The candle is from Snif, a modern fragrance brand known for its genderless perfumes, room-filling candles, and Warby Parker-like try-before-you-buy system. Its body scents range from floral to fruity to spicy to smoky to truly everything else you can imagine. Yet, I am partial to the candles — particularly, Off The Grid, an enchanting but not overpowering natural-smelling candle that exudes amber, lily, musk, sandalwood, and a little bit of cedar and citrus. It’s warm but still fresh, so relaxing, and truly delivers a delicious smell to your whole space, not just a 12-inch diameter around the candle.
Made from a high-end, paraffin-free blend of soy and vegetable wax with a 100% cotton wick, it’s a vegan candle that can burn for over 50 hours. One candle tends to last me a whole year — I don’t use it every single day but do burn it at least weekly. It burns exquisitely, never “tunneling” or doing that thing where the wick sinks into the bottom of a wax valley, and you burn yourself just trying to light it. It has a great smell radius, and when you do blow it out, it doesn’t overly smoke or make a stinky-post-candle moment.
The brand says this smell is inspired by sleepy Sunday afternoons and nights when you have turned your phone off. It truly is the scent of winding down and being out of the office, though I do often have it burning while I’m doing work. It’s noticeable but not offensive and comes in a really chic glass container that blends easily into any decor space.
Guidance from Snif suggests having the candle burn for two to three hours the first time you use it, and then keeping the burn time to a max of four hours and trimming the wick to a quarter-inch between burns. If we’re being honest, I can be a little lazy about my wick trimming, but truly, that just speaks to the quality of the candle, as it’s never caused an issue for me. (But I’d still recommend you trim your wicks.)
Whether you’re looking for a high-quality gift to treat a loved one to this winter or just want to give yourself a long-lasting present you’ll enjoy for months to come — I can’t recommend Snif’s Off The Grid candle enough, and can’t wait to get home to light mine for myself.
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