After their nontoxic candle business took off, Katie and Eric Roering sought to capture the whole home in soothing, safe scents. In addition to their esteemed candles, Fontana Essentials makes wax melts, room sprays, bath salts, lip balms, and soaps—all scented with their own pure essential oils.
And to think it all began with a single candle. “A friend gifted us with a big-name candle for Christmas in 2017, and we both got splitting headaches while burning it,” says Katie. After some research, the Roerings were shocked at how toxic and secretive candle ingredients could be, so they changed the game.
Fontana was the first candle to be independently certified as nontoxic by MADE SAFE®, and they choose to have full ingredient transparency even though it’s not legally required. Today, Fontana has more than 75 certified nontoxic products and has shipped to every state in the U.S. as well as to Canada and Puerto Rico.
With massive growth in the last handful of years, how do they get it all done? The Roerings are joined by their team: Judy Errigo, Rebecca Riovo, Trinity Rollins, Marilyn Sandell, Xiomara Fuentes, Abby Montanez, Cheyenne Chiusano, Krystal Miranda, Maribel Torres, Ava Vaughn, and others.
The clean scenting movement, it seems, is here to stay.
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