Whats the best burning soy candle or beeswax candle?
There are a number of great manufacturers of soy candles. For synthetic scented jar candles I usually buy A.I. Root Candles. They also offer beeswax blend tapers and liturgical candles. Dadant and Sons, Inc. does beautiful twisted and hand rolled pure beeswax tapers. For the holidays I always buy Big Dipper beeswax tapers. Aroma Naturals makes pure essential oil scented soy candles. Each candle wax has unique burning characteristics: for example, nothing compares to a freshly made natural (not colored, deodorized, or scented) beeswax candle. However, the natural fragrance of beeswax will compete to some extent with any other fragrance you add, so now the beeswax has to be deodorized. Likewise to add significant color you have to bleach the wax. It’s a pity in a way to take something that in it’s natural state smells wonderful and is a beautiful golden color and then use petrochemicals to bleach or deodorize it. But beeswax manufacturers probably needed to capture a bigger share of the
