The Candle Shop — Local services in Town of Chester

So, whenever I am setting out to sightsee and get information for a review, I always check in with the owner/employees of a place in order to let them know why I'm taking pictures and to ask if there's anything special that people should know. Peter (the owner/craftsman for 55 years) told me that he really didn't want a review, because he didn't want people to have expectations or to be directed to a certain way of thinking. He really wanted people to come in and be surprised, and have their own genuine experience, and I totally understand that. As such, you won't find any interior pictures of the shop with my review. (You'll have to go see for yourself! 😉)

Please go, because the candles are all handmade by a real person who is a delight. And if you're lucky, he'll have his car, 'Sunshine', sitting out front to...

We visited in the summer and had a very bad experience with the owner. When I went in I admired the candles and then asked what the candles were made with. My husband and I have allergies so we have to be careful what we are using in the house. The owner just looked and me and would not answer my question. He said that he has been making candles for 20 years and nobody has ever complained about them. I then tried again, as nicely as I could, to ask whether the fragrance in his candles was a natural fragrance. He now was annoyed at my questions and said "I don't think my candles are for you" and then just walked to the back of his store. Basically, he kicked us out of the store. This was the rudest store owner I...

This was truly the most amazing experience I’ve ever had in a store. The owner, Peter, welcomed us as if we were old family members. He told us stories, and shared the history of his candles. We decided to purchase one, but before ringing us up he took our hands and we said a prayer together to bless us and offer a safe passage on our journeys in life. He told us that our presence was so uplifting that he owed us and wanted us to have the candle for free. I’m genuinely spechless. If you are in or around Sugar Loaf, you MUST visit him and this idyllic shop that will take you...