Everything you need to know about how, when, and which candles to burn.
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As we tuck away indoors, a scented candle’s warm aroma-filled flicker can be both meditative and escapist. Even if you find yourself city-bound, the most ingeniously designed of the bunch can transport you to a lush orange garden on the Côte d’Azur , or Delhi’s humid, narrow streets thanks to the Parisian ceramics makerBut whether you crave the inviting fragrance of a fireplace or the soft, sleep-inducing notes of fresh violets, there’s more to burning a candle than lighting a match.
Here, from the importance of lids to picking the right fragrance for every room in your house, four simple precepts on how to burn aBefore You Burn the Candle, Always Trim the Wick Wick length is a kind of goldilocks variable that can swiftly cut the life of your candle short. Especially with larger candles, which provide more surface area for drifting, a curt wick length will ensure a straighter burn. Trim it right before you burn it every time you use it, says Raza.
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