If all of this sounds like a lot of extra work you didn't exactly sign up for when purchasing your last candle, here is something new for you. Electric candles are fine but kind of miss the boat on the whole flame and fragrance elements. There is, however, a new candle breed coming to the market that delivers the same glow, scent, and ambiance without the waxy, sooty mess.
Lucid liquid candles (launching January 2017) look exactly like decorative wax pillars, except instead of a wax composition, they are plastic and a whole lot easier to care for. The wick is positioned inside a Pyrex glass tube that you can fill (and refill) with paraffin burning liquid so your candle lasts forever without so much as a drip or black smudge. I’m not quite ready to surrender my Diptyque just yet, but it sure is a nice addition to the collection and one that will last a long, long time without a wick trim or dusting.
