Essence of Harris
Essence of Harris
4.5
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Bring the beauty of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides to your home with our selection of home fragrance and accessories for the home inspired by the Isle of Harris. From candles, reed diffusers and wax melts to home living, and bath & body care - experience the charm of the island, wherever you are. Discover the Essence of Harris in the heart of Glasgow; visit us in-store in Princes Square.
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Rhona B
25 contributions
Mar 2023 • Couples
Beautiful shop. Well laid out with plenty of choice. Very friendly and knowledgeable lady in the shop and the fact that there was 20% off their products just now meant a win win for me.
Written 14 March 2023
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Balgowangirl
Dunkeld, UK24 contributions
Jul 2022 • Couples
Beautiful products - loyalty scheme for online shopping. Wish they had fragrances that you can use in the electric vapour spa diffusers though. Bought products and a refill nice bag and ribbon. Needs to feel more like a spa when you walk in lots of 'dead' space. Would be nicer if staff wore a uniform perhaps. Buying luxury products from someone in a regatta fleece doesn't sell the illusion hence 4 stars.
Written 11 July 2022
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Amy
Kendal, UK18 contributions
Oct 2020
Purchased candles and reed diffuser online. Amazing products and really helpful efficient service. Would highly recommend to family & friends. Thanks for your help Nicola!
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Written 15 October 2020
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pixiebellEire
Edinburgh, UK405 contributions
Sept 2020 • Couples
This was a lovely stop. Friendly staff and some lovely items on sale! Too many fabulous things to be honest! I just bought some body lotion and it smells so good! Definitely recommend stopping by to treat yourself or to get a gift for someone - candles,body lotions,hand wash..lots of items to chose from.
Written 10 September 2020
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Heidihi2
Bexhill On Sea20 contributions
Oct 2019
Worth a visit, the scents of the candles transport You to another place. The Lady in the shop was SO lovely in fact everyone We came across on the Isle were SO lovely and helpful. Fabulous gifts for Friends and Family and of course treating Yourself.
Written 30 November 2019
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Hi Heidi,
What a thoughtful comment, thank you. We're SO delighted you had a lovely experience in our shop and will pass your positive feedback onto the whole team.
Thank you so much, and hope you can make it back to the island soon!
Beth
Written 5 March 2020
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MyraAyr
Ayr32 contributions
Oct 2019
A lovely little shop with a good range of quality, locally sourced products. Beautiful reed diffusers, candles and melts but also cushions.
Written 20 October 2019
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Hi there,
That's so kind, thank you. We really appreciate you taking the time to review our shop and products and are so glad you enjoyed them when you visited us in-store.
Have a lovely day,
Beth
Written 21 November 2019
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Cindy B
South Jordan, UT323 contributions
Sept 2019
We loved this shop and bought candles for friends back home. I would have loved to see more variety of products.
Written 5 October 2019
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Hi there,
Thanks for taking the time to review our shop in Tarbert. We're delighted that you bought candles for yourselves and your friends, and will take your feedback on board. Hope you had a lovely time on the island!
Written 21 November 2019
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Dan F
Tarporley, UK472 contributions
Aug 2019
Loved the shop and the products. Seriously, you don't understand how much you want to eat your own hands once you lather on some Black Pomegranate hand cream! That stuff is the real deal!
Written 10 September 2019
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Amazing- wanting to "eat your own hands" after using our products is definitely unique feedback for us to hear! Thanks so much for your kind words, we're over the moon to hear you're a Seilebost fan.
Written 21 November 2019
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VMATHESONMACIVER
LINLITHGOW59 contributions
Aug 2019
Went in to sample the aromas. Spotted a display case with a variety od Sterling Silver / Tweed jewellery. Desined and made by local lass Ruth Morrison from Scalpay. Quite pricey but so unusual. Treated myself to a stunning pair of earings as a holiday treat. She has a facebook page with her designs. Worth checking out.
Written 9 August 2019
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We're delighted to be a stockist of Ruth Morrison jewellery in our Tarbert, Inverness and Glasgow shops, Ruth creates beautiful pieces. Thank you for taking the time to review, we'll pass these lovely words onto Ruth herself.
Written 21 November 2019
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Baird_Family
Glasgow, Scotland83 contributions
Jul 2019 • Family
What better thing to do on a wet and dreary day than make candles?!
Whole class takes about an hour and is well worth the £20 per head. The workshop includes your hand poured bespoke 20cl glass candle and wax melt bar in your chosen scent. (Think if you were buying these from the shop you would be close to the £20 mark anyways so great value for money).
1 adult and 2 children had an excellent experience from start to finish. Booked the class before visiting the island - booking process extremely easy and any questions emailed were answered promptly.
Lovely warm welcome by member of staff (think her name was Beth) - with snacks and drinks on arrival.
A large variety of scents to choose from - (around 50-ish). Spent time smelling these and at no point felt rushed to make a decision. Really relaxed. Good information and knowledge about the products (where they came from, what was used, organic matter).
Also, great to have a viewing window into the process room.
Once the candles and melts were made we were able to design labels for them (which the children were over the moon with). The actual designs printed on the candles were better than the ones we drew!
Products are excellent quality and well presented.
Collection of candles can be from the shop the next day or from the workshop. We left ours until sailing home, which wasn't a problem.
All-in-all I can't rave enough about this workshop!! Great atmosphere, lovely people, fantastic products.
Whole class takes about an hour and is well worth the £20 per head. The workshop includes your hand poured bespoke 20cl glass candle and wax melt bar in your chosen scent. (Think if you were buying these from the shop you would be close to the £20 mark anyways so great value for money).
1 adult and 2 children had an excellent experience from start to finish. Booked the class before visiting the island - booking process extremely easy and any questions emailed were answered promptly.
Lovely warm welcome by member of staff (think her name was Beth) - with snacks and drinks on arrival.
A large variety of scents to choose from - (around 50-ish). Spent time smelling these and at no point felt rushed to make a decision. Really relaxed. Good information and knowledge about the products (where they came from, what was used, organic matter).
Also, great to have a viewing window into the process room.
Once the candles and melts were made we were able to design labels for them (which the children were over the moon with). The actual designs printed on the candles were better than the ones we drew!
Products are excellent quality and well presented.
Collection of candles can be from the shop the next day or from the workshop. We left ours until sailing home, which wasn't a problem.
All-in-all I can't rave enough about this workshop!! Great atmosphere, lovely people, fantastic products.
Written 12 July 2019
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Hi there! SO pleased that you and your daughters had a fun candle-making session. It was a pleasure to have you all in, and the enthusiasm from all of you made it fun for me too! I hope you can all make it back to Harris soon, and are enjoying your candles! Best wishes, Beth
Written 3 August 2019
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- Essence of Harris is open:
- Mon - Sat 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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