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BYOB Crafting Experiences · Fragrance of Elegance
The BYOB candle-making date night in Inglewood.
Pour your drinks, pour them in wax, and leave holding the proof — from $55 a person, minutes from SoFi Stadium and the Kia Forum.
Why this beats your usual spot
Dinner and a movie is a rerun.
You've done it. The restaurant where you talk over menus, the theater where you don't talk at all. If you're searching for date night ideas in Los Angeles that actually give you something to do together, here's the fix: make something.
A candle-making date night puts you side by side instead of across a table. You're picking scents for each other, laughing at each other's pours, trading opinions on whether that martini candle needs one more drop of color. Two hours of built-in conversation — and at the end, you both walk out with something you made, not just a receipt.
That's the whole idea behind our BYOB crafting experiences at Fragrance of Elegance, our family-owned candle studio on Crenshaw Blvd in Inglewood.
The short answer
Is candle making a good date?
Yes — it's one of the few date activities where you actually interact the whole time. You spend about two hours side by side choosing scents, comparing pours, and helping each other get it right, and you both leave with something handmade that outlasts the night. It works whether it's date one or year ten.
It also solves the classic LA problem: it's a plan. A real reservation, a set start time, a thing you did together — not another one of those we-will-figure-it-out-later nights.
The headliner
Pour & Sip: the BYOB candle bar.
Sit down at the bar and build your drink in wax — the iced coffee, a cocktail on the rocks, or a custom-color martini. Real glass in one hand, your candle in the other. Bring your bottle. Bring your person.
$55per person
~2 hrsstart to finish
BYOBbring your bottle
Yourseverything goes home
What to expect
How the night works.
Book your seatsReserve online — classes are small, and Friday and Saturday nights go first.
Pick your pourChoose the drink you're building in wax and the scent it'll burn — sweet, dark, fresh, whatever's yours.
Make it togetherCoach Tangie walks you through every step, with your actual drinks in hand the whole time.
Take it all homeEverything you make leaves with you the same night. Light it later and the date isn't over.
Proof
Don't take our word for it.
A little of what nights at the shop look like — clips straight from our TikTok, plus a few frames from the bar.
More ways to do it
Pick your kind of night.
Craft Your Way
One table, two hours, your call — two candles each, soap and scrub, or the whole self-care kit. Low pressure, all yours to keep.
$50per person · from
Self-Care Sunday
The slow date. Sundays the whole plaza is quiet on purpose — come in, grab a snack, and make candles, soaps, and scrubs at your own pace.
$50–75every Sunday 12–7:30
Your host is Coach Tangie — Chicago-born, Compton-raised, Inglewood-grown. FOE is family-owned and Black-owned, right here on Crenshaw Blvd, and every class comes with as much (or as little) help as you want.
The neighborhood
Things to do near SoFi Stadium (that aren't the parking lot.)
Every list of things to do near SoFi Stadium names the same handful of spots. Here's the local answer: we're right up Crenshaw — minutes from SoFi, the Intuit Dome, the Kia Forum, and the YouTube Theater — an easy stop before a show, after a game, or as the whole plan itself. Open late Fridays and Saturdays, when date night actually happens.
Make a full night of it: an afternoon class here, dinner in Inglewood, then the show. Or skip the crowds entirely — while everyone else circles the lot, you two are at the bar pouring a martini in wax.
Coming from South LA, Westchester, Hawthorne, or anywhere near LAX? We're closer than whatever you were about to drive across town for.
Find us
10925 S. Crenshaw Blvd, Ste 106
Inglewood, CA 90303
Hours
Tue–Sun · 11am–7pm
Fri & Sat · open till 9pm
Booking
Reserve online — classes
are small and seats go fast.
Who it's for
Every kind of couple.
First datesBuilt-in conversation the whole time. No awkward silences when your hands are busy.
AnniversariesBlend a scent that is yours. Light it every year and it takes you right back.
Double datesGrab seats together at the bar and turn it into a friendly pour-off.
The "we're bored" dateWhen you have eaten everywhere and seen everything — do something with your hands.
Long-distance visitsThey fly home with a candle that smells like the weekend.
Just-because nightsNo occasion needed. A Tuesday works. That is kind of the point.
Before you book
Questions, answered.
How much does a candle-making date night cost?
Pour & Sip, our BYOB candle bar, is $55 per person. Other date-friendly classes run $50–$100 per person, and every price includes all materials — everything you make goes home with you.
Is it really BYOB?
Yes. Bring your own bottle to Pour & Sip — wine, a cocktail kit, or something zero-proof. Guests drinking alcohol must be 21+.
How long does a class take?
Plan on about two hours. It's enough time to settle in, make your pieces, and still have the rest of your night.
Do we need any experience?
None. Coach Tangie and the team walk you through every step, and help is there whenever you want it.
Do we get to keep what we make?
Everything. Your candles, soaps, scrubs, and scents all go home with you the same night.
Where are you located?
10925 S. Crenshaw Blvd, Ste 106, Inglewood, CA 90303 — minutes from SoFi Stadium, the Intuit Dome, and the Kia Forum. Open Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–7pm, with late hours till 9pm Friday and Saturday.
Is this a good first date idea?
One of the best in LA, honestly. You're side by side instead of face-to-face, there's a built-in activity when conversation lulls, and it caps at about two hours — long enough to connect, short enough to leave them wanting a second date.
Can we come as a double date or a group?
Absolutely — the bar fits couples side by side, and for bigger nights you can book a private crafting experience and get the studio to yourselves.
Bring your bottle. Bring your person.