Candles

We have had guests, hence the paucity of posts. Tonight, at the end of our meal, I lit many candles and we basked in their glow...

I like candles, especially the scented sort. These were an assortment of vanilla, cinnamon and cloves - although the perfume seems to come mainly after they have been extinguished. Maybe all the delicate aromatic molecules are converted into something smaller and more robust in the flame, and it is only when this is gone that they can diffuse around the room with the smoke.