Seychelles candle).My ideal candle needs to have the "scent throw" – ie. strength – to fill a whole room, otherwise burning it seems pointless, but mustn’t be overpowering or smell synthetic.
Caring for your candles is a necessity, even if that sounds faintly ridiculous. It’s worth investing in a wick trimmer to keep them in optimal condition (I have an inexpensive one from Amazon).
Remember to light a new candle for at least three or four hours the first time you burn it to stop the wax from ‘tunnelling'.
Liz Drew, owner of specialist scented candle shop Osmology (and something of a candle expert), says: “This is really important, because wherever the ring of wax gets to when you first burn a candle, that’s where it will burn in future.”As with perfume, creating a home fragrance is a fine art that's more complicated than it first appears.
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