A clean and sweet floral rain
A fresh scent suitable for any occasion
The symbol of Detroit, a towering glass behemoth that sports the logo of the world's largest automaker, downtown's Renaissance Center encapsulates nearly everything we love about our city: myopic planning, goofy aesthetic design, questionable financial mismanagement, perplexed tourists, dismal lack of retail revenue, naïve but determined optimism, and glorious rebirth. Rising from a moribund waterfront space just a few short years after the devastation of the 1967 riots, the office-retail-A fresh scent suitable for any occasion
entertainment complex has endured the barbs of both urban-planning critics and lifelong Detroiters still unable to negotiate its byzantine interior.
The RenCen was the pet project of Detroit Renaissance, a group of business and civic leaders headed by the late, great, and tremendously headstrong Henry Ford II. The group managed to pull off a $337 million commitment from Michigan corporations for a new centerpiece in the city. It was, at the time, the largest privately financed project in the world. The RenCen's planning committee selected a noted architect, who had designed Atlanta's Peachtree Centre, for a quartet of 39-story office towers anchored by a 70-story hotel that would be the Michigan's tallest building. And it had a glamorous revolving restaurant on top! Who could resist?
This city landmark was almost named "The Hub," one of the most popular entrants from a 1972 name-the-building contest. Instead, Detroit history has Roger Lennert, a copywriter for Ex-Cell-O Corporation, to thank for coming up with the winning name.
The mighty Ford empire stepped in a number of times to rescue the RenCen, but in an ironic twist, General Motors bravely came forward in 1996 and claimed it as their new world headquarters for the bargain basement price of $73 million. Now, with an infusion of $500 million from the new owner, the Renaissance Center is itself going through a renaissance. The much maligned berms which housed the heating and cooling equipment at the front of the complex are now gone, and an open glass atrium in the rear now shows off a beautiful view of the Detroit River.
New restaurants, clubs and retailers are infusing new life into the complex. The restaurant atop no longer spins, but, it too, is under new management. The view remains, as always, breathtaking.
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Our products work great as promotional tools for your business. We can customize candles with your logo, create incense with your artwork, or make our Motoroma Air Bags with your logo on the package. Email us for more information.
To reach us, you can always send us an email, or call (313) 254-4799.
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1701 Collection
D-Lights
Votives
Chromes-To-Go
High-Mileage Jars
Motor City Incense
Motoroma Air Fresheners
FAQs
Retail Locations
Wholesale Info
All Fragrance
Descriptions
About Us
Contact Us
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Shipping charges are just $5 for orders under $35 that ship within the USA. Orders of $35 or more are shipped free in the USA. Sorry, we don't ship to international addresses.
We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express.
Do you work with a non-profit organization?
Our candles make great personlized gifts that you can give to your donors. Need to raise some money first? We also can tailor a fundraising program for your organization. Email us for more information.
Promote Michigan to your customers with our products
Our products work great as promotional tools for your business. We can customize candles with your logo, create incense with your artwork, or make our Motoroma Air Bags with your logo on the package. Email us for more information.
To reach us, you can always send us an email, or call (313) 254-4799.
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MOTOR CITY CANDLEWORKS MAKES SCENTS BY HAND IN MICHIGAN
All Motor City Candleworks products are made in a historic building in downtown Detroit. Everything we make, we make by hand. Our candles are hand-poured, our incense is hand-dipped, and our Motoromas are packaged by hand.
All of our fragrances are named for people and places througout Michigan. Where's your favorite part of our beautiful water winter wonderland? Whether you're partial to the thumb, or you call yourself a yooper, it's likely we've got a fragrance for you!
Scroll down to see our products and click on the links for more information. Thanks for stopping by and thanks for supporting a Michigan-based business!
All Motor City Candleworks products are made in a historic building in downtown Detroit. Everything we make, we make by hand. Our candles are hand-poured, our incense is hand-dipped, and our Motoromas are packaged by hand.
All of our fragrances are named for people and places througout Michigan. Where's your favorite part of our beautiful water winter wonderland? Whether you're partial to the thumb, or you call yourself a yooper, it's likely we've got a fragrance for you!
Scroll down to see our products and click on the links for more information. Thanks for stopping by and thanks for supporting a Michigan-based business!
OUR GOOFY FRAGRANCE NAMES
Life is serious. Our fragrance names are not. But we are dead serious when we tell you that we look for and use only the best, highest grade oils in making our fragrances.
Some of our fragrance names appear below. To get descriptions of all our scents, click here
Alpena Verbena
Ann Arbor
Berry Bash
Au Sable
Au Tumn Lodge
Detroit Dragon Blood
Downriver Rat Musk
East Lansing
Leather Lush
Flint Stoned
Frankenmuth
Frankincense
Great Lakes Lavender
Grosse Pointe
Olde Moneye
Interlochen Rochen'
Mackinack Lilac
MI Factory Worker
Michigan Road
Patch Ooli
Plum Street
Nag Champa
Royal Oak Royale
Traverse City
Cheri Baby
Waterford Falls
Life is serious. Our fragrance names are not. But we are dead serious when we tell you that we look for and use only the best, highest grade oils in making our fragrances.
Some of our fragrance names appear below. To get descriptions of all our scents, click here
Alpena Verbena
Ann Arbor
Berry Bash
Au Sable
Au Tumn Lodge
Detroit Dragon Blood
Downriver Rat Musk
East Lansing
Leather Lush
Flint Stoned
Frankenmuth
Frankincense
Great Lakes Lavender
Grosse Pointe
Olde Moneye
Interlochen Rochen'
Mackinack Lilac
MI Factory Worker
Michigan Road
Patch Ooli
Plum Street
Nag Champa
Royal Oak Royale
Traverse City
Cheri Baby
Waterford Falls
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