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How to store candles
Keep a candle like you keep good oil. Cool. Dark. Upright. Out of a window.
Fragrance oils fade in heat and sun. Soy can sweat in a hot car and frost in a cold garage. If you are gifting later, leave the jar in a closet, not on a south sill.
- Store upright so the wick stays true.
- Avoid attics, dashboards, and a shelf over a radiator.
- Dust the rim before you light it. Dust burns.
- We write the scent on the bottom. You will still know which is which in a dark cupboard.
We pour to order, so most jars leave Durango young. You do not need to rush them. A year on a reasonable shelf is ordinary. If a candle has sat in a hot warehouse before it reached you — that is not how we ship — write us.
Questions
- Do soy candles expire?
- They fade, they do not spoil like food. Heat and sun hurry that. A cool cupboard keeps them useful far longer than a window ledge.