# @blavity on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C0QEbQJRgU-
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10151623-blavity-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-11-30T01:04:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Blavity (@blavity) — https://gondola.cc/blavity

## Caption

A candle company that pays tribute to Black creatives who led the charge in the Harlem Renaissance now sees over $2 million in annual sales. 🔥⁠
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Owner Teri Johnson honors pioneers, including Josephine Baker and James Baldwin, through luxurious fragrances, intricately designed vessels and specialized information cards. ⁠
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In 2014, she was struck with the idea of using her candle-making hobby as a way to honor those who shifted Harlem’s culture. Johnson and her team research every illuminary they celebrate, lasering in on details like Baker’s affinity for fragrances with rose and jasmine notes. ⁠
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The FAMU grad's inspiration came during her college internship in Paris in the early ’90s, where she learned about Black creatives who spent time in Europe experiencing relief from America’s racist society of the 1920s. ⁠
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She hopes to create her own modern-day Harlem Renaissance with a network of fellow Black business owners in her area. The brand was most recently featured as one of Oprah’s Favorite Things and has launched a perfume line. ⁠
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Tap the link in bio for more. ⁠
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📸: harlemcandlecompany // #BlackOwned #HarlemRenaissance #BlackCreatives

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harlemrenaissance, blackcreatives, blackowned

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