CPSC, Bath & Body Works Announce Recall of Votive Candles
Home product recall 04-101. Announced by CPSC on Mar 18, 2004.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Mar 18, 2004. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- 733,000 units, as CPSC gives them
- Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
These votive candles can burn with a high flame or irregular flame posing a fire hazard to consumers.
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What should you do?
Consumers should stop using these recalled votive candles immediately and return them to any Bath & Body Works or The White Barn Candle Company store for a merchandise credit, merchandise exchange, or a full cash refund.
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- How to reach the firm: For more information, call Bath & Body Works and The White Barn Candle Company at (800) 395-1001 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. (ET) Monday through Friday. Visit the company’s website at: www.bathandbodyworks.com
Which ones are recalled?
The votive candles were sold individually and in sets. A label on the bottom of the votive candle reads: Real Essence 1½” x 2½”. The specific recalled votive candles are: Rosewood Tea; Lilac Blossom; Vintage Leather; Brushed Suede; Warm Vanilla Sugar; Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin; Spiced Cider; and Amber Myrrh. These votive candles were also sold in a six-pack set: Lilac Blossom, Spiced Cider, and Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin. In addition, Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin was sold in “the scented home quartet” set. This recall does not apply to any other Real Essence votive candles.
733,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Real Essence votive candles.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 3 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Bath and Body Works, Columbus, Ohio.
- Made by The White Barn Candle Company, Columbus, Ohio.
- Bath and Body Works and The White Barn Candle Company stores nationwide sold these votive candles and sets, from March 2003 to February 2004, for $1.25 to $18.00.
- Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
The company has received nine complaints of votive candles burning with high flame, two of which involved minor injuries.
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What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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