Nostalgia is the only good that America will never stop producing

[pinstripe_bindi]

The local company that makes my favorite scented candles, Vieux Carre Candles, is shutting down. They say "for now", but they cited the high cost of ingredients in addition to "lack of time" (I guess it was a side hustle), and when do the costs of things ever go down. I'm actually not shocked, because the last time I bought some candles from them,

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[lifeinroseland]

Which one did you want that they didn’t have? Just curious.

Our fave local burger place is going out of business, and it looks to me it’s for similar reasons: they’re making something REALLY GOOD at affordable prices. But these days anything really good has to make the jump to expensive in order to make it long term. Or like, expensive is the new average.

I’ll take a virtual whiff around. Great candles are rare.

[pinstripe_bindi]

I think it was Marie Laveaux? Which they have as "out of stock", so I assume they never got those ingredients.

[fuzzilla]

I always liked the candles (and most everything else) here. It looks she doesn't have a big selection right now, maybe because she does seasonal offerings. Halloween stuff comes out August 15 and I adore Cathedral of Pumpkins (it's like pumpkins and incense in a Catholic church. Sounds weird but is amazing):

https://paintboxsoapworks.com/for-the-home/luxury-candles/