abstract described is a transparent syneresis free candle which is substantially hydrocarbon free e g mineral oil free and paraffin wax free substantially stearic acid free and consistently maintained functional compositional integrity on use thereof the candle composition contains a gellant that is an ester terminated polyamide or a tertiary amide terminated polyamide a non hydrocarbon solvent which is a vegetable derived fatty acid ester and a system compatible functional fragrance composition an insect repellent composition and or an air freshener composition the candle can be a pillar candