Candle - No.13 Nouvelle Vague

I’ve been trimming the wick to a quarter inch like the label says, and it burns clean with no soot at all. The first melt took about two hours to reach the edges, but the even pool afterward makes it totally worth the wait.

I was skeptical about trimming the wick every time, but it makes a real difference — no black smoke at all. The first melt took about two hours to reach the edges, and since then the whole surface burns evenly every single time.

The first burn really matters with this one—I let it go the full two hours and the top melted perfectly even, no tunneling. Trimming the wick to a quarter inch before each use keeps the flame clean, and the jar looks gorgeous on my coffee table.