Clouds

Like a rare gem found in the rough! Susan spoke with such a soft caring voice that I couldn’t help but felt the love! Thank you very much

These reports of Jill being so nice is surprising because she gave me and my friend plenty of attitude. Was taken here on my birthday because recently discovered I am have a «scent» based memory and really wanted to explore what it all means. I was inside for all but 1 minute, smelled one candle and inhaled before Jill came up to me and said, «Well, are you going to buy something?» as if I had been perusing mindlessly for 10 minutes. I just walked the hell away. No one should be spoken to that way. Jill, maybe I would have bought a bunch of things! Don’t looked your customers up and down and sneer, its not a good look for an supposed aromatherapy goddess. –Jimmy the Odor-​criminal

Cute store for gifts! Nice variety of scented, pretty, unique candles $ 6/+ (tiny to huge), soothing wind chimes, polished stones, pretty soaps, earrings/​accessories. Enjoyable place to browse and you’ll probably find something that resonates with you. I found the perfect little white candle scented pineapple cilantro inside of a simple beautiful thick glass encasing.

Clouds sells high quality candles. The base is soy wax and the wicks are cotton. All ingredients are top notch. We found this out first hand from our experience ordering custom made bayberry candles for the holidays.
Bayberry candles available online were not of verifiably good quality. We did not want a pine substitute for bayberry, we wanted real bayberry. And even worse, online candle stores charged hefty shipping costs.
Jill solved both problems for us. First, she found real bayberry oil. Note: her candle maker is fussy about his ingredients and refused to use synthetics or substandard ingredients. And she allowed us to support our Main Street Santa Monica with a «locals only» shopping experience with no shipping charges.
She delivered 40 hand poured true bayberry candles on budget and ahead of our deadline. No detail was too small for Jill, and she was easy to work with, professional and just as charming as can be. Her Mom was an added bonus, and helped further our mission of giving old fashioned, authentic, bayberry candles… minus the unnecessary shipping and harmful airborne pollutants.
A++ to Jill, her Momma and Clouds!

I love this place! I buy all my candles here. Sweetest owner in the world. No pushy sales tactics, just sweet and helpful. And they have lots of other artistic little gifts as well. It’s just a lovely place to be in. Glad they’re here in Santa Monica.

I stopped by Clouds at the recommendation of the owner of the Rose Hotel, where I was planning to propose to my girlfriend. (will rate them also, go see:-).
The proprietor of Clouds was so incredibly sweet, helpful, and answered my questions about the candles like a sommeliere. ;-)
I found the perfect candle for my ultimate romantic moment. An Opium brand candle, scented of «red rose» which smelled so perfect I could almost catch a whiff of morning dew along with it. I also found some sweet mementos and gifts.
Thanks so much!
P. s. She said yes, and loves the candle :-D

Great candles and prices… all sizes shapes colors and scents :) @drdon /​tw: DrDonMD

This is my go-​to place for candles. Jill is so helpful and sweet. She knows her inventory very well. Once you become a regular, she keeps an eye out for what you like.
The line of candles which are on display outside and are made by Clouds are wonderful value too. I go by every 6 – 8 weeks and do a major stock up on all of my aroma accessories including some wonderful oils for my diffuser.
I highly recommend this store to anyone who loves candles, incense and oils.
Thanks Jill!

We are a small family business that has supplied product for this store to sell. We do not make great amounts of money so you can understand why collecting payment on any order we send out is very important to us. The owner of this store has failed to pay our invoice for the last shipment of product. It’s been over 2 months and if we can get her to answer the phone, she hangs up on us when we tell her who is calling. This has happened 5 times. I generally would not write about this, but I think it is pretty raunchy to make money on products and not pay the artisans who make it. Note: If you buy anything from this store the money spent may or may not make it to the artisans who have supplied the product.

Walking down Main Street in Santa Monica and we stumbled across a display of candles outside this store. They were only $ 7.00 house candles and they all smelled incredible!
I decided to purchase one to see how it smelled once I started burning it. So fresh, intoxicating, and very fragrant! I will definitely be back to purchase some more for the rest of the apartment.

Just a wonderful store and shopping experience. This is the place to go if you want to buy a gift for someone. Or even if you just need a little something for yourself. Jill, the owner, is super sweet and helpful and not pushy at all. The store smells amazing as they have things like candles, soaps, as well as various trinkets, hand-​made stuff, and jewelry. There’s really so much, you could spend a good amount of time perusing through all of it. The prices are reasonable and they gift wrap, and I mean gift wrap really beautifully, at no charge. Yay for Clouds, a very special local business here in Santa Monica!

I love this place. I stumbled upon it (through Unilocal actually) while looking for «The Best Candle Shop» in town. This place piqued my interest and I was not left disappointed. Huge selections of candles and other gift specialities make this a wonderful place to find the perfect gift. My girlfriend has loved everything I’ve purchased here for her.
The owner (I can’t remember her name) was incredibly helpful and even (and this was by mere coincidence, or perhaps fate?) suggested a candle that just happened to be my girlfriend’s favorite candle. Awesome! Can’t beat that kind of service. I’ll definitely be coming back here for when I’m looking for that perfect candle or thoughtful gift.
So EPIC.

