General Candle Care and Wick Trimming

• Trim the wick to ¼” before lighting every time!  This makes all the difference in the longevity and clean burning of your candle.  A long wick burns much too hot and will both use up the candle more quickly and create soot.
• Burn your candle for up to 3-4 hours at a time.  It’s very important that the first time you use the candle to burn it long enough for the melted wax to reach the edges of the container.  This prevents the wax from building up and possibly tunneling during future use.
• Never leave a candle burning unattended or within reach of a draft, pets, or small children.  If the flame seems high or the container is too hot in the midst of burning, simply extinguish the flame, let it cool down, trim the wick and restart!

What are Scent Notes?

A candle has three types of notes, a top note, a middle note, and a base note.  A top note is the first scent you experience when the candle first burns or when you smell it when it is unlit.

The middle notes, which can also be called heart notes, are the scent results after the top note has faded a little.  This scent that you experience consists of the middle notes of the candle fragrance.

Finally, you then have the base note, which are the scents that reveal itself as the candle is lit and burning at a full melt pool (top layer is melted).  It can take up to an hour or so for this to occur.  The true scent of the candle is a mix of the middle and base notes.