• Wick™ Candle Warmer Lamp in Ivory — opaline glass globe on a chrome arm over a solid wood base tray
  • Wick™ glowing on an oak bedside table, melting a pillar candle without a flame
  • A hand setting a candle into the recessed well of the Wick™ wood base
  • Wick™ detail — opaline glass shade, polished chrome arm, solid wood base
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★★★★★ 4.8 31 reviews

Wick™ Candle Warmer Lamp

Wick™ Candle Warmer Lamp

All the scent. None of the smoke.

$149.90
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No open flameEnds candle sootFull melt poolWarm amber glow

Heat from above, not below

A warm bulb sits directly above the wax and melts it from the surface down at around 55°C, so fragrance oil lifts off gently instead of being burnt away by a flameHeat lands across the whole candle surface rather than one hot spot, so the melt pool runs edge to edge and the wax by the glass gets used instead of tunnellingThe opaline glass globe diffuses the bulb into a soft amber wash, so it works as a genuine bedside lamp rather than a gadget with a bulb in it
Opaline glass shadePolished chrome armSolid wood base
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A candle warmer lamp that melts your candle from above with a warm bulb instead of a flame — so you get the full scent, a clean edge-to-edge melt pool, and no soot, no smoke and nothing to blow out. Hand-blown opaline glass globe on a polished chrome arm over a solid wood base tray.

Product Info

Opaline glass shade, polished chrome arm, solid wood base

Material

One size — approx. 26 cm tall · base Ø 15 cm · globe Ø 14 cm

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Overview

You paid forty pounds for a candle and it is burning a tunnel straight down the middle. The wax around the edge never goes anywhere. The inside of the glass is grey. There is a thread of black smoke coming off it, and you cannot leave the room while it is lit, which means the one hour you actually wanted it — the hour you fall asleep — is the hour it has to be out.

Wick™ never lights the wick. A small warm bulb sits inside the opaline glass globe, directly above the candle, and heats the surface of the wax from the top down. Wax melts at around 50–60°C; a flame burns at over a thousand. That gap is the whole product. The fragrance oil lifts off gently and evenly instead of being burnt off in a column, so you get the top notes the maker actually blended — and you get them from the full width of the candle, because the heat lands across the whole surface rather than in one hot spot.

What that means in the room: no soot on the jar, no smoke line up the wall behind the shelf, no burnt-match smell when it goes out, and nothing to blow out. The candle sits in a recessed well in the solid wood base, so if it does weep there is a lip to catch it. And because the globe is opaline rather than clear, the bulb reads as a soft amber lamp rather than a bare light — warm enough to leave on while you read, low enough to leave on while you fall asleep.

Three shades, all warm. Ivory is the quiet one — it disappears into a cream or oak room and glows almost white. Amber throws the most colour and is the one to pick if the lamp is doing the mood in the room. Terracotta is the deepest, closest to a low fire, and sits best against olive or plaster walls.

Care

Unplug it and let the bulb cool completely before you touch the globe — it gets hot, that is the point of it. Dust the glass with a dry microfibre cloth; if it needs more, breathe on it and wipe, and never spray cleaner near the fitting. Wipe spilled wax out of the wood well while it is still warm and soft, with a dry paper towel, rather than chipping it out cold. Do not put water on the wood base or oil it — a dry cloth is enough, and oil will darken it unevenly around the well. If the bulb goes, let it cool, lift the globe and swap it for the same rating; a brighter bulb will overheat the wax and scorch the fragrance.

Materials

Hand-blown opaline glass globe shade, a single polished chrome gooseneck arm with a black nylon tip, and a solid wood base tray with a turned recessed candle well. Takes a standard replaceable warming bulb, included and pre-fitted. US two-pin plug with a 1.5 m black cord and an inline switch. Overall height is approximately 26 cm, the wood base is approximately 15 cm across and the glass globe approximately 14 cm — these are measured from the supplier's shipped carton and a reference votive rather than a factory drawing, so treat them as close approximations. The well takes standard votive and pillar candles up to roughly 8 cm tall and 7 cm wide.

