The World's First Air-Purifying Candle.

A 12 oz (340 g) blend of soy at 55%, coconut at 35% and beeswax at 10%, with three lead-free cotton wicks, in a matte cream glass jar with a gold metal lid. Scent, where there is any, comes from essential oils. There is no paraffin, no phthalate, no dye and no synthetic fragrance. The wax also carries a trace of metallic silver at roughly 10 micrograms per gram.

Wax particles leave the flame, each carrying a trace of silver, and attract other particles in the air. Where the wax touches another particle, the silver inactivates it, and together they grow heavy and fall. It works only while the candle is burning. This is not a device that treats a room and then stops.

Glow Guardian is tested as a complete system. Current evidence supports the performance of the finished candle, while research continues to quantify how much each individual pathway contributes.

Chamber testing was carried out at ARE Labs between 2024 and 2025, under AHAM and ASHRAE 241 air-cleaner protocols. In controlled room-sized chamber testing, every tested virus and bacteria surrogate showed at least 87.9% net reduction after one hour and at least 99.15% after two hours.

Every figure is net of untreated control chambers. The lab reports are on the science page.

The maximum airborne silver measured while the candle burned was 1.01 ng/m³ — at least 800× below the NIOSH recommended exposure limit and at least 9,900× below the OSHA permissible exposure limit. It was measured under Good Laboratory Practice conditions in a residential-room simulation against a control candle, by filter sampling and ICP-MS.

About 40 hours, at roughly 8 grams per hour. One candle is suited to a room of about 150–250 ft²; in larger or open-plan spaces, use more than one. Trim the wicks before each burn, use on a stable level surface, and keep away from drafts, children and pets.

Deliberately restrained. Most of this category competes on throw strength. This one does not — the scent is meant to be noticed when you walk in and then leave you alone. If you would rather have none at all, 07 Tranquility is unscented.

It comes down to taste. All four share the same wax, wicks and jar. Only the essential oils change, and 07 Tranquility has none at all.

$3 a candle, free on three or more. Orders ship within three to five business days. Returns run 30 days from delivery, unused and in the original packaging.

Shipping and returns has the full details.

It is a non-toxic candle in the sense that word is used for candles: no paraffin, no phthalates, no dyes, no synthetic fragrance, and lead-free cotton wicks. The wax is soy, coconut and beeswax, and the scent, where there is any, is essential oil. The wax also carries a trace of pure silver. The silver that reaches the air during a burn was measured on its own, and those figures are on the safety page.

A candle designed to do more than simply scent a room. Glow Guardian is tested against airborne microbial particles in controlled chamber conditions, as a complete, finished candle. It works only while the candle is burning, and it is not a medical device or a substitute for ventilation. The lab reports are on the science page.