Fake Dating soy candle, a fake dating candle with cranberry, apple jam, and warm spice notes, hand-poured by Aarka Origins.

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Fake Dating Soy Candle – Fake Dating Candle for Book Lovers – Cranberry + Apple Jam + Warm Spices

Name: Fake Dating Soy Candle – Fake Dating Candle for Book Lovers – Cranberry + Apple Jam + Warm Spices
Brand: Aarka Origins - Handmade Book Lovers' Soy Candles
Price: 29.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$29.99

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8oz Amber Jar

4oz Black Tin

Wax Melt

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A Fake Dating Candle for the Trope That Never Fails

Scents: Cranberry · Apple Jam · Warm Spices · Hand-poured in: North Carolina, USA · From: $11.99 (wax melts)

This fake dating candle is a family kitchen at Christmas with two people lying very badly in it — cranberry sharp on the stove, apple jam thickening, and enough spice in the air to cover almost anything.

Light it for holiday romance, small-town December, and the exact chapter where the pretending stops being pretending and nobody says so out loud. Like every Aarka Origins candle, it is truly handmade: hand-poured in small batches in North Carolina from 100% pure soy wax, with no paraffin and no blends.

Scent Notes

CRANBERRY · APPLE JAM · WARM SPICES
Fragrance family: Fruity & Spiced

Why Book Lovers Choose Fake Dating

Truly handmade — poured, wicked, and checked by hand in North Carolina, not run off an industrial line with an "artisan" label added later.
100% pure soy wax — no paraffin, no blends; a clean, even burn through long reading sessions.
Non-toxic — phthalate-free, dye-free, vegan, cruelty-free fragrance oils; safe to burn in bedrooms, nurseries, and small reading nooks.
Lead-free cotton wick — a steady, quiet flame that will not compete with the story on the page.
Honest pricing — wax melts from $11.99, while comparable bookish candles elsewhere often run $18–30+.

Cranberry is tart to the point of thin, and it needs a body to work in wax. The apple jam accord does that job here — thick, cooked, and sweet enough to carry the fruit, with spice bridging the two. It is a warmer blend than most cranberry candles and holds through a long burn. Hand-poured in North Carolina from 100% pure soy.

Fake Dating — Frequently Asked Questions

What does the fake dating candle smell like?

A kitchen in December. The fake dating candle is tart cranberry over cooked apple and warm spice — festive without going anywhere near pine or peppermint.

Is this a good gift for a romance reader?

It is one of the easiest gifts in the range for a trope-loving reader, and the name does most of the work. Wax melts from $11.99 make it a natural book-club or secret-santa gift.

Is this candle handmade and 100% soy?

It is. Fake Dating is hand-poured in small batches at Aarka Origins' North Carolina shop from 100% pure soy wax — no paraffin, no wax blends, no dyes, and a lead-free cotton wick. The fragrance oils are phthalate-free, vegan, and never tested on animals.

Trim the wick to 1/4" before each burn and keep burns to about two hours at a time for the cleanest, most even melt pool. Browse the full book lover soy candle collection.