How to extinguish.

Three ways to put a candle out. In order of preference:

The lid. If the candle has one, use it. The flame suffocates immediately, the residual smoke is trapped inside the glass, and the wick stays straight. The next light is cleaner.

The wick dipper. A small brass tool, hooked at the end. Press the wick into the wax pool, then lift it back out. The flame goes out without smoke; the wick is automatically primed for the next burn.

And the third way, the one we ask you not to use:

Your breath. It scatters wax onto the rim, blows soot into the room, and almost always leaves the wick crooked. The candle will smoke for fifteen minutes after, and the next light will be sooty.

We sell wick dippers in brass, six pounds. We do not sell breath.