No 03
Paddywax pours these in Nashville into a brown apothecary jar with a metal lid, and the scents are the restrained kind: herbs, citrus, wood, nothing that announces itself from the hallway. The soy wax burns slow and even, and when it is gone the jar becomes a container for pens or cotton pads, which is why people keep them.
It is the candle to send when you want to say something without a lot of words, so it works for sympathy, for the teacher at the end of a hard term, and for the coworker who covered for you. It looks like it came from a good shop rather than a drugstore endcap.
About eight ounces of wax with roughly 60 hours of burn, lid included, no outer box to wrap around. Pick a scent by the person: lavender and thyme for calm, tobacco and patchouli for someone who likes darker rooms.
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