Mon Amie Amy Gift Shop, Ashburn VA 20147, Gifts for all occasions
Ninety hours is a long time to love a fragrance, and the Bridgewater Sweet Grace #74 Ceramic Candle is built to earn every one of them. The vessel arrives dressed in a pink checkered glaze — the kind of pattern that reads as considered rather than cute — and holds 25.5 oz of soy-blend wax poured in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Sweet Grace has been Bridgewater Candle's number-one fragrance long enough to prove it isn't a trend; it's the scent people describe when they say a room smelled exactly right.
This is the size you buy when you mean it. The ceramic jar is weighted and substantial — it belongs on a console table or a kitchen shelf the way a good piece of pottery does, not tucked out of sight.
To get the most from a Bridgewater soy-blend candle, trim the wick to a quarter inch before each burn and allow the wax to reach a full melt pool on the first use — this prevents tunneling and preserves the fragrance load through the life of the candle. Keep it away from drafts, which shorten burn time and produce uneven wax consumption. When the wax is spent, bring the ceramic vessel back with a pour of boiling water to release any residue, then a gentle wash with dish soap. The pink checkered glaze on this Bridgewater Sweet Grace ceramic candle holds up to regular cleaning without fading, which is why it makes sense to keep the jar. A 25.5 oz vessel in this weight and finish doesn't disappear into a drawer.
