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Before the Candles, There Were Notes: How the Quiet Magic Books Came to Be
- May 12
- 4 min read
Before there was a candle for every mood and season, there were scraps of paper. A half-filled notebook. The scent of bergamot on a breeze and a whispered idea scribbled in the margins of my planner.
That’s how it all began—not with a business plan or a product list, but with a collection of handwritten thoughts that refused to be quiet.
What eventually became The Quiet Magic Chronicles started as something deeply personal: an attempt to record beauty before it slipped away. And like all good magic, it grew roots, bloomed wildly, and invited others in.
I have notebooks FILLED with ideas...
The Book of Rooms: A Scented Storybook Disguised as a Candle Guide
In early spring 2025, I decided it was time to plan the scents I wanted to pour as candles. For the ENTIRE year. As a Virgo, I thought it would be an organized way to release new candles.
What I ended up creating is a collection of candles that each live inside a room of a mystical château. Every scent I jotted in my notebook had a story, and every room had its secrets.
Rooms like the Map Room, the Solarium, and the Stillroom.
What began as simple product storytelling quickly grew into something more—a tapestry of imagined lives, quiet rituals, and mysterious corners that somehow felt real.
So I gathered it all together into The Book of Rooms, a chapbook-style volume that became the official guide to the entire 2025 Un Château Enchanté candle collection.
But it’s more than a guide. It’s part scent journal, part memory keeper, part ritual companion.
Readers tell me they use it to mark moon phases, set seasonal intentions, and reflect on where they were in their own lives.
Each candle’s entry includes:
A smells like / feels like sensory description
A poetic scent story
A short legend called “The History of the Room”
A ritual or reflection prompt
And a space to write your own notes. About the candles. About whatever.
Ready to enter the Chateau?
Here's the key to all of the rooms.
The Green Witch’s Journal: Muddy Boots, Moonlight, and and More Quiet Magic
Then something else happened.
While the château candles whispered elegant stories, a different voice began to emerge—quirky, lowercase, more interested in how the rosemary behaved than what the ribbon looked like.
Enter: the Green Witch.
She’s the Lorekeeper of the Stillroom, and her notes became their own volume: The Green Witch’s Journal.
It’s a found object, a peek into the messy, magical world of someone who lives by the plants and listens to the wind. There’s nothing poetic about her voice—but there’s wisdom in every line.
Her journal includes:
Handwritten-style notes on herbs, rituals, and plant personalities
Botanical sketches, scraps, and seasonal scribbles
Commentary from me, the “Compiler,” who occasionally adds context or reflections
A sense of intimacy that reminds you magic is real—and often hiding in plain sight
These two books—The Book of Rooms and The Green Witch’s Journal—have become the foundation of the Quiet Magic Chronicles.
What Comes Next: The Women Who Remember
Now that the foundation is built, the stories are ready to expand.
You’ll soon meet:
Aunt Violet, who lives in an ever-shifting manse and sometimes talks to staircases
Celandine, who keeps an aviary where the birds bring her messages of healing
Cerith, a salt-and-shell girl who once heard a secret beneath the waves
These women are not witches in the storybook sense.
They are you, me, and every woman who ever felt the pull of something unseen but deeply known.
Their stories will be told through journals, scrapbooks, and quiet revelations—no loud magic, no wands. Just a lifestyle of quiet magic that’s already waiting inside you.
If you’re curious about where it all began, you can start with The Book of Rooms or The Green Witch’s Journal.
And if you’re feeling a gentle nudge to start your own magical journal, you might like to explore my Book of Light membership, which offers seasonal ritual pages, herbal projects, and printable spells to build your own enchanted life. You’ll find the link in the main site menu or simply click here.
A Whisper from the Wild
Before the candles, there were notes. And before the notes, there was a feeling—one that said, there’s more to this life than what we’re told.
If you’ve ever felt it too, this is your invitation to come closer.
This isn’t just storytelling. It’s soul remembering.
Let’s see what unfolds, page by page.
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