r/luxurycandles

I’m having guests over for Thanksgiving and want my place to smell like luxury candles when they walk in, but it can be difficult to compete with cooking smells and fill a large dining and living area. Any recommendations on how to accomplish this or for scents that would deliver the performance and holiday vibe needed?

I have a large space and feel like most candles I’ve tried don’t have enough throw. Looking for something that can really fill a room. What’s your strongest performer? 🕯️

I got the alo signature candle as a bday gift from the company and I LOVE the smell. it' a sandalwood scent paired with violet, amber and black pepper. Super warm and cozy scent. The downside is it's a small candle and terrible throw. I've heard that Santal 33 is a similar scent but it's honestly out of my budget. anyone know any other close seconds that I can purchase under $75?

What’s everyone’s favorite fall candle and why?
I’d love to know:
* What does it smell like?
* How’s the throw, especially in a larger room?
* How does it perform/burn?
* Is it worth the price?
* Would you repurchase?
Looking for your absolute must-have fall candles! 🕯️🍁

I am new to the world of candles and I have been OBSESSED and stalking this sub since May. I headed back to college as a 51 year old and I am using exquisite looking and smelling candles as my way of celebrating each class I pass. This was going beautifully and my haul has been growing (maybe too) quickly...until today.

I had this bizarre episode on Wednesday & long story short, I am having over the top allergic reactions to life. Like, can't breathe, call an ambulance, get an epi pen type of reaction. It's SO lame. And it keeps happening.

Just got off the phone with my doctor and along with a plan on how to stabilize my dramatic immune system, I have been told to rid my home of anything that has smells. Including and especially all my new candles! Apparently, my body is currently interpreting these scent molecules as invaders/agitators and my immune system is sending an army in to deal with the issue.

I believe that you all are the only ones that will understand my genuine tears on this.

I will stop eating aged cheese, withdraw myself from my love of dairy and even cut out ultra processed bread without complaint...but MY CANDLES?

MY NEW TRUDON? MY FOREST FLOOR BY TATINE? My haul that I haven't even received yet from DS & Durga as well as PF Candles?

Y'all. I am so damn sad. My reward is literally poisoning me and now I need to figure out what to do with my existing collection as well as find a new, non potentially death causing reward 😂😭

Ok. I'm going back to holding myself and rocking gently for comfort. If you need me, I will be here crying quiet tears.

After my visit to Liberty last week, where the SA said Chene, Coriandre, and Mousses were on the chopping block, I popped into the Covent Garden boutique and chatted to a manager. He said that they were wrong - because Coriandre is a refill, Chene has just been reformulated and that they had heard nothing about Mousses, in short, not to worry x

Came across this page on Diptyque's UK site - https://uk.diptyqueparis.com/en-uk/pages/vintage-classic-candles

As per the website:

>The candles Foin Coupé (Fresh Mown Hay), Maquis, Bois Ciré (Waxed Wood) and Cuir (Leather) are now available upon request only, by contacting Customer Services, while stock remains available.

We don't have archive sales offered to us in the UK (that I know of) - that email I got about the 'secret sale' happening on the EU site in July was only available for those with an EU shipping address.

So for those who felt like they missed out on trying these discontinued scents, it looks like you have another opportunity to do so! I wonder if all discontinued candles will eventually end up available for purchase this way or is this just for the four that never made it over to the new vessel refresh.

Of the four, Bois Ciré is my standout favourite. I've waxed lyrical (heh hehe) about it in another people's posts.

Maquis, which I'm actually burning right now smells woody and citrusy but the citrus scent is not particularly strong to my nose- it's predominantly resin smelling to me.

Foin Coupé was pure joy to burn, not only for the scent of slightly honeyed grass and flowers but no sooting, even burn! Shook!

Cuir is perfumed powdery leather (think a nice leather handbag that has been filled with all kinds of nice smelling cosmetics and perfumes and it's just taken on that scent over time). Despite the name I'd say it wouldn't be the scent I'd recommend to someone looking for a pure leather scent. But so nice for that often-visited old library smell.

Hi crazy candle lovers,

I’ve been lurking on here for a while and I thought I’d share a bit of advice on candles, luxury or otherwise, from someone who’s worked in the candle industry for over a decade.

I’ve seen a few posts here and on other subreddits asking things like “why is my candle sooting?”, “why is it tunnelling?” or just generally why a candle isn’t burning very well.

If you’re consistently getting a bad result from a candle, there are a few things it could be.

One is simply where you’re burning it, cause I’ve seen people burn candles next to fireplaces and wonder why they’re melting really quickly, or next to a draughty window and wonder why the flame is flickering around and sooting. Fans, vents, open windows, heat sources etc can all make quite a big difference to how a candle burns, slowing or speeding it up dramatically.

But if you’re having the same problem repeatedly, especially with the same candle from the same brand, then there’s a pretty good chance it’s actually a formulation issue.

A candle is basically a combination of wax, fragrance and wick, plus the container if it’s a container candle. There can obviously be other things in there too, like dyes, UV stabilisers, wax softeners and gardeners and so on and getting all of those things to work together properly is what candle testing is for.

A lot of candle development is trial and error. You make a candle, burn it, change the wick, burn another one, change the fragrance percentage, try a different wax blend, burn another one etc. Sometimes it takes loads of versions before you get something you’re happy with. I used to use all the failed samples in my home since there were “free”

The other thing that people outside the industry probably don’t realise is that the raw materials themselves can change. Usually we’re told as materials change, but sometimes not, quick anecdote, I used to buy gold lacquer for candles from a German company and we did a Christmas candle dipped in the gold lacquer with a fragrance inspired by the winter forest in “The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe”, I loved it, and then one year when dipping the new batch of candles for that year, the gold was matte, chalky, not shiny, and just looked like a dusty yellow. We found out that the company had changed their formula after we had already dipped a bunch and were waiting for them to dry. We found another supplier and in the end after a lot of last minute stress all was well.

Wax manufacturers change or tweak waxes. Hardness can change, melting point can change, oil content can change. Wicks can change as they’re engineered to the amount of thread counts in them. Fragrance formulas can change as ingredients become restricted or regulations are updated.

And sometimes a relatively small change can affect the way the finished candle burns, so even if a candle was tested properly when it was originally developed, manufacturers really should be keeping an eye on it when materials change. We usually test batches as they’re manufactured to ensure consistency.

If a candle is repeatedly sooting, tunnelling, producing a massive flame, drowning its wick or just generally burning badly, then something isn’t right.

That doesn’t automatically mean the brand is terrible, and it doesn’t necessarily mean nobody tested it, but it can mean the particular combination of wax, wick, fragrance and container isn’t working as well as it should. Also many brands now don’t make their own candles, and I can point at some companies that manufacture for a lot of the luxury brands if anyone is curious, but it’ll be said very quietly in the dark corner of a bar where no one can hear.

And yes, sometimes it does mean corners were cut during testing.

I mainly wanted to post this because I see people blaming themselves quite a lot when a candle burns badly. Sometimes it is where or how you’re burning it, but sometimes the candle just isn’t very well formulated.

Happy to answer any candle questions if anyone has them. I can probably get fairly nerdy about waxes, wicks, fragrance loads, tunnelling, sooting etc if anyone is interested.

Hello fellow candle lovers. I am looking for recommendations for candles with strong throw and lavender-forward fragrances. Any suggestions? Thank you so much!