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Scent Notes

Scent Notes

Top, Heart and Base Notes, Simply

Top, Heart and Base Notes, Simply

What the three layers of a scent are, and how to smell for them.

Start with the wick

Most trouble with a candle begins at the wick. Trimmed short, it burns clean and steady; left long, it smokes and leaves soot on the glass.

Give it time

Wax has a memory. Let every burn run until the pool reaches the edge, and the candle will burn level to the end.