‘Custom’-Made Scents And Sensibility

Custom Candle Co. in Bedford Hills was born in 2014 from Marcie Manfredonia-Siciliano”™s desire to create an eco-friendly, nontoxic, long-lasting scented candle that her allergy- and asthma-prone family could enjoy. Her natural soy products have been transformed into musical candles and candles poured into repurposed liquor bottles, among other offerings.

Recently, WAG wrote about her Leo candle (scent: Turquoise Sky) from The Zodiac collection. So, we were delighted to receive a fall basket, featuring a cutting board created by husband Nick Siciliano ”” whose Crafted by Nick company uses recycled materials; and a selection of seasonal scents in Pumpkin Chive, Mahogany Teakwood and Green Tea, contained in pumpkin, teacup and liquor-bottle holders.

Life hasn”™t always been scented candles for Manfredonia-Siciliano. Growing up in the Bronx, she had to leave school at age 13 to help support her family when her father died. She married and had four children then divorced. A single mom, she started a power-washing business, then segued into commercial and residential construction. Her Nationwide Maintenance has been going strong for 30 years. In slow times, Manfredonia-Siciliano has her workers cutting and polishing old bottles they repurpose from construction sites.

“I love candles and I love old liquor bottles,” she says. Seven years ago, she put the two together, some nine years after moving to Bedford Hills, where she met Siciliano.

“We couldn”™t purchase paraffin wax, because of our asthma,” she says. So Manfredonia-Siciliano began using soy and a new company was born.

While things slowed during the height of the pandemic, they”™re picking up once more. Already, orders are coming in for her custom holiday baskets. As always, local deliveries are free.

For more, call 914-218-8357 or visit customcandleco.com.