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Wick™ glowing on an oak bedside table, melting a pillar candle without a flame

A lamp that happens to melt wax

On a nightstand it reads as a small warm lamp first and a candle warmer second. The opaline globe throws a low amber wash up the wall — enough to read a page by, dim enough to leave on as you drift off, and there is no flame in the room to remember to put out.

A hand setting a candle into the recessed well of the Wick™ wood base

Drop a candle in, switch it on

The candle sits in a turned well in the wood base, centred under the globe, and the lip catches anything that weeps. No matches, no lighter, no trimming the wick. Give it eight to ten minutes and the scent is in the room.

Wick™ detail — opaline glass shade, polished chrome arm, solid wood base

Glass, chrome and solid wood

Hand-blown opaline glass rather than moulded acrylic, a single polished chrome arm with no visible joint, and a solid wood base with the grain running through it. Three materials, no plastic on show — which is why it can sit out on a nightstand all year instead of living in a cupboard.

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★★★★★

My expensive candles finally burn evenly

I had two half-tunnelled jars sitting in a drawer because the wick had drowned and I couldn't get them lit again. Both are usable under this — it melted the whole top flat in about fifteen minutes and now the wax is going down level. Got the Ivory. It is warmer than I expected in a good way, more like a low lamp than a white bulb.

Hannah W.

Verified buyer

★★★★★

Bought it because of the cat

We stopped burning candles entirely after she knocked one off the shelf. This solves it — nothing to knock over that is on fire, and the wood base is heavy enough that she can't shift it. It does get properly hot around the top of the globe so I wouldn't put it somewhere a child could reach up to it. Terracotta, which is darker than it looks online and I prefer that.

Marcus D.

Verified buyer

★★★★★

Scent is softer, not weaker

I'll be honest, the first ten minutes I thought it wasn't working because there's no obvious hit of fragrance the way there is when you light one. Come back in half an hour and the whole room smells of it, and it's the actual scent rather than the smoky version. Amber shade. Cord is a decent length, though it comes out of the side rather than the back so it's slightly visible.

Ines V.

Verified buyer

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Frequently asked questions

Do I still light the candle?
No — and you shouldn't. The wick stays unlit. A warm bulb inside the glass globe sits directly above the candle and melts the surface of the wax from the top down. If you light the wick as well you get a flame trapped a few centimetres under hot glass, which is both a fire risk and a fast way to crack the shade. Switch the lamp on, leave the wick alone.
Which candles fit in it?
The recessed well in the wood base takes standard votives and pillars up to roughly 8 cm tall and 7 cm across — which covers most 200 g jar candles and nearly all votives. Glass jars work best because they hold the melt pool; a bare pillar works too, but stand it in the well rather than on the flat so any weeping is caught. Very tall jars won't fit under the globe, and a very wide three-wick will melt unevenly because the heat is a single circle.
Is the scent as strong as burning it?
It arrives differently. Burning gives you a sharp hit in the first minutes and then dulls as the oil closest to the flame is destroyed. Warming builds slowly — give it eight to ten minutes before you judge it — then holds steady for hours, and because the oil isn't being burnt you keep the lighter top notes the maker blended in. Most people describe it as softer but truer, and a candle lasts noticeably longer because you're not consuming wax.
Is it bright enough to actually use as a lamp?
As a mood lamp, yes. The opaline glass diffuses the bulb into a soft warm wash that is comfortable to read a page by at close range and pleasant to leave on in a dark room. It is not a task light and won't light a whole room — think bedside glow or a shelf in the evening, not a desk lamp.
What happens when the bulb goes?
It's a standard replaceable warming bulb, and one comes fitted. Unplug it, let everything cool properly — the globe holds heat for a while — then lift the shade and swap it. Use the same wattage: a brighter bulb runs hotter, scorches the fragrance oil rather than lifting it, and can discolour the wax. Don't fit an LED, because an LED makes light without the heat that does the actual work.
Can I leave it on, and what plug does it have?
It ships with a US two-pin plug and an inline switch on the cord. Because there's no flame you can safely leave it running while you read or fall asleep, which is the main reason people buy one — but treat it like any heat lamp: keep it on a hard level surface, not on fabric or a stack of books, keep it clear of curtains, and switch it off when you leave the house for the day. The globe and the metal collar do get hot in use, so let it cool before you move it.

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