realistic fruit candles, burn them or keep them as decor?
got these two a while back and i still can't get over how real they look. my mum genuinely asked why there was a tomato sitting on the shelf. the wick comes out where the stem would be so when it's lit the whole thing kind of glows from the top.
the guava is the one that really got me though. pale green skin, pink flesh, tiny orange seeds down the middle. someone put actual effort into painting that.
both smell fruity and fresh, not that sickly candy sweetness i was expecting.
i keep them on a plate because these odd shapes drip in weird directions, and i trim the wick to about 5mm or the tomato starts sooting. problem is once you burn it the top caves in and the whole "it's a real tomato" illusion is gone. so mine have been sitting there unlit for weeks now.
curious what everyone else does with sculptural candles like these. feels like a waste either way honestly.