AromaHug: The Scented Flameless Candle

The ambience of a luxury candle meets the scent of 100% essential oils—without flame, wax, smoke or soot.

Category: Home & Office

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A thoughtfully engineered answer to everything annoying about real candles, from a founder with a genuinely personal reason for building it. Strong pick if you want ambience and essential oils without the wax, smoke, or fire risk.

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22 days ago

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A$12,458
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A$7,200
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Matt @ BackerClub
Matt @ BackerClub
about 1 month ago

This is founder Lisa Stephens' first Kickstarter project, launched out of Brisbane, Australia. She's not pitching a sketch either, AromaHug is already a fully functional working prototype. Her risk section names the real hurdles head-on: certification, component sourcing, manufacturing timelines, and shipping.

It nails the thing flameless candles usually fumble, which is looking and feeling like an actual candle. A convincing flame effect, whisper-quiet operation, USB-C recharging, and remote control over scent intensity and timing. Refills twist in and swap out in seconds across three signature essential oil blends built for morning, midday, and evening.

The whole product is built around reuse instead of disposal, with a rechargeable battery and a refillable fragrance system. Separating the scent from the device means you replace a small oil bottle, not the entire unit, which quietly kills a lot of single-use candle waste. They're also minimizing packaging and using recyclable materials wherever practical, and the 100% essential oil approach skips synthetic fragrance loads.

Entry is AU$180 (roughly $128) for one AromaHug plus a 20ml essential oil refill. The 2 Hug Pack runs AU$250 (about $177) at the VIP tier or AU$325 at the Kickstarter tier, each with two units and two refills. The Huge Hug Pack lands at AU$395 (around $279) for three units and three refills, with delivery estimated for December 2026.

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