Accessories

Trim the wick to about five millimetres before you light it. The flame sits lower and steadier, the soot stays off the illustrations, and the fragrance comes up cleanly instead of climbing through smoke. It takes a moment, and it is most of the difference between a candle that burns evenly to the edge and one that tunnels down the middle and is finished early.

At the end, lower the snuffer over the flame rather than blowing it out. No smoke drifts across the room, no wax spatters the porcelain, and the last thing you notice is the fragrance rather than the going out of it.

Both tools are stainless steel with a black powder-coated finish and the Told London logo in white, and both are long enough to reach into a deep vessel. They come in a cotton bag printed with Kerry Lemon's botanical drawings from the Wanderings Collection, so they can live beside the candle rather than in a drawer.