Item: Boy Smells
Rating: 4
Author: Natalie S

Boy Smells creates candles, fragrances, and intimate apparel for all, regardless of gender.

In late 2015, Boy Smells began as an experiment in candle-making in the Los Angeles kitchen of co-founders and real-life partners Matthew Herman and David Kien. Herman and Kien – both fashion veterans who worked in design (Herman) and product development (Kien) – began by making the things they’d want to use on a daily basis, products that were fluid and essential.

Founder-invented scents like Cinderose, a union of rose and smoke, and Gardener, a compilation of tomato vine and honeysuckle, wrap traditionally masculine scents in a prettier bouquet. Burn up expectations, release clear intentions. Boy Smells candles are all developed and designed in Pico Union, Los Angeles with fragrance and natural oils, all-natural coconut wax and beeswax blend. The candles are hand-poured in a reusable glass vessel and hand-labeled in Los Angeles, California.

Currently carried in over 500 retail locations (300 in the US alone), across 37 countries on 6 continents, with over 20 original scents in various sizes and aesthetics.

From routines to rituals, Boy Smells renews the personal care routine by creating rituals from the otherwise mundane experience. These are moments that can be experienced by all.

Candles

Boy Smells earns strong reviews for distinctive, gender-inclusive scents—standouts like Hinoki Fantôme, Kush/Cashmere Kush, ST. AL, LES, Cowboy Kush, and the Slow Burn collaboration—plus chic, giftable packaging that often fills rooms and lingers. Reviews also flag inconsistent performance: tunneling, weak or overly strong throw depending on scent/size, smoky snuffing, occasional label/QA issues, and rare glass or soot concerns, with perfume reception more polarizing than candles.

Boy Smells

Home Decor

Boy Smells Fruity Lips Travel Mist evokes pure nostalgia. This mist bottles the magic of childhood, with notes of raspberries and cherry blossoms. It can be layered with other fragrances.

Travel Mist

I purchased the new gold shimmer body mist in scent chestnut cheeks and it looks so gorgeous on the body and smells absolutely divine. I’ve gotten so many compliments so far on what perfume I was wearing. People thought I was joking when I told them it was the new chestnut cheeks shimmer body mist from boy smells. 

Travel Mist

4.0 • 1 Review

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Travel Mist 4.0 • 1 Review

Travel Mist

4.0 • 1 Review