• The Great Chicago Fire Scented Candle smells like woodsmoke, and the surface features wax replicas of actual buildings that were destroyed during the Great Chicago Fire.
  • The surface of the candle features actual historic buildings from Chicago, making it a great gift for Chicago lovers, or housewarming gift for someone moving to Chicago.
  • The label includes fun facts about the Great Chicago Fire, including this list of lessons from the Great Chicago Fire.
  • The candle has a humorous label making it a funny and unique gift, especially for someone from Chicago or interested in Chicago history.
  • The label has fun facts about the Great Chicago Fire, making it an entertaining and informative candle.
  • The surface of the candle is gray, to represent how everything was charred and covered in smoke and ash after the fire.
  • All of our candles are hand-poured in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • The gift wrap features a paper cutout of a cow, in honor of the legend that the Great Chicago Fire was started by Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
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Great Chicago Fire-Scented Candle

Great Chicago Fire-Scented Candle

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The Great Chicago Fire-Scented Candle smells like woodsmoke, and the surface features wax replicas of real buildings that were damaged in the fire, including:

  • The Palmer House Hotel. You can still stay at the original Palmer House Hotel today! (But it is mostly rubble and located at the bottom of Lake Michigan.)

  • The Waterworks. If there’s one building that you REALLY don’t want to catch on fire, it’s the one that provides your firefighters with water.

  • The Court House. After the fire, the Court House bell was melted down and made into other, smaller bells that were sold as souvenirs. (Which is, admittedly, a better idea for a souvenir than this candle.)

One thing you will not find on this candle is a cow, because that whole story about a cow knocking over a lantern was just a fabrication by some newspaper reporter, and if there’s one thing that candle consumers demand, it is historical accuracy.  (Also, cows are hard to make.) 

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Michelle in Chicago
An Excellent White Elephant Gift

This was a very well-received white elephant gift for my book club gift exchange. It did not hurt that my particular book club is based in Chicago and inadvertently read multiple books involving fire in the last year, and this month’s book actually had a passing reference to the great Chicago fire as well.

But more importantly, it is very funny and it smells like smoke!