Alpha energy, quietly delivered. Don’t touch his dog.
Fragrance Family: Amber-Woody
Notes
Top: Bergamot, Saffron, Fresh Coffee
Middle: Tobacco, Pomegranate, Sweet Anise
Base: Tonka Bean, Cedar, Vetiver
This is not your average "man candle." This is tobacco, coffee, and adrenaline. A slow burn that simmers like a jazz record in a wood-paneled study. A scent with backbone, restraint, and mystery—exactly how you’d expect something inspired by Keanu Reeves to smell.
No. 57 Keanu pays tribute to the patron saint of dogs and low-talkers, the man who made grief look elegant and vengeance look inevitable. It’s a fragrance that threads together John Wick, Neo, and the actual Keanu: all dark charm, dry wit, and unspeakable loyalty.
This isn’t just a candle. It’s a saga.
No. 57 Keanu beings with the notes of fresh coffee hitting jumping out rich to immediately grab your interest.John Wick needed adrenaline and caffeine to power him through his battles. That scent of routine and purpose before the storm. Followed bybergamot, crisp and fresh to wake up the body.
Sweet anise follows, quietly complex. Representing a note for his Matrix character Neo, the man caught between numbness and awakening. Sweet anise is known to help with depression, and let's face it, not all fights are physical. Our minds can be our biggest blockers to finding a solution, a path forward and sweet anise helps to ease that burden.
As the top notes burn off, we come to the heart notes including tobacco note (warm, sweet and earthy with edge) as an homage to My Own Private Idaho, as well as Keanu's own admission that he picked up smoking while on set. Saffron is the thread of softness pulled straight from A Walk in the Clouds, where Keanu plays the tender soldier with a broken heart and a vineyard.
Pomegranate closes it out the heart of this scented candle's middle notes. A fruit with mythology in its blood and antioxidants in its flesh. Known for healing and muscle recovery, something John Wick could use after fighting 77 men in a hallway. And a wink to Something’s Gotta Give, where Keanu plays the hot young doctor who drinks pomegranate martinis like a damn gentleman. (RIP Diane Keaton.)
In any candle, the heaviest notes are called the base notes. They show up last and stay the longest to round out the candle and make a lasting impression. Tonka Bean is no stranger to be called in as a hero, a more sophisticated combination of vanilla, almond and has an spicy undertone almost like hay to add more depth. Whiskey & Woof candles are like a movie with act one, act two and act three to bring it all home.
This is scent as story.
Violent, romantic, memorable and still standing.
Just like Wick.
Burn it when:
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You’re writing a revenge letter you’ll never send
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Caffeinating through emotional damage
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Sitting quietly with someone who just gets it
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In the mood for introspective chaos with a leather edge
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Watching action films and pretending it’s research
Review from Fragrantica:
Keanu Reeves is my hero, so it makes sense that I would like a candle dedicated to him and his character, John Wick'sdog. No. 57 Keanu conjures wood-paneled studies, replete with leather wingback chairs and the lingering aromas of pipe ash, morning espressos, and afternoon Earl Grey teas brought there by the butler. Whiskey & Woof candles are a new find for me, and I prefer them to the ubiquitous Bath & Body Works candles that screech from fifty feet away, filling a whole house, and which I can only burn for twenty minutes before acquiring a headache. W&W No. 57 Keanu doesn't scream like thrash metal; it vibes and thrums like a brooding, introspective jazz record. Much like Keanu himself. - Beth Butterfield 10/04/24
This review makes me very proud of this scent story.
Tips:
All products are Leaping Bunny certified, phthalate free and should be trimmed between burns to 1/4” for clean burns.
Want to avoid tunneling and make the most of your candle?
First burn should last until there is a liquid pool side-to-side approximately 1-2 hours. Between burns trim the wick. Don't have a trimmer? Take a tissue or cotton ball and gently pull it away from you. This will provide a cleaner burn.
Am I telling you to burn thoughtfully? Yes.
To keep the burn clean, subsequent burns should last between 3-4 hours. Overheating can occur when a scented candle is burned for too long.
Do not burn on a shelf, even a high one. There should be nothing above the candle to prevent flames being carried by a swift exit and catching fire as well as being trapped resulting in scorch marks.
When you know the candle has burned for 3-4 hours, you also burn more consciously and get into the mindset to extinguish a flame. Do not leave lit candles unattended.
Tunneling happens when you do not leave your candle burning side-to-side. Why? Wax has a memory and it is long lasting. So if you only burn a small circle and then put out the candle, it will never become wider than the original burn and tunnel downwards.
Why 3-4 hours? Your nose also turns scent blind after that time period to alert your brain to other scents that might be a new priority.
