1502 Candle Co. in Grantville, San Diego is a women-owned candle studio at 5837 Mission Gorge Rd Suite C, 92120, hand-pouring vegan, phthalate-free, and petroleum-free candles from a production workshop that doubles as an appointment-based retail and workshop space. Founder Caroline launched the brand in Ocean Beach, starting with candles poured into repurposed jars and teacups before scaling into the Mission Gorge Road studio where the full product line now ships nationally. The fragrance library runs from nature-forward profiles — evergreen, cedar, fir balsam, moss — to warm gourmand and botanical blends, each hand-poured into vessels that include hand-blown recycled glass containers designed to outlast the candle as permanent home décor. Candle-making workshops at the studio pair hands-on fragrance blending and pouring with charcuterie boards, running in one-hour sessions where participants create two custom candles — a format that parallels the experience-retail model at Grantville corridor neighbors including D Z Akin's on Mission Gorge. The 1% giving program directs at least one percent of annual sales to environmental and social justice nonprofits, and the vegan and petroleum-free formulation positions the line for the clean-home consumer segment. Affirmation candles topped with dried botanicals — calendula, lavender, rose — build a self-care product tier that sells through the studio and online alongside the standard fragrance collection. The Mission Gorge Road address sits in the same 92120 commercial strip as the florists, breweries, and maker businesses that define Grantville's artisan corridor, a block pattern where climbing and fitness studios including Grotto Climbing & Yoga draw a health-conscious demographic that overlaps with the clean-candle customer base. Appointment-required studio access protects the production schedule while keeping the retail and workshop calendar structured, and LGBTQ+ welcoming and transgender safespace designations reflect the brand's inclusive positioning. Credit and debit card terminals process in-studio purchases, and online orders ship with the branded packaging that review feedback consistently flags as a strong unboxing experience.