[CH] chile candles

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Alex and I were having a little off-list discussion, in part about 
how wonderful our respective homes smell when we enter, what with all 
of the drying of peppers going on.  Then, he mentioned that last 
night, when he went home, some misguided youth had opened the doors 
and lighted scented candles (the horror!), thus destroying that 
wonderful aura that is such an important part of fall.

It got me thinking - wouldn't chile-scented candles be cool?  Of 
course, scented candles work by atomizing scented oils incorporated 
into the wax.  And, perhaps a rom full of atomized capsaicin would be 
a Bad Thing.  But, don't really know without trying.  My eyes only 
water breifly at home right now, and that's only in the kitchen.

So...  does anyone know how to creat the scented oils used in candle 
making?  Surely it's just a matter of infusing some clean-burning, 
neutral-scented oil with the essence of whatever you want to smell. 
But, what oil, and how to infuse?  Then, of course, does anyone know 
how to make candles?  I remember making candles with parafin wax back 
in elementary school, but as I recall, they  didn't really burn that 
well..

I'm just thinking that a nice, bright red, cayenne-scented candle in 
one of those little "Yankee Candle Company" glass jars might be cool 
to have...

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Chad Gard, KB9WXQ
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