{"id":2553,"date":"2009-01-09T07:24:49","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T15:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?p=2553"},"modified":"2009-01-09T09:09:40","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T17:09:40","slug":"a-penchant-for-candles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?p=2553","title":{"rendered":"A Penchant for Candles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are my top picks for candles with enduring fragrance and beautiful presentation:<\/p>\n<p>Slatkin &#038; Co. (carried by high-end stores like Saks Fifth Avenue)<br \/>\nAltru Gamillah (<a href=\"http:\/\/gamillahboutique.com\/\">http:\/\/gamillahboutique.com\/<\/a>)<br \/>\nVoluspa (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.voluspacandles.com\/\">http:\/\/www.voluspacandles.com\/<\/a>)<br \/>\nLollia (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lollialife.com\/\">http:\/\/www.lollialife.com\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>I also love artisan-made soy candles a lot especially because they burn cleanly and don&#8217;t leave any residue.  My fave scent is clean cotton.<\/p>\n<p>The Twig Tapers by Cody Foster are almost too lovely to burn.  <\/p>\n<p>What are your favorites?<\/p>\n<p>*Photocredit: Voluspa &#038; Cody Foster<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2553 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?attachment_id=2557'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/voluspa-lilac-box-gift-set-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?attachment_id=2556'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/voluspa-black-box-gift-set-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?attachment_id=2554'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/wedding-wick-candle-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?attachment_id=2555'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/tulip-jar-candle-set-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?attachment_id=2580'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/twig-tapers-by-cody-foster-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are my top picks for candles with enduring fragrance and beautiful presentation: Slatkin &#038; Co. (carried by high-end stores like Saks Fifth Avenue) Altru Gamillah (http:\/\/gamillahboutique.com\/) Voluspa (http:\/\/www.voluspacandles.com\/) Lollia (http:\/\/www.lollialife.com\/) I also love artisan-made soy candles a lot especially because they burn cleanly and don&#8217;t leave any residue. My fave scent is clean cotton. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[297,97],"tags":[2081,669,670,659],"class_list":["post-2553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-candles","category-decor","tag-candles","tag-cody-foster","tag-twig-tapers","tag-voluspa"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2553"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2581,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553\/revisions\/2581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}