Park City and Summit County News
When the days get shorter, the light gets more golden and the scent of probable-human-caused wildfire is in the air 24/7, you know it’s autumn in Park City. This season’s collection of scented candles inspired by Park City will take you on a journey from the glittering top of Main Street to the wintery depths of your cold, dark soul. The all-new Fall 2024 collection is handcrafted from a custom blend of Utah beeswax, all-natural fragrance oils and melted bachelorette-party penis straws. peppermint candle
Dude, I Just Wanna Skate
Got road rage on a road bike? Feeling more cranky than a broken crankshaft? Dude, when some Gary Peacock turns crazy as a loon, it’s time to chill the frick out with this skateboard-shaped candle. Trust me, bruh — you’re not leaving, YOU’RE NOT LEAVING until you get a whiff of these calming notes of patchouli, tar and sweaty flannel. Turn on your dashcam, fire up your iPhone, breathe in, breathe out and repeat after me: Gary is the new Karen. At least until the cops get there.
Ah, that fleeting lull when our overrun tourist town is returned back to the locals. Light this candle and let it burn for the 48 hours of peace and quiet between now and ski season. Savor the special moments: your mind, body and Ford Tacoma on cruise control along 248 before you come to a screeching halt behind a 12-ton dumptruck about to unload another pile of dirt by the old 40. Focus your gaze on the endless line of heavy-duty reflective cones and feel the tension in your upper body release. When lit, it emits tiny black clouds of exhaust and notes of overturned earth, heavy metal and old toilets.
Toss your jack-o’-lanterns. Ditch the stretchy, fake spider webs. Deflate the 12-foot Halloween alien. Decorative gourd season is so over. Put this candle next to your bed to remind you every single morning that you’re already woefully behind on your Christmas shopping. A provocative blend of stale candy corn, industrial floor cleaner, Lil’ Pine Tree air freshener and the inside of a clearance-aisle Phantom Clown mask.
What the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks
WTH is the candle that transports you back to that unforgettable night on the rooftop at No Name when you and your girlfriends naively believed the entire Utah Hockey Club was actually a group of adorable Canadian landscapers with dental issues. Hints of Vulcanized rubber, fry sauce, warm beer and a shotski full of Jägermeister. When life’s got you sitting in the penalty box, this candle is all you need to re-center, block out the noise and kick the Blackhawks’ ass.
There’s No Place Like LoPa
Inspired by autumn days on Lower Park Avenue: drinking après-MTB PBRs out of the back of a pickup truck in First Time parking lot. Sitting on a broken, plastic Adirondack chair while the pooch sniffs his way through the brown-patched lawn at Library Field. Getting harassed at the skate park by a middle-aged man in Lycra. LoPa has top notes of Slurpees and roller dogs and distinctive base notes of skunk and last season’s ski boot liners. Hey, it might not be Main Street, but it’s still as Old Town as it gets.
flameless candlesticks The Park Record newspaper publishes twice weekly in Park City, Utah, and has been serving Summit County since 1880.