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What makes a candle a luxury candle, and what are you paying for?
With a scented candle, luxury sits in four things you can check: the wax, the wick, the fragrance oil and the number of burn hours you get back. The rest is packaging...
Why can you no longer smell your own candle?
Because your nose mostly reports change, not what stays constant. A scent sitting at the same level for a few minutes drops out of your awareness, while someone walking in from outside...
Choosing the best reed diffuser: what to look for
The best reed diffuser does not exist as a product, but it does as an answer: the one that suits your room, how long it must last and what you want to...
How often should you turn reed diffuser sticks?
Every few days, which comes to a couple of times a week. That is the tip printed on our own product pages: turn the reeds every few days for a stronger throw....
Why does my candle only burn in the middle?
Because the first burn was too short. Wax has a memory: the first lighting decides how wide the candle will melt from then on. If the melted layer did not reach the...
What do you bring? Housewarming and dinner-party gifts
Flowers are the default answer and usually the wrong one. They are gone in five days, they arrive at the busiest moment of the evening, and two other guests probably had the...