Fruit of the Lumia

02.11.2009

The Bite:
imagePrefer taking it all off in softer light? Underwear-ever you do it, flip off the switches and set the mood with Lumia Organic's votive or pillar candles. The hand-poured, organic soy wax comes in seven scents (our pick: Evergreen - with pine, spruce, and fir essential oils - had us thinking we're in a cozy mountain retreat). They're pretty too - it looks kinda like they melted down a few Fruit o' the Looms talking grapes and apples for color (actually, they are from vegetable dyes). Soy wax is biodegradable and, unlike conventional paraffin candles, doesn't release toxins (like formaldehyde and toluene) or deplete Earth's stash of petroleum. Plus, LO's burners last 30% longer - so you can stretch out that striptease...
Wanna Try: 
Lumia Organic, available online and at Sunflower Farmers Market, 4700 W. 38th Ave. Map It (303-433-2350). Set of three Evergreen votives (includes reusable glass votive holder), $10.
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Cocktail Fact

F. Murray Abraham, who won an Oscar for his performance as Salieri in Amadeus, started his career by playing the fig leaf in the Fruit of the Loom commercials.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 Denver Biters opt for a soy candle instead a petroleum one, we'll conserve the weight of a talking fruit guy in oil.

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