Keap , a Brooklyn - free-base wax light company that chiefly sells its products online , knows that buying a sweet-smelling wax light is a very personal experience . We each have our own idea of what an sea cinch or forest cabin smells like , and it may not match the scent that a particular burning wick emits . Since Keap only has its wax light in sealed storesaround New York City , you ’ve probably never smell its wares , but the company does n’t require that to stop you from buying — so it ’s debut a tester band designed around the Warby Parker model of try - at - house intersection .
The new “ breakthrough lot ” lie of four tea leaf lights , one for each of the scent Keap sell . An included guide tells you which candle is which , and the main notes you will smell in each , in case you do n’t know what “ hot bounce ” or “ unripened market ” should smell like . ( Do n’t care ; unlike some genuine blistering springs , the candle does n’t smell like S . ) It even comes with match .
The idea is that you place each Camellia sinensis light in a dissimilar way of your house , preferably somewhere diminished like a john , and figure out which one cater the smelly ambiance you ’ve been looking for .
Unlike the Warby Parker tester , there ’s no paying back promotional material required , because you do n’t in reality have to give the used candles back . But , on the insolent side , you ’ll have to put some money down . It works out to be spare , as long as you follow through and bribe a full - sized cd . The tea leaf lights ab initio be $ 15 , but you ’ll have a $ 15 discount on a full - sized cd or a monthly subscription . If you decide you hate all of them , you ’re only out $ 15 , a Leontyne Price that ’s a fiddling steep for four Camellia sinensis lights , but not crazy in the earth of artisanal candles . If you ’re an aromatherapy aficionado , it ’s plausibly a worthwhile trade .
The full candles retail at $ 35 , and come in glass cup design to be easy to rinse out and reuse as tumblers , small vases , or container . If you share a photo of your reused wax light container on Instagram , you ’ll even get $ 5 off your next purchase .
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