When choosing candles, it's on good authority that Cupid would always opt for Beeswax. The mainstream alternative to Beeswax is Paraffin. Queen B is an Australian stockist of beeswax candles and explains, 'Paraffin is a petro-chemical by-product which emits a toxic smoke when burned. To make this waxy sludge more 'palatable' it is then bleached (which creates dioxins), processed and then texturised using carcinogenic chemicals.'
Not so much the stuff of romance then...

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