Matt Cengia quoted The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
Hyggelige as they may be, there is one serious drawback to being crazy about candles: the soot. Studies show that lighting just one candle fills the air with microparticles more severely than traffic in a busy street.
— The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking (5%)
Oof, that's a lot of soot! I love the idea of candles, but this feels like a non-starter unless I were to get an air purifier too.