Choosing a Candle Wick

You do not choose a wick because it looks rustic. You choose it because that diameter of jar, that wax, that fragrance load, needs that much fuel. Too small and you tunnel. Too big and you soot. The rest is branding.

What we match

• Jar diameter, not height.
• Wax type. Soy-coconut is not paraffin. It needs a different size, often a different series.
• Fragrance load. Some oils thicken the pool and starve a wick that was fine in a test without scent.

We test. We burn. We look at the pool, the glass temperature, the mushroom, the smoke. Then we lock a cotton wick for that jar. That is why a landscape candle from us should pool to the edge on a proper first burn without turning the lid black.

If you make your own

Buy a sample pack. Test in the actual jar with the actual fragrance. Ignore the chart that says “this size for soy” as gospel — it is a starting point. Keep notes. One evening of tests saves a hundred sooty gifts.

Longer: cotton vs wood, melt pools.