[WVKayaker]

As it is, when I enter my home, I too light essences...

I am also a candle guy, as I am a cigar smoker. The two go hand in hand.

Stale cigar smoke is a bane to anyone. I have good air filtration, etc., but candles are truly "odor eaters". Live flowers do smell better, but candles actually seem to reduce the foulness.

[Alia]

You are exactly right about the burning of candles, and being as "odor eaters". Where I used to live, the Asian communities routinely burnt candles as soon as a meal had been eaten, in order to clear the air of lingering food scents.

I've heard others, not clued in, describe the "candle burning" as a religious "offering". lol.

And then there's that old chestnut about smells and "lighting a match!". Well, well. I suppose that might also, in some circles, be considered a "religious offering", too. ;)

[raybbr]

I am also a candle guy, as I am a cigar smoker. The two go hand in hand.

I like incense. My point was the idea that his staff has to run around the house lighting candles for his return. That's just weird.