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Scent Notes

Scent Notes

Woody Scents for Colder Evenings

Woody Scents for Colder Evenings

Cedar, smoke and amber, and how to keep them from turning heavy.

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.