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INSTRUCTIONS

Full Instructions are on the back of the bottle of most every brand of Fragrance Lamp Oil. Make sure you read all the directions before proceeding.

1. Set Fragrance Lamp on a level, stable surface. Remove the Decorative/Open Shade and Solid Snuffer Cap.

2. Fill Fragrance Lamp no more than two thirds full with fragrance lamp oil using the small funnel. Dry off any spilt Lamp Oil carefully! NOTE: Your fragrance lamp will not function properly if it is too full! You may add as little fuel as you desire, but never more than 2/3 full.

3. Insert the Wick Stone into the Fragrance Lamp and REPLACE THE SOLID SNUFFER CAP ON THE LAMP.. Allow at least 20 minutes for the Wick Stone to absorb fragrance oil. (If the lamp does not stay hot, you MUST put the snuffer cap back on and wait another 20 minutes before lighting it again.)

4. Make sure the Fragrance Lamp is not near any flammable material. Light the Wick Stone (You will get a substantial flame... 2 to 4 inches tall) and leave the flame on for at least 2 minutes. The whole point to this is to get the wick stone up to operating temperature of 400 to 500 degrees. Blow out the flame after 2 to 4 minutes. Make sure you blow out the flame, do not assume it has gone out. The Wick Stone is now operating. There will be no flame but the burner stone will be very hot! You will damage the wick stone if you leave it burning with a full flame for longer than 4 minutes.

5. Place the Decorative/Open Shade over the Wick Stone. The Decorative Shade protects you from getting accidentally burned on the hot Wick Stone and also helps to hold the heat in the stone. Never put the Decorative/Open Shade on your Fragrance Lamp when the flame is burning.

6. To extinguish, remove the Decorative/Open Shade and place the Solid Snuffer Cap on the Wick Stone.



HISTORY OF FRAGRANCE LAMPS

Maurice Berger patented the Fragrance Lampe in Paris in June of 1898, hence the name Lampe Berger.

During the early 1900's, the Lamps were marketed to French institutions where hygiene was most important such as hospitals and mortuaries. The Lamps ability to purify the air was the primary selling point. At that time the lamps used methyl alcohol which gave off formaldehyde on combustion. It was efficient but smelled unpleasant.

In 1927, Maurice Berger sold the company to Jean-Jacques Faillot. He changed to ethyl alcohol which has the scent of Apples on combustion. This change moved the Lampe Berger Company into the consumer market and the fragrancing ability of the lampes became important. Faillot began collaborating with great bottle designers of the period including Galle, Lalique, Baccarat, Saint-Louis, Sabino and Tharaud. In the 1930's sales reached approximately 20,000 lamps a year. Exports began, but had mixed success.

The Lampe Berger Company suffered during WWII. Faillot died in October 1940 as a result of wounds he received when he was knocked down by German military vehicle in Paris. His son, Gilbert, succeeded him. To further the companies problems, raw materials became almost unobtainable.

By 1973, the Lampe Berger Company was producing 80,000 Fragrance Lampes per year. Fragrance Lampes were increasingly exported around the world. Through the 1990's Fragrance Lamps gained in popularity in the USA beginning in the east and spreading across the country. Many other Fragrance Lamp manufacturers entered the market with most Fragrance Lamp production moving to China.

Today, Fragrance Lampes are a quickly growing segment of the home fragrance and amp air purification market.



If your stone fails to light there are several potential causes

• The fragrance lamp oil may not be wicked up to the Wick Stone enough yet. Put on the Solid Snuffer Cap back on for another 20 minutes then try again to light your Fragrance Lamp. DO NOT try to light it right away as there is not enough fuel wicked up to get it up to operating temperature.
• Your Fragrance Lamp could be "over-wicked". If your Lamp was left exposed to the air for too long with the Solid Snuffer Cap off, it could buildup fragrance lamp oil in the stone. If so, hold the lighter flame to the stone longer (sometimes it takes several minutes), it should light once the oil deposits are dispersed.
• Your Wick Stone may have absorbed moisture from the air. The Isopropyl Alcohol in the fragrance lamp oil just loves to absorb water from any source available. Too much water and it will not burn no matter how long you hold a flame to it. In this case, pull the Wick Stone and let it completely dry out for about 24 hours in a warm dry non-humid location or even better, soak it in a sealed container filled with Unscented Wick Cleaner (pure high concentration isopropyl alcohol).
• Sometimes a Wick Stone can be “rejuvenated” by burning the “Unscented – Wick Cleaner” in the fragrance lamp for a few hours.
• The Wick Stone may just be all used up. Over time the catalytic metals in the wick get used up or coated with deposits and the wick stone is finished.