the grand skeem

Candles seem to have gotten a bad rap as cliché gifts, relegating them into a group with ties for Father’s Day. Perhaps it’s the fact that they’re fleeting — burn them for a couple months, and then you have nothing left. (Unless you’re like me who refuses to alter the candle’s perfect state of newness.)

I came across Skeem's candles recently and have decided that they are my new go-to gift (friends of mine, consider yourselves warned). The wax is poured into a glass that is screened with beautiful patterns in an array of colors, and each candle burns for a whopping 90 hours. The company has several collections with prints and scents that coordinate to each collection’s theme. I gifted myself with White Tea and Thyme from the Arboretum collection (pictured above, right). And very untrue to form, I’ve been burning it constantly, trying to decide how to use the lovely glass once the wax is gone.

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I have never seen one, but my sister has. She got one in Charleston and it is so pretty. She said they are awsome. I want one soo bad.