This Meet the Urbaanite is part of a special edition featuring local makers at our 2024 Urbaanite Nashville Holiday Market.
Jessica Doaks is the CEO and owner of The Black Candle Company, a luxury home fragrance brand offering eco-friendly, vegan candles. With a nursing background and a passion for minimal design, Jessica launched the company in 2021, combining sensory psychology and therapeutic creativity to craft unforgettable, sustainable, and elegant home fragrance experiences.
Jessica Doaks
Company, Business or Organization: The Black Candle Company
Title: Owner/Curator/CEO
How many years have you been in Nashville?
I attended Belmont University in 2005 and since then, Nashville has become my hub.
Tell us what you are creating in Nashville (minimum of 3 sentences)? I create luxury home fragrance products. These products include candles, fragrance sprays, reed diffusers, and so much more! We offer 14 different products in 10 captivating scents.
What inspires you? I am deeply inspired by the idea of freedom, creativity, and making a meaningful impact in people’s lives
Coffee, Lunch, brunch or happy hour? Brunch
Favorite Nashville musician, singer or artist? AC Noel
What is your favorite Nashville spot you are digging right now? Papa Turney’s BBQ because of the live juke joint. It’s the only one in the city and it’s on the lake. Great times and great food are had there.
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