Such a cute and great find. I came to the store looking for gifts to give to my staff around the holidays. Not only did the owner, Jill, recommend the chicest little charm necklaces (perfect for my mid twenty year old medical assistants), she packaged them in the prettiest bags with decorations in a matter of minutes. I had thirty gifts purchased and wrapped in a twenty minute stop. The candles are amaaaazing, too. They were also purchased as gifts and were such a hit. The fragrances are so yummy. All way under what I expected to spend, too. I left very happy and will be returning again soon :)

Great candles that actually smell when lit. Friendly employees. Good prices.

Sadly, I am allergic to scents– CLOUDS has the wonderful scented candles but also has beautiful colors of candles that are unscented. Usually I only see white that aren’t scented. The owner also has a variety of sweet gifts for all occasions– But what better gift to bring to someones house for dinner– a beautiful candle. (I think it was Emily Post who said never bring flowers — that can stress out a hostess) Also they burn slowly– I’m stuck on the sage green — its a perfect match for my carpet. I think next year I going to buy 6 or so, just to have on hand for an unexpected gift– and I’ll have no stress at the last minute. Thank you Clouds for being 2 towns over for connivance… I Hate going east Sepulveda for anything…

What a great place! I love this place! There is the most amazing piece of art with John Lennon’s Imagine on it. When I asked about it, the salesperson was super helpful and even told me the artist would come install it for me!!!
I am a fan!!!

Love, love, love their candle selection. Not only do they have my favorite Capri Blue Volcano candle, (you MUST get one) they also have amazingly fragrant, hand poured 60 hour burning candles. They make my whole apartment smell amazing. $ 7 each or 4 for $ 24. The woman who runs the store is super friendly and makes great suggestions. :)

Yesterday Little Bit, my Brother and I went on a trek in from Venice to Santa Monica we walked like Cain! I think we stopped at most of the shops along the way just to browse.
This place is a Cute store had LOTS of unique candles. The owners were these 2 older ladies that were ‘out of sorts’ when we walked in but they sure were nice. We will be returning. I bought tissues and a little inexpensive ring. If you are looking at a neat place to buy something for like a house warming gift, give this place a look.
Respectfully Reviewed

My friend and I hit this store while we were making our way down both sides of Main searching for Christmas gifts.
At last we found a great stop shopping boutique. My friend got everyone but her brother on her list and I found a nicely packaged nautical potpourri and paired a Filipino made oval container (perfect for storing the potpourri) with a golden shell sheen.
Jill the owner and her mother as well as a gift wrapping helper manned the counter as shoppers browsed, inquired, and bought. Jill is the owner and her mother is a sassy lady right out of SNL’s ‘coffee talk’ with Mike Meyers.
The shop offers a variety of items from affordable (evaporating locally made shower fizzers, like the emotibomb at lush) to quality made candles by one of Jill’s friends. I purchased an Opium brand red currant soy candle and it’s burning clean as we speak. Chatted with the candle maker who had set up a table outside on the sidewalk, and he informed me a lot about the candle making process and that they wouldn’t get that black mark that other non soy candles get.
I love candles and finding gifts that aren’t available at your local mall. It’s nice to see small businesses like Clouds doing well especially as I’m sure their rent is astronomical and the economy is still ticking along.

Cute little boutique on Main Street in Santa Monica/​Venice.
Last went there on Saturday, ⁹⁄₁₇ as I had a Groupon that expired on the 18^th. Have shopped here before without a Groupon and will do so again!
Lovely scented candles — 4×3 or a bit larger — for only $ 6! Much cheaper than Pier 1 or Cost Plus and better scented: Lemon, Lavender, Citrus and musky blends. Candles are in front of the store as well as inside. The $ 5 and $ 10 ones previously reviewed are now $ 6 and $ 12 — but well worth the price!
When you walk in there is an assortment of windchimes — blown glass, shells, wood, etc — hanging from the ceiling and the walls are decorated with pretty neat things. On this trip they had some wall art made from cutting up and mounting letters and characters from old license plates to spell words or names — one of those things you’d do yourself if you had time and energy :)
A lot of things have an inspirational theme — Hope, Love, Peace — inscribed on rocks and candles and such. I saw some handmade metal/​ceramic angels that will definitely be Christmas presents this year for my friends!
There’s also soap, stationery, cards, more expensive candles, keychains, things for great gifts, housewarmings, etc. and the prices aren’t bad. I have two faux keys that say Peace and Love from another trip on my keyring right now.
The best thing I bought on this trip was from a line of cards designed by children. It was a card that read on the front, «The monster under my bed wants a cookie» with a drawing of a cookie, it was too cute! Not sure if the cards support a charity or something but it wouldn’t surprise me — the shop seems like one that would give back.
When I got home I noticed that the cashier had wrapped EACH item I had purchased in tissue paper! The cards, the candle and a small lavender/​eucalyptus sleep pillow. A sweet and classy touch, and practical too since most of the candles are not in packaging. It was much appreciated!
Anyway, this place is definitely worth a visit before going to a chain store so you can support artisans and small business and (presumably) not factories. It’s the shops like this one that remind you that good things come in small packages!