Kitchen candles
Another mailbag question: Can you recommend a good candle for kitchen smells? Yes I can, thank you for asking! The idea of a kitchen candle is kind of weird –… Continue Reading
We get mail: Going buckwild at Williams Sonoma for $100 challenge
The ragged breath I released after reading this message! Here it is, what I was born to do: pretend to shop for someone else! I’m already very good at putting… Continue Reading
Top nine candles of 2021
Five days into January is the perfect time to do a year-end list because we all know by now that time isn’t real. I really had to fight my brain… Continue Reading
Get in loser, we’re going to talk about candles
This week, Kate tagged the Affluent Detritus Instagram account with a photo of her candle collection to say “Does anyone want to start a candle club with me? Like a… Continue Reading
Sheets for the rest of us
Recently – in the year 2021, while we were 18 months into a global pandemic and just decades away from the end of civilization due to man-made climate change –… Continue Reading
Tuesday of California Candles
I’ve mentioned before that I’m a fan of Tuesday of California (originally Tuesday Bassen, after the owner). I like their range of sizes and their commitment to ethical resources and… Continue Reading
Summer candle roundup: fruit, tennis balls, lies
Aromatique Agave Pineapple: This is my number one summer candle, four years going. I would drink this candle if I could; it just smells juicy. I have these in every… Continue Reading
Spring scents
Hello! Yes it’s been three and a half months since I last updated this blog, but I’ve emerged bleary-eyed from my hibernation cave singing Susannah McCorkle’s “Waters of March” and… Continue Reading
Oh thank Christ, another gift guide
Gift guides always have the opportiunity to be fun, to share some rare find you’ve never seen but might love, but 99% of all gift guides instead are like “DO… Continue Reading
Winter and holiday candles
The winter holidays of 2020 are all about continuing to fake it until we make it, so let’s fake the smell of trees and parties and joy because hoo boy… Continue Reading