Two wicks exist because some vessels are too wide for one flame to push a melt pool to the edge before the middle is a well. A big bowl, a wide tin, a three-wick statement piece. In a normal tumbler, a second wick is extra heat you do not need. You will soot, overheat the glass, and cook the top notes.
When two is honest
Diameter roughly north of 9–10cm, depending on wax. Soy-coconut is softer, so a single well-chosen cotton wick covers more than people think. That is why our landscape jars run one wick. We would rather size it than decorate it.
If you have a double-wick candle
Trim both, equally. Light both. If you only light one you will tunnel around that wick and leave a ridge. Keep them off draughts — two flames lean independently and make a mess. Full first pool still applies, it just happens faster, which is the point.
If you want a simple evening candle, one wick, soy-coconut, a place on the label: Nevis or Skye. No choreography.
