I Burned 50 Candles So You Don’t Have To (Here’s What Won)

Over the last 90 days, I burned 50 candles to completion following the National Candle Association’s recommended burn protocol. Not a first impression review. Not a store sniff test. Actual full-burn testing. More than 700 total burn hours were tracked, the results exposed something I genuinely did not expect: Some of the most expensive luxury candle brands performed worse than brands costing half the price. This video breaks down the 5 best candles, the 5 worst candles, and the industry-wide problems hidden behind burn-time claims, paraffin wax, fragrance engineering, and luxury candle marketing.