{"id":27055,"date":"2026-02-26T13:26:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotelparigi2.it\/?p=27055"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:28:31","slug":"candele-pernici-storia-della-candela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotelparigi2.it\/en\/candele-pernici-storia-della-candela\/","title":{"rendered":"PERNICI CANDLES \u2013 THE HISTORY OF THE CANDLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"product\"><div class=\"product\"><p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Cereria Pernici is a leading candle manufacturer. Founded in 1892, the business has grown over the decades from a simple family-run enterprise into a comprehensive industrial complex capable of meeting any requirement. All candles are produced using selected, high-quality raw materials (such as pure cotton wicks and non-toxic dyes) and are handmade. A history spanning 130 years, rooted in the centuries-old tradition from which the objects we now call candles derive.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">It is a story stretching back millennia, during which the \u201ccandle\u201d has undergone major changes and developments to reach the form we all know and love today. First of all, period texts and illustrations do not allow us to establish with certainty whether the lamps (in use since the end of the 2nd century BC) correspond to our definition of a candle or are simply wax torches. Nevertheless, we know that, long before torches and candles came into being, people\u2019s homes were lit by oil lamps and lanterns.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Of course, the use of torches inevitably led to the production of soot and strong (often unbearable) odours. It was probably only after the birth of Christ that a form of candle similar to what we know today was developed: wax that is made to burn around a wick (without the need for a container). The Romans further developed this concept, creating short wax candles capable of burning indoors without producing soot. In the centuries that followed, largely thanks to Christianity, the use of candles saw a significant surge.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">During the Middle Ages, beeswax candles became increasingly widespread (a very expensive commodity available only to certain privileged sections of the population). In most homes, tallow candles (made from beef kidney fat) were used, which gave off a pungent, rancid smell (a situation completely at odds with today\u2019s, where candles are produced and used primarily for their fragrances).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">In the centuries that followed, candles became increasingly widespread (particularly in the \u201chigh-society salons\u201d of the middle classes), and, despite a number of innovations (such as the bleaching of the candles themselves, thanks to the use of a particular oil extracted from the skull bones of the sperm whale), candles continued to suffer from a common problem: \u201cwax dripping\u201d. It was only in the last century that new raw materials (such as paraffin and stearin) were discovered and put to use, and the wick was significantly improved, thereby finally eliminating the problem of \u201cwax dripping\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">This brings us to the present day, where businesses such as Cereria Pernici, by combining tradition and innovation, are carrying on this long history, further developing this object which has accompanied collective human history over the last few millennia and which will continue to be part of it in the future. Indeed, one of the core values underpinning all of Cereria Pernici\u2019s work is respect for the environment. This is why the vegetable-based waxes used are free from animal by-products and are completely non-toxic; furthermore, the wicks can be made of pure cotton (and therefore free from lead and nylon) or wood.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Thanks to this rigorous production process, which still involves hand-crafted moulds, Cereria plays its part in preserving and continuing the tradition of this essential tool.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La\u00a0Cereria\u00a0Pernici \u00e8 un\u2019azienda leader nella produzione di candele.\u00a0L\u2019attivit\u00e0, nata nel 1892, si \u00e8 sviluppata nel corso dei decenni passando da una semplice\u00a0gestione\u00a0familiare\u00a0a\u00a0un articolato complesso industriale in grado di soddisfare qualsiasi esigenza. 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