I'm 62, a physician, a mother of five, and a grandmother of three. Somewhere along the way, I also became a candle maker.

What began as something personal eventually grew into a small candle business here in Texas.

I've always loved how a familiar fragrance can become part of everyday life. The kitchen while dinner is cooking, a quiet evening after a long day, or a house full of family.

Making candles has taught me so much about fragrance, wax, patience, and the little details that go into creating something well.

I'm still learning, and that's part of what makes it enjoyable.

I'd love to hear from fellow candle lovers. Do you choose your candles mainly for the fragrance, the ingredients, or how they make your home feel?

You test, you experiment, you document. You try again, refine, and keep improving. And eventually, all that dedication leads to something truly remarkable. 😊

Just kidding, any season is candle season.

Hello! I have this candle and the wicks are like so small and it’s burning itself out. How do I fix this? The candle isn’t nearly done. Thank you!

I have a concern over someone guiding a candle making class. I was told handling the fragrance oils, since they’re used in soaps and lotions, if it makes contact with my skin, to just rub it in, and enjoy the scent.

I feel like this is dangerous advice. What are your thoughts?

New to wax melts, lol so I don’t know if I’m missing something. The warm leathered amber literally would not run out. Like I would leave it on all the day and only the center part would get melted. I ended up scraping it out to just get a new scent in.

Meanwhile, the cuddles and cashmere melted completely, and only lasted for two days. Anybody else have this problem?

Loving this and burning it, Apotheke x Vato.... a perfect Churro candle. Cinnamon, dark sugar and buttery. I love the collabs Apotheke does.

Level 2 Candling

Ive been thinking of starting a small buisness making candles and wanted to know your opinions on reasonable pricing

For candles of these sizes, dressed with herbs and crystals with the choice of scented or unscented, what would you pay for each?

Thank you in advance!

(Note; these are gifts for friends and not actually how i would decorate haha)

I love APOTHEKE for many reasons- ;-)

One, being the fun collabs. I just started burning their latest collab candle with VATO- a Michelin mention burrito place in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Please go for the burrito and there very famous churro. It is a vibe and wotht the trip.

Classico Churro candle scent is with cinnamon, butter/ grease and pastry vanilla. Its warm cozy and not too sweet. Bravo to the cool kids making fun candles together.

Highly recommend this $25 gem.

I'm an Indiana local and have heard amazing things about this brand. I really want to love it, but I can't decide on which scent would suit my needs. I just ordered Country Pear thinking I'd love it, but it ended up not being as vanilla forward as I'd hoped, just a bit bland. (Does it get better with burning?)

I love cozy scents that aren't overly sweet, just something to make my home feel warm & slightly fall/country vibes. I'd prefer a good year round scent which is what I'd hoped for in Country Pear, and I'm not sure ACC carries year round scents but thought I'd get some different opinions.

I’m not sure how much this counts as advertising since I’m not selling anything… but I did build a thing, and I think some of you might find it useful.

I built a FREE website for tracking discontinued and retiring fragrance oils! We’re already at 100+ listings and growing.

You know that special kind of heartbreak when you find out your favorite fragrance oil is being discontinued? Yeah, I’m hoping this makes that a little less painful.

You can browse the catalog, and we’ve just added a community feature where you can submit dupe recommendations for individual oils! Basically, if you’ve found a fragrance oil that smells like another one, you can share your discovery and potentially save someone else from a very sad soap-making day.

The goal is to make this a genuinely useful resource for the community, so I’d love your feedback!

• What suppliers should I add?
• Which oils are missing?
• What features would make this more useful?
• And most importantly… what dupes have you discovered that the rest of us NEED to know about? 👀

Check it out, poke around, and let me know what you think!

No sales pitch, just trying to build something useful for our fragrance-loving community.

Finding this piece made biking through the pouring rain for an hour worth it 😇 I found some other candle holders which i highly suspect are sterling for 1 euro as well. Any tips on cleaning the wax or polishing? Thanks and have a good day!

I love a lot of JoMalone colognes and have their diffuser of this as well. But for some reason I REALLY hate the smell of this candle- idk but it smells completely different from the cologne or diffuser version of this. I want to try other JoMalone candles but am worried im gonna run into the same thing. Is this a problem for anyone else?

Can anyone share their favorite Foton candle scents? I’m looking for good fall and Christmas scents and am having a hard time deciding without being able to smell…

If broke and we’re very sad. It has a twin and we’re hoping to find a replacement.

I really hope this is now frowned upon as I know this isn’t a candle… but got this as a gift in 2025 I think, and it’s my FAVOURITE reed diffuser ever, as you can see it’s lasted for ages it’s still got maybe 1/3 or 1/4 left and the scent projection is lovely… so of course I’d like the replace it.. but the only problem is I cannot find it for the life of me!! I’ve tried Google reverse image search and nothing comes up…

I'm researching the biggest challenges candle makers face when calculating their costs and profits.

Do you currently use a spreadsheet, an online calculator, or something else?

And what's the one thing your current method doesn't handle well?

I'm especially interested in materials, packaging, shipping, and wholesale pricing.

Larges were $12/ea and littles $5/25!

Practicing 🐝 soy candle

Looking for suggestions on non-toxic candle brands that are not full of artificial fragrances. I have a lot of allergy sensitivities. I have used Cellar Door Candles for a while, but I'm looking for some other options. Bonus points if the company offers candle refills.

​​ this candle appears to have a three petaled flower in the flame . The flame widens out and has an unusually tall and wide shape . Do you think it is intentional?