Love Soy Votive Candle | Heart-Opening Patchouli & Rose

One hundred percent soy wax. Plant-derived, burning more slowly and cooler than paraffin, which extends the burn and tends to produce less soot. Practitioners who avoid paraffin choose soy for exactly this.

Patchouli, rose, lavender, clove, and dragon's blood. Rose is the central note, the classical Western correspondence for love. Patchouli grounds it in the body, lavender softens, clove guards the working, and dragon's blood gives it push. Warm and floral, with an earthy backbone that keeps it from going saccharine.

A thick glass jar. Contains the wax pool throughout the burn, so it suits an altar without a separate holder and relights cleanly across sessions.

• Scented soy votive candle in a glass jar
• Approximately 2 inch diameter by 2.5 inch height
• Wax: 100% soy; cotton wick, lead-free per the maker
• Color: deep pink, Crystal Journey's intention color for love work
• Burn time: approximately 18 to 20 hours
• Handcrafted in Connecticut, USA
• SKU: CVCSLOV

Love candles are among the oldest items in the witch's cabinet, near-universal across traditions that use candles at all. Hoodoo and rootwork hold a particularly rich love lineage, with honey jars, sweet jars, and pink and red candle workings. European folk magic burns love candles on Fridays, the day of Venus, often with rose petals beneath and a written intention nearby. The candle does not specify which kind of love you are inviting; you do that, in the intention you set when you light it.

Crystal Journey is a Connecticut family company making intention-dedicated candles, and the love blend has stayed essentially unchanged across their history. The honest frame is the same as for any candle: it does not give you love, it focuses your own opening work. Pair the lighting with the slow daily practices, letting yourself be seen, noticing the love already present, asking honestly for what you need, and the working has something to take hold of.

1. Place it on a stable, heatproof surface away from drafts and anything flammable. The glass gets hot.
2. Cleanse it before first lighting: smoke, a night in moonlight, or a light pass of salt around the jar.
3. Sit somewhere comfortable, a hand on the heart, and take a few slow breaths.
4. Light the wick and set your intention. Be specific where specificity helps, and general where openness serves better.
5. Snuff rather than blow it out when you finish, and never leave it burning unattended or overnight.

• Seduction Soy Votive Candle: the spark side of love work; Crystal Journey suggests pairing them when a long relationship has lost its charge.
• Peace Soy Votive Candle: burn peace first and love second when a field needs settling before connection can return.
• Love Herbal Votive Candle: the same working in the paraffin line, freestanding, with the affirmation card.
• Heart Chakra Pillar Candle: the longer-burn anchor for sustained heart work.
• Pink Rose Petals, 1 oz: the classic love flower, to lay beneath the jar.

How is this different from the Seduction soy votive?

The love candle holds the heart open for tenderness, romance, self-love, and committed connection. The seduction candle works the spark side: attraction, passion, the willful pull.

How is it different from the regular Love Herbal Votive?

Same intention and scent blend, two lines. The Herbal Votive is paraffin, freestanding, with a printed affirmation card, around 15 hours. This one is soy, in a glass jar, around 18 to 20 hours.

Can I use it for self-love rather than romance?

Either, or both. Many practitioners use it primarily for self-love and heart-healing practice. Specify your intention when you light it.

Are the oils essential oils or fragrance oils?

Crystal Journey markets the soy line as essential oil blends. Some scented-candle makers use a mix of essential oils and aroma compounds for stability, so if pure essential oils are a strict requirement for your practice, ask the maker directly before buying.

Can I burn it overnight?

No. Never leave a burning candle unattended, and snuff it before sleep. The glass jar contains the wax pool well, but the glass itself becomes hot.