Susana V.
Yelp
This is a beautiful tiny gem of a store. For those of us who love candles, this is a must visit! Being the oldest candle company in the world, there's something mysterious and fascinating about their scents and look that draws you in and you can't look away or stop smelling. The brand is as unique as it comes, so if you are looking for a luxury candle like you have never smell before, this is a must have! The brand, location, and the store itself get a definitely 5 star!
My review is about the service and the terrible experience I had. I walked in with a friend excited to visit the place for the first time. There was just one associate behind a counter looking down who barely acknowledges us. As we are walking through the tiny place, my friend asks me which one is the popular mint scent, I refer to it as the "mojito scent" and I don't see it out. The lady from behind the counter starts trying to tell my friend which one it is like if it was a flea market! "This one, that one, no to your right" I mean, I'm going to be paying how much for a candle and you can't get up from what looks like a stool from where we were and show us? She finally walks over and shows us as quickly as she went back to whatever she was doing. My friend knows I am a little candle obsessed so she asked me a question about why one of the candles was cracking on the edges or separating from the glass, and I said I thought these were paraffin and tried to tell my friend what I thought (which is not a whole lot) when the sweet sales associate interrupts me pretty much yelling from her throne behind the counter saying that they were not paraffin, that they were vegetable wax. This is great information that as a consumer I would love to have, but not thrown at me with that attitude. She asked who had said that they were paraffin and then said something about competitors. At this point, I don't even know what else she said because I stopped listening as she wasn't even looking up at us. I mean we were the only costumers in the super tiny store and she could not stop what she was doing and educate us and... I don't know, wild idea, but maybe do her job and try to sell something? All of this happened in about 5 minutes on a Friday afternoon around 4:30pm. I would give it 1 star for this experience, but I like the fact that I now know they are not paraffin wax candles even though it was thrown at me like a wet rag over a fire. Maybe the lady at the Brazilian store a couple of doors down just set the bar too high, because she was so sweet, the complete opposite.
I am not one to complain about these things, but this was bad!