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Gooey Duck Candle Co.

BOLD COASTAL CANDLES WITH QUESTIONABLE MANNERS

Gooey Duck Candle Co. makes bold, strongly scented candles inspired by Pacific Northwest grit, low-tide weirdness, and the kind of room that needs better lighting and fewer witnesses.

Named after the geoduck — a real clam that looks like nature lost a bet — our candles are crude on the surface, serious in the burn, and built to make your space smell like it has its life together.

Ridiculous name. Ridiculously good candles.

THE FIRST SIX BAD INFLUENCES

Strong scents. Ridiculous names. Zero clean-linen energy.

Each Gooey Duck candle starts with a real scent profile — woods, smoke, salt air, coffee, leather, citrus, amber, spice — then gets handed a name that probably should have been supervised.

01

Big Wick Energy

Bourbon / Oak / Tobacco / Pepper

Big wick. Bad manners. Excellent follow-through.

Top Black pepper, oak char, warm spice
Mid Bourbon accord, tobacco leaf, toasted barrel wood
Base Amber, vanilla smoke, dark musk
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02

Morning Wood

Cedar / Fir / Moss / Coffee

Up early. Standing proud. Making breakfast weird.

Top Fresh fir needle, cool air, dark roasted coffee
Mid Cedarwood, damp moss, green cypress
Base Soft musk, dry woods, faint amber
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03

Low Tide, High Standards

Sea Salt / Driftwood / Amber

Clean enough to bring home. Salty enough to regret later.

Top Sea salt, ozone, chilled mineral air
Mid Driftwood, wet stone, coastal sage
Base Warm amber, white musk, soft resin
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04

Shuck Around & Find Out

Pepper / Leather / Birch / Dark Rum

Touches the line. Smirks. Crosses it anyway.

Top Cracked pepper, dark citrus peel, spice
Mid Leather, smoked birch, dark rum accord
Base Patchouli, oak, ambered musk
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05

Salty Little Secret

Grapefruit / Sage / Sea Salt / Musk

Fresh face. Dirty story. Locked phone.

Top Grapefruit zest, sea spray, bright bergamot
Mid Sage, mineral salt, coastal herbs
Base Clean musk, driftwood, soft amber
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06

Blowin' Smoke

Campfire / Whiskey Barrel / Cedar / Clove

Hot room. Loose story. No witnesses.

Top Clove, ember smoke, black pepper
Mid Campfire, whiskey barrel, cedar plank
Base Charred woods, amber, smoky vanilla
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Choose your pour

Short, tall, or heavy. We’re still talking candles. Mostly.

Pick your level of commitment. Same bold scent profiles, same low-tide attitude — just three different ways to let the room know you tried.

01 / Easy yes

Short Pour

Small pour. Double wick. Still a bad influence.

For trying the scent, gifting without overcommitting, or making a smaller room smell like it has better stories.

Vessel Matte black aluminum tin
Size 8 oz
Wick Double wick
Role Entry / lower commitment

02 / Middle tier

Tall Boy

A single wick with tall-can energy.

The casual middle option: taller, cleaner, and suspiciously easy to leave on the counter.

Vessel Beer can glass
Size 16 oz
Wick Single wick
Role Giftable middle tier

03 / Big one

Heavy Pour

Three wicks. Big throw. Questionable restraint.

The flagship. More presence, more scent, and absolutely no interest in being subtle.

Vessel Large matte black glass
Size Large format
Wick 3 wick
Role Premium flagship

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YES, IT’S A REAL THING

The clam looks ridiculous. That’s kind of the point.

geoduck clam

COASTAL / WEIRDLY ICONIC / SOMEHOW DELICIOUS

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The geoduck is a real Pacific Northwest clam: strange-looking, hard to forget, and somehow considered a delicacy.

It lives buried in the sand, looks like nature got distracted, and still manages to be one of the most recognizable things to crawl out of low tide.

So yeah. We named a candle company after it.

MEET GOOEY

LOW TIDE / BAD IDEAS / UNFAIR CONFIDENCE

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Gooey is our salty little mascot: part coastal legend, part bad influence, part room-smell intervention.

He brings the sunglasses, the questionable wisdom, and the confidence of a clam who knows your living room could be doing better.