🕯️ When wax becomes a passion 💛

Colors, scents, shapes… candles are like the universe: limitless !
From Ayurvedic Ghee Lamps to beeswax table candles , from tea lights to intention creations , each flame tells a story and illuminates our souls 🌙

🌾 At the origins of light

For centuries, rush was used to make candles.
Carefully split so as not to damage its pith, it was soaked in vegetable or animal fat, then hardened. These “primitive candles” burned in reed burners , symbols of a humble but essential light.

🏰 From candle to modern candle

In the Middle Ages , the candle competed with the oil lamp.
This required constant vigilance - filling the reservoir, trimming the wick, cleaning up drips... The candle , simply made of beef or mutton tallow around a wick, offered a more practical solution 🔥

However, the tallow dripped, burned the fingers, and the flame remained yellow and smoky .
The wick still needed to be maintained, but its simplicity of use made it popular nonetheless.

📜 The origin of the word “candle”

The word appears as early as the 14th century , in Le Ménagier de Paris (1393):

“Two pounds large and small candle three sols four deniers per pound.”

The grammarian Gilles Ménage (1613-1692) suggests that the term comes from the town of Bougie (now Béjaïa , in Algeria 🇩🇿), famous at the time for its beeswax trade .
So, as is often the case, the name of the goods comes from the place of origin.

🔥 The magic of the flame

A candle flame is a small universe in itself, made up of five distinct zones :

• At the base, a dark area , where combustible gases escape.
• Then a thin blue area , where combustion occurs at around 1200°C .
• Then, the light zone , heated to 1,500°C , where the suspended carbon particles emit this comforting golden light ✨
• Finally, the gases rise, cool, and the color turns orange then red .

Each candle, however small, contains a dance of light and warmth — a symbol of life energy and impermanence 🪔

💨 Breath and balance

Blowing out a candle breaks the fire triangle —fuel, heat, oxygen.
This simple, almost ritual gesture reminds us how fragile the flame is , and how much light depends on the balance of the elements 🌬️

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