
Handmade in small batches
Small Batches.
Big Love.
Soy candles, wax melts, room sprays, seasoned salts, jams and jarred baking mixes — mixed, poured and labeled by hand in the New York Finger Lakes.
The pantry
Shop by category
01
Candles & Home
Hand-poured soy candles, wax melts, room sprays and stovetop simmer pots.
From $7
02
Seasoned Salts
Coarse salt blended by hand with garlic, herbs and pepper.
From $8
03
Jams & Preserves
Small-batch fruit jam, sealed in 8 oz mason jars.
From $9
04
Gravy Mixes
Sunday-dinner gravies, measured and jarred for you.
From $9
05
Baking Mixes
32 oz jars of dry ingredients — add the wet, bake, done.
From $20
06
Gift Sets & Bundles
Boxes and baskets, packed in kraft and tied with twine.
From $15
Our story
Made slowly, in a real kitchen.
Five Senses Mercantile began with a love of baking, cooking and gifting — and a kitchen that smelled too good to keep to itself. Everything on the shelf is still made the same way: in small batches, by hand, with ingredients you would recognize.
No warehouse, no shortcuts — just kraft paper, jute twine and a little more love than strictly necessary.
— Krista Staples

Gift giving
Boxes and baskets
Ordering
How to order
Online ordering is on its way. Until then, orders and questions go straight to the kitchen.
- 01
Browse the pantry
Look through the shelf and note down what you would like.
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Send a note
Email Krista with what you want and where you are. Every order is confirmed by reply.
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Pick up or ship
Collect at a market, or we will pack it in kraft and send it your way.
Follow along
@fivesensesmercantile
New batches, market dates and the occasional kitchen experiment.









