After spending $100 on a fancy candle that burnt out within a couple of hours, Vancouver Candle Company founder Nick Rabuchin decided to start making his own. Tested to perfection to ensure maximum burn time and fragrance throw, each candle is hand-poured in their Vancouver studio using only the finest local ingredients.

Besides featuring premium soy wax blends, lead free cotton wicks and perfume grade fragrance oils custom blended after Vancouver neighbourhoods, candle holders can be re-purposed as drinking glasses. So raise a toast to your neighbourhood: Point Grey, Strathcona, Fairview, Gastown and Kitsilano. $35

- PB