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AHEAD OF THE FESTIVE SEASON

Ahead of the Festive Season, to help everything remain calm, I thought it was timely to give you a head start. Domestic parcel post shipping deadlines with Australia Post have been announced, click here. The deadline within Australia (excluding WA & NT) for Parcel Post is 12 December 2022 and Express Post is 19 December 2022. WA & NT parcels only are Parcel Post, 7 December 2022 and Express Post, 14 December 2022. You may be considering a Lisoire Candle as a gift for a cherished friend or family member (or for yourself), or even as a random act of kindness for someone you may not know all that well, or if in fact at all, but have noticed their...

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WHY LISOIRE CANDLES DO NOT BURN LIKE MOST OTHER CANDLES

Lisoire scented candles are handmade with integrity, there are no hidden nasty additives, therefore will burn naturally and a little differently to most other candles. Free of synthetics, petroleum, paraffin, palm oil and other petrochemical by-products, Lisoire soy wax candles are natural and authentic. Made with the best responsibly sourced non-GMO soy candle wax, each scent is created using raw materials that are biodegradable and environmentally friendly. Only the best candle wicks (100% woven cotton) are used and the purest natural botanical essences. Each time you light a Lisoire candle you can be assured of it’s purity and cleanliness.   Depending on the blend of natural essences each candle behaves a little differently. Not all will create a perfect melt pool within...

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Lisoire Gift Recommendations

To provide some gift inspiration I thought you may like to read some beautifully captured feedback, of the Lisoire experience, received throughout this past year. Scented candles are a wonderful gift for the Christmas season. Choose a soy candle that is delicately scented and illuminated with the light of pureness and wonder. "Your candles are getting me through this! Bless you Lisoire." Kylie B "It's very beautiful Lisa. I am transported through the forest then into a villa furnished with antique credenzas and chaise lounges." Selena B  "Lisoire to the rescue. Your candles have been my saviour these last few weeks." Madelene S   If you have any questions about sending gifts with Lisoire I would be pleased to assist. ...

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SMELL

"Smell seems to be the sense of singularity. Forms reappear, invariant or recurrent, harmonies are transformed, stable across variations, specificity is countersigned by aroma. With our eyes closed, our ears stopped, feet and hands bound, lips sealed, we can still identify, years later and from a thousand other smells, the undergrowth of such and such a place in a particular season at sunset, just before a rain storm, or the room where feed corn was kept, or cooked prunes in September, or a woman."  Philosopher Michel Serres, The Five Senses I have always desired a life of bohemian ambience and find myself immersing in this aesthetic more and more. The garden surrounding the house where I live is overflowing with...

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TOP TIPS ON HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR CANDLE

1. Make sure the wick is trimmed to approx. 3-5mm to ensure a smaller flame, longer burn time and less soot (the width of your little finger is a great guide). Any small pair of scissors can be used to trim, however a pair of 'wick trimmers' is absolutely ideal.  Use regularly to prevent the candle producing excess smoke and to keep the candle glass clean.  2. For the first burn, burn your candle for 2-3 hours to enable the wax pool to melt out to the edge of the jar (or as close as possible - this will vary with each candle as each fragrance reacts differently and not all will melt all the way out to the glass for...

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