Forbidden Fruit: 2026 PRIDE Candle

Sweet, juicy, and impossible to ignore. Forbidden Fruit blends ripe melon, bright kiwi, and sun-soaked strawberry with a warm amber depth lingering beneath the surface.

It smells like June in Chicago. Rainbow flags catching the breeze. Music spilling into the street. A vodka soda sweating in your hand. Sunlight on bare shoulders and nowhere important to be.

Bright, playful, and indulgent enough to feel a little dangerous — it's the energy of locking eyes across a crowded room and already knowing how the story ends.

This year, Forbidden Fruit is doing more than making your home smell like Pride. Twenty-five percent of every candle sold will be donated to Center on Halsted, one of the nation's largest LGBTQ+ community centers. For more than 50 years, Center on Halsted has provided critical programs, resources, and support for LGBTQ+ Chicagoans.

So go ahead. Light the candle. Support the community. Taste the rainbow, fund the future.

Light it whenever you're craving more joy, more freedom, and a reason to stay out longer. 40 hours. Make them count.