Where the Bees Are Famous (and the Goats Wear Cashmere)

LOS ANGELES — Flamingo Estate, a lifestyle company set in a 1940s Spanish-style house in the hills on the border between the Eagle Rock and Highland Park neighborhoods, sells candles that smell like tomatoes and rosemary. Oprah Winfrey named them one of her favorite things.

Pink is a theme for both the brand and the house. Its facade is pink stucco. Its Pink Moon rosé was made to match the color on the underside of a flamingo’s wing. The company makes botanical products, not all of which are obvious hits. Last Christmas, its infamous nine-pound sack of manure (using a synonym for excrement) that cost $75, went viral. It’s currently out of stock.

For $80 before shipping, one can purchase a 6.5-ounce jar of dried strawberries dusted with guajillo chile and a squeeze of lime. They are snacks, yes, but also they are statements: If you can afford them, money is not something that concerns you. Everything is shipped in boxes printed with the motto: “We are a home for radical pleasure.”

Though Flamingo Estate was named after the home of its founder, Richard Christiansen, the name implies something far bigger than the seven-acre lot he shares with Aaron Harvey, his partner (and the creative director of the company), and their dogs, Daylesford and Freeway.

“A potential investor just came over and was like, ‘Wait, everything is from here?’” Mr. Christiansen said. “She was expecting hundreds of acres in the middle of Los Angeles.” He had to explain that though Flamingo Estates, the brand, was inspired by his house he now uses ingredients from 110 local farms.

Mr. Christiansen bought his home eight years ago. It was once a porn studio, and he transformed it into an Instagram playland.