A New Form of Dragons Blood Found

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HUNTSVILLE, AL November 26, 2003
Dragon’s Blood, a resin from the fruit of the Dragon Palm Tree, has a smell that is quite complex; it is considered sweet, warm, gentle, woodsy, and deep. Connoisseurs of exotic scents know this magically named fragrance primarily as an incense stick affair. Los Tomases Candle Makers LLC, however, now captures this unique scent in votive candle form.

The candle manufacturer began offering Dragon’s Blood scented votive candles through its online store www.OnlyVotives.com November 23, 2003. “Our research shows people are looking for this scent, but are surprised to find it captured in a fine votive candle” says Bill Peer, President and CEO of Los Tomases Candle Makers LLC. Informal queries by the candle maker at a recent show confirmed Peer’s conclusions. “During a showcase of holiday gifts, we asked a number of customers what they would think of a Dragon’s Blood votive, and there was definitely a lot of interest” Peer continued.

Adding Dragon’s Blood to the line up is not trivial. With almost 60 years of votive making experience, the candle company has learned to fully study how best to blend scents, color, and wax for optimal scent throw and burn attributes. According to Lamar Sloan, Senior Vice President and the company’s Master Candle Craftsman, each fragrance has its own set of characteristics and complexities that must be taken into account. “We start with our base formula, and then do a lot of testing and tweaking until we find the right balance; if we don’t, we won’t add that particular scented votive to our list” Sloan says.

According to the company, the deep red votive will burn for fifteen or more hours and continuously emit scent if placed into the right holder. “Because we actually blend our scent and wax together and don’t merely spray it on, we get scent emission throughout the entire burn of the votive” Peer says. The technique of spraying on scent is commonly applied to imported candles sold at discount stores.

Los Tomases Candle Makers LLC has taken an exotic scent traditionally found in incense sticks and successfully migrated it to votive candles. The company has made the Dragon’s Blood votive available to candle people everywhere through its online store, www.OnlyVotives.com.

About Los Tomases Candle Makers LLC
Known as the source for hard to find quality votives, Los Tomases Candle Makers LLC offers over fifty different flavors of the finest scented votive candles. The company maintains its reputation for consistently producing the finest votives by using the same machines and processes since 1944. Through its online store http://www.OnlyVotives.com, Los Tomases Candle Makers offers free shipping within the continental United States.