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$0.20–0.25/h), a premium that reflects the shift from petroleum wax to soy, small-batch Montreal pouring, and phthalate-free fragrance oils — for buyers who value natural ingredients and local artistry over purely extended burn time, this is the price of entry to a cleaner, Canadian-made home fragrance.","position_between_mass_market_and_luxury_tiers":"The Moodgie candle's $0.70/h burn rate places it in the mid-tier premium segment — well above mass-market paraffin offerings like Yankee Candle (~$0.25/h) but sharply below niche luxury labels such as Diptyque, whose Baies 190g votive runs $90 for 50–60 hours (about $1.50–1.80/h), meaning a buyer gets soy wax, a designed-in-Canada story, and daily-burn economics at roughly one-third the luxury cost."},"entry_quotes":{"hand_poured_in_montreal":[{"url":"https://moodgie.ca/en/products/candle-sweet-amber-tonka-beans","quote":"Hand-poured in our Montreal 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