Hello, I'm Heather 👋

Welcome to Heather Anne Home Fragrance.

I'm Heather, the maker behind the brand — and every candle, wax melt, diffuser and fragrance you find here is created and hand poured by me in the Lake District.

Heather Anne began as a little candle-making hobby and has grown into an award-winning home fragrance business, but one thing hasn't changed: I still make everything myself.

And I still absolutely love it.

I'm a big believer in the little things that make us feel good. A long walk, a favourite book, a hot bath, a beautifully scented room and those small moments of calm in an otherwise busy day.

That's really what Heather Anne is about.

More than just fragrance. Scent with feeling.

From a hobby to Heather Anne

Heather Anne started with me simply wanting to make something for myself.

I'd always loved candles, but was constantly frustrated by expensive brands. I'd find their candles would tunnel regardless of how long they were lit or would quickly lose their smell. So I started researching, experimenting and testing.

For a whole year.

I wasn't planning to start a business. I was making candles because I enjoyed it.

Then I started giving them to friends and family.

They wanted more.

Unbelievably, I said I wasn't selling them, it was just something I did for me.

My husband was the one who encouraged me to believe that perhaps there was something here worth building, clearly seeing something in me I couldn't then see in myself.

And that's how Heather Anne Home Fragrance began.

What started as a creative outlet has grown into a multi-award-winning business with customers both locally and international — while still being made by the same person who started it all.

Me.

 

More than just fragrance

This is the bit I really want people to understand about Heather Anne.

I don't create scents simply because they smell nice.

I create fragrances around memory, emotion and place.

I'm inspired by people I love, places that mean something to me and moments I want to capture.

Some of my customers have told me that a fragrance has taken them straight back to childhood. Reminded them of someone they've lost. Or transported them back to a favourite place.

That makes me incredibly proud.

Because scent has this amazing ability to connect us with memories and feelings in a way that almost nothing else can.

I don't just want my scents to make your home smell beautiful.
I want them to make you feel something.

🌿 Made with care

The ingredients I use matter to me.

I suffer from asthma, which at times can leave me completely unable to breathe, so the choices I make about what goes into my products are incredibly important to me — both for my physical wellbeing and because I want to create products I feel genuinely comfortable bringing into my own home.

My candles are hand poured using natural vegetable wax and paired with eco-friendly wooden wicks. I love the gentle crackle they bring to a candle, as well as their clean-burning qualities, with very little mushrooming, carbon build-up, debris or sooting.

The wood used for my wicks comes from FSC-certified mills, helping me make choices that are kinder to both people and the environment.

My diffuser oils are made using a renewable-source base and paired with natural rattan reeds, creating a beautiful, long-lasting way to fragrance your home without compromising on the values behind the brand.

For me, it's all part of making Heather Anne properly.

Thoughtfully chosen ingredients. Beautiful fragrances. Products made with care.

 

Every scent has a story

Some of my favourite fragrances have very personal beginnings. Scents have a natural ability to whisk you away to another time and place, sometimes even evoking memories you never realised you had. It’s this approach that inspires my scents

🌿 Gwen's Garden was inspired by my Nana.

🏝️ The Alderney Collection came from one of my favourite places and a special holiday with my Dad. We returned to the island and took my range of ‘Alderney’ scented products to do a peaceful sunrise photoshoot, on the beach. One Instagram post later, I was approached by an Alderney shop and asked to create a full range of scents inspired by the island.   

✨ I've created bespoke fragrances and products for weddings, local businesses and special occasions too — including a scent created exclusively for Kitridding Farm Shop and bespoke candles celebrating the centenary of Natland & Oxenholme WI.

These aren't just names I've chosen from a fragrance list.

They're little pieces of stories.

Made in the Lakes

Every Heather Anne product is made by me here in the Lake District.

I hand pour the candles, make the wax melts, blend the fragrances, prepare the diffusers and create everything that leaves my workshop.

There isn't a production line hidden away somewhere.

It's me.

My workshop started as a spare room and has grown alongside the business, but I've deliberately kept Heather Anne hands-on.

Because that's important to me.

I care about what goes into every product, how it performs and, ultimately, how it makes you feel when you bring it into your home.

A business built alongside real life

Heather Anne is my passion — but it's also a business I've built alongside a full-time career.

There have been a lot of early mornings, late nights, weekends spent making orders and countless hours behind the scenes that nobody sees.

I've learnt to do pretty much everything that comes with running a small business: product development, making, packaging, stock, websites, photography, social media, marketing, markets, wholesale and everything in between.

My marketing degree has certainly come in handy!

It's hard work.

But I wouldn't have it any other way.

Because after all these years, I still get excited about creating a new fragrance.

A little recognition along the way 🏆

I'm incredibly proud that Heather Anne has been recognised along the way, including:

Theo Paphitis Small Business #SBS Winner — 2026

Female Business Awards — Creative Business Category Finalist, 2026

Female Business Awards — Product Business Category Finalist, 2026

UK Small Business Awards — Best Online Business Finalist, 2026

Enterprise Vision Awards — Creative Industry Finalist, 2026

Enterprise Vision Awards — Brand of the Year & Customer Service Nominee, 2026

Scent-Sational Award Winner — 2023, 2024 & 2025

Female Business Awards — Product Business of the Year Finalist, 2023

But awards aren't really what drives me.

The thing I'm proudest of is building something that people come back to.

And finally…

Heather Anne has changed enormously since those first candles were made in my kitchen.

But the heart of it hasn't changed at all.

I still make everything myself.

I still get inspired by the world around me.

I still create fragrances because I love them.

And I still believe that something as simple as a beautiful scent can change the feeling of a room — or take you somewhere you haven't been for years.

So whether you've been buying from me for years or you've just discovered Heather Anne today…

thank you for being here.

I'm so glad you've found me. 💜

Heather x