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Trim Your Wick Regardless of whether it’s a cotton wick or a wood wick, all wicks need to be trimmed to ¼ before each burn. This is for the safety and for the longevity of your candle. Having an untrimmed wick can lead to a higher and unstable flame, by trimming it before you light, you are giving your candle the best possibility of a slower and safer burn for you to enjoy.  BPE (Big Pool Energy)You may have experienced a candle or two in your life where it seems that the wax is burning through the centre and not...

They say you never forget your first time, and boy were they right. We were unprepared. We both had no idea what we were doing. Too much of this, not enough of that. It’s too hot, it’s too cold. One of us was into things the other was not. Bottom line...starting a business from the ground up for the first time in a pandemic has been an experience we will never forget. When we decided to open The Olfactory Lab, we really had no idea what we were in for. After many bad candles, a few tears, and a lot of...