Our story begins as a dream in a little Arizona kitchen. Co-Founder Karen Waisath wanted a candle that smelled as good and strong at home, as it did

There's more to wax and wicks than meets the eye. It's the perfect combination of the right wick with the right wax that gives our candles their signature fragrance throw and consistently even burn. Whether it's zinc core or cotton, all our wicks are made in the USA and feature a "safety collar"; that's just a fancy way to say that when your candle burns down to that last quarter of an inch, the wick will self-extinguish to prevent broken glass and spilt wax. If you would like to know more about...

There's more to wax and wicks than meets the eye. It's the perfect combination of the right wick with the right wax that gives our candles their signature fragrance throw and consistently even burn. Whether it's zinc core or cotton, all our wicks are made in the USA and feature a "safety collar"; that's just a fancy way to say that when your candle burns down to that last quarter of an inch, the wick will self-extinguish to prevent broken glass and spilt wax. If you would like to know more about the kinds of wicks we use, see the Technical Appendix on page 151. Now that we've talked about wicks, let's talk about wax. Gold Canyon® uses different waxes based on the needs of our different candle lines. All our waxes burn cleanly which means they have virtually no effect on your air quality an