I was blown away by how these candles and packaging were, and I couldn’t wait to dive into the past. I would like to thank KLEIO for allowing me to enjoy this extraordinary sensory journey. Instead, they work with historians and historical institutes to create unique experiences for their time travelers so that they can enhance the history learning experience. They do more than just take random scents from the past and make candles. Now I know what you are thinking, why review candles? What does this have to do with history books and the past? Here is the cool part about KLEIO. The face of Kleio faces the left to honor the past. They are named after the Greek muse of history, Kleio (or Clio), their emblem. Look no further than KLEIO, a small United States business that wants to give its customers, who they refer to as “time travelers,” a sensory journey into the past through their custom-made candles. The cooks get a general idea of what kitchens might have smelled like, but what about the average history nerds who want to understand what pleasant scents the past might include? How can a casual history nerd experience a sensory journey from the past?

There are tons of historical costume designers, musicians who specialize in tunes from the past, dedicated caretakers who work hard to preserve homes from the past, and cooks who want to experience what past delicacies tasted like and understand the diets from centuries long ago. Have you ever read a history book or watched a historical drama and dreamed of going back in time to know what the past was like? Since time travel is still something from science fiction, we can only experience history through one sense at a time.

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