Creede’s newest and most unique Specialty Shop, Creede Soap and Candle Co., has opened in the loft of the Old Firehouse Restaurant and Bed and Breakfast.  Creede Soap and Candle Co. is owned and operated by Creede natives, Charles and Brenda Maze, whose love for the Creede area has inspired them to create a very warm, welcoming and natural shopping experience.

Creede Soap and Candle Co. offers the finest quality in bath and body care products including handmade soaps, bath salts, salt and sugar scrubs, milk baths, bubble baths, body butters, all natural candles, gift baskets, organic teas and socially responsible coffees.

As you make your way to the shop the aromas of the soaps, salts and candles is amazing.  Once you enter the shop not only do the scents astonish but so does the look of the shop. The craftsmanship of Charles Maze truly shines in the custom built wood and glass shelving, all of which are lined with very colorful and very fragrant items.

With over eighty different soap scents alone you are sure to find a scent that is right for you! To name just a few, Triple Chocolate, Vanilla Silk, Black Licorice, Ocean Breeze, Nature Walk, Mango, Baby Powder, Raspberry Rush and Key Lime. Customers can also create their own custom bath salts by combining the different available scents or cut your own bar of soap from one of the many loaves, slabs or cakes (yes, actually in the shape of a bundt cake) of soap!

Creede Soap and Candle Co. also offers a wide variety of candles including over thirty scents in all shapes and sizes, including pear and apple shaped candles, pillar candles, jar candles, votives, travel tins and diffuser kits, all of which are guaranteed to fill your home with some of the most amazing scents.

A wide variety of organic teas are also available from the Colorado based tea company, Two Leaves and a Bud located in Vail. The shop also carries ten different types of organic and socially responsible coffees roasted by The Buena Vista Roastery in of Buena Vista, Colorado.

The hours for Creede Soap and Candle Co. are from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. seven days a week, through the end of May. Beginning June 1, the shop will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.  seven days a week.