planned a girls day and reserved a spot for 7 with no problems. They were really nice and very helpful. Service was awesome, love the scents and candles chosen, the ladies did good job helping us pick. We will definitely stop back in soon. read more

How does this place not have more reviews?! The mother/daughter that work there were amazing and we enjoyed our experience making candles! Thank you so much! read more

The energy in this place was unmatched. The workers were so sweet and genuine and very helpful. It was very clean and peaceful inside and organized as well. It was a really great experience and one of the workers enjoyed me and my friend so much she paid for our items. I really recommend this place to everyone it is such a fun and great experience that you won't regret. Also very reasonable prices and you are able to create other things besides candles such as soaps, hand sanitizers, room sprays and lotions. read more

We love Urban Wick! We stumbled in after picking up some coffee at Commonwealth, and had to come back for round two the next day. :) Marlene and Elise made the process so simple and enjoyable. They are very knowledgable about scent mixing - and patient when you're trying to figure out the perfect combination! Great gift for friends & family. read more

Love Urban Wick! It's in a great location. The process is very smooth and easy. The staff is very knowledgeable with pairing scents and the candles smell AMAZING!! Once the candle is poured, it needs to set for a little while, so there are plenty of other local restaurants/businesses to support while you wait! read more