athenæum

Hope Street Candle Co. candles are hand poured in Rhode Island with reusable containers, soy wax, and cotton wicks.

aromatic notes: mahogany, leather, and brandy 

pairs well with: cozying up with a book after a stroll among providence's historic streets

step into a world surrounded by tens of thousands of books, library ladders, stately busts, and card catalogs. The Providence Athenæum, named one of the most beautiful libraries in the world, has welcomed readers, writers, and thinkers for almost two centuries. Its Greek temple-inspired exterior contains a glowing center of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and creaky floorboards trod by generations of lovers of literature, including Edgar Allan Poe.

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