Indonesian Cloud Pillar Candle | Pale Blue Pearl - Night Blooming Melati

Cloud-wrapped candle sits tucked in black tissue inside its presentation box.

This pale blue pearl cloud pillar candle scented with night blooming melati is from Indonesia, and is contemporary. It is beeswax. A pillar candle is a thick, freestanding candle that needs no holder, and beeswax is often chosen for it because it is dense and burns slowly. Pearly candle with raised, curling cloud motifs wrapped around the whole cylinder. It rests in a dark box lined with crumpled black tissue paper. The sheen is soft and pale metallic on the ridges, with a warm olive tint between the swirls. It is 6 inches high and 5 in diameter.

It arrives dressed for the opera, with no intention of lighting up.