We are cousins who share a love of travel, design and living intentionally.

For years, we’ve shared a love of France—not simply for its beauty, but for its way of living. The belief that everyday life deserves care. That a table should be set, flowers should be gathered, silver should be polished, and a candle should be lit simply because it’s Tuesday.

We’ve spent decades wandering the brocantes and antique markets of France and England, returning home with pieces that had been forgotten but never lost.

We believe beautiful objects deserve another life.

That is how Basic French Montecito was born.

Every vessel we discover has a history. Every scratch, every engraving, every softened edge tells the story of hands that held it before ours.

Our role is simply to continue that story.

We clean it, restore it, hand-pour it with exceptional natural soy wax, finish it with our signature fragrance, and send it back into the world—not as an antique to be admired behind glass, but as an object to be used, loved, and lit.

Basic French Montecito is our invitation to live a little more slowly.

To fill your home with warmth instead of clutter.

To choose one beautiful thing over many ordinary ones.

To create rituals worth returning to.

·       ENCORE — CANDLE REFILLS

·       When your candle has finished burning, its story doesn’t have to end.

·       Send us a note using the form below and select Candle Refill as the subject. Please include your name, order number if available, and a photograph of your vessel. We’ll reply with simple instructions for sending it back to us.

·       We’ll clean and refill your vessel with our signature Basic French fragrance, ready to be lit and loved all over again.