OUR STORY
Yorabode began with a simple premise—to turn a passion for thoughtful design into goods that people enjoy in their homes.
In 2018, what started as a side hustle to a career in architecture soon became a full-time pursuit and lifestyle choice for founder Emily Campbell (she/they). If you'd like you can read more about how Yorabode began and the values this small business was built on.
Now Emily spends most of her time making homes as an artist and architect. After their stash was empty, they spent two years trying to find something like Yorabode goods, but had not luck. It turns out she's not the only one longing. Every now and then, Emily and friends may make again. The best way to know when this is happening is to sign up to our email newsletter.
HOUSING FIRST
From 2020 to 2024 Yorabode set aside 3% of online sales to support housing first initiatives and has donated over ten thousand dollars to organizations like Thrive, Stella's Circle and Choices for Youth, and Raising the Roof.
Emily created the Same House—Better Homes project and now spends most of her time working in the affordable housing space.
WHERE IT BEGAN
Yorabode began with a simple premise—to turn a passion for thoughtful design into goods that people enjoy in their homes.
What started as a side hustle to a career in architecture soon became a full-time pursuit and lifestyle choice for founder Emily Campbell. Living with a host of environmental allergies and asthma, Emily found no better natural ingredient source than the wilderness of Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula. Local flora and terrain, explored on hikes with her dog Staedtler, inspired her to experiment with experience-based scents, which evolved through an iterative process into Brackish, Tertulia, Ground, Boreal, Tuckamore, Heather and Foray—the core of Yorabode’s scent palette.
“As an architect, I was used to designing with the big picture in mind—I considered materials, forms and experience to create beautiful and functional homes. I use those same skills now, but my attention is focused on a different sense (scent) and scale. Ultimately though, I’m still after the same result, wellbeing at home.”
Yorabode’s belief is that simple products, thoughtfully made in small batches with wild ingredients, can inspire everyday wellness and connect us to ourselves and the natural world around us. Everything at Yorabode is taken with the lens that the best things take time, and unfold naturally — like the process of enfleurage, where botanicals release their infused magic over several weeks.
Packaging, processes and raw ingredients are carefully considered to minimize Yorabode’s impact on the planet. The team forages responsibly so the choice plants can continue to produce the aromatic botanicals we love. When we had a studio space, we offered a RE. USE. program where you could return our vessels and get $1 off their replacement. This program is not currently active.
In 2024, Emily made the challenging decision to close the business which was announced on social media.