
100% Beeswax Fleur de Provence Scented Pillar Candles - Flos Carmeli Pillar Candle
These locally hand crafted beeswax scented pillar candles are 4"h x 3"d and are approximately 12 oz. each. These candles release negative ions when they burn, which purifies the air. They are made with 100% pure, gently triple-filtered, unbleached beeswax and 100% pure cotton wicks.
This candle comes with a Fleur de Provence scent, honoring Our Lady under the title of Flos Carmeli. Flos Carmeli scent includes clementine, white osmanthus, lemon leaf, lily of the valley, star jasmine, heliotrope, vanilla orchid, ambrette, cashmere musk. Flos Carmeli, Latin for “flower of Carmel” and one of the titles the Carmelites use to address Our Lady in prayers and hymns. Mount Carmel is in a small chain of mountains running across Palestine. It was here St. Elias made his dwelling, and foresaw the Blessed Mother in a vision of a little cloud rising out of blue waters. The Carmelite order took its name from this mountain, its founder’s home, and so Our Lady, who is Queen of Carmel is also invoked under this title. The mountain is one of natural beauty. In Hebrew, the word Carmel signified a “garden, a beautiful hill, choice and cultivated ground, the garden mount.” It is covered in a multitude of flowers. It has been said that there is not a flower blooming in all of Palestine that could not also be found on the slopes of Mount Carmel, and so Carmel is also a symbol of the “fertile ground” of Our Lady’s Order that has produced such an abundance of the flower of sanctity.
These candles do not burn all the way to the edge, so as the candle burns, when the edges of the candle get soft enough, you gently hug, or pinch, in the sides toward the wick. They take approximately 50 hours to burn.
1 candle per pack
Please note: The candle is not blessed, but if you would like us to have it blessed before shipping it to you, we will be more than happy to have that done. Please put a note in the comment section of your order at checkout.
This scent is also available as a Flos Carmeli incense