• 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

$25.00 USD
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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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