If you follow me on Instagram, you know one of my favorite ways to relax is to light a Lokum candle. To be honest, it hasn’t always been this way— often I find candle scents too strong or the scent too gross. I can’t go in stores like Yankee Candle, and I skip the candle aisle at Target. I’d joke that if you gave me a candle as a gift you probably don’t know me very well. But that all changed with these candles.
We visited the Lokum store this spring while in Istanbul. Our guidebook told us it was a stationery store– which I believe they offer custom paper services as well, but I noticed– and fixated on– how good everything smelled, and the attention to detail in their tiny but glamourous shop. With scents like Sumela’s Tea Rain and Myndos Breeze, they were sophisticated and light, not overly flowery and heady. I had a hard time limiting myself to just 2 candles and soap.
The candles themselves are beautiful, but then they wrapped up them up and I almost lost it. The attention to detail, the bow, the candles, the linen bag! It was so pretty!
{This doesn’t even do it justice— I had to take it apart to travel home and tried to reassemble it as the store clerk had.}
Wouldn’t this be a great gift? Like a hostess gift or a birthday gift? {for those that like candles and those that aren’t so sure!}
One of my favorite parts of the trip!
Do you have a candle that is your favorite? Or one that changed your mind about candles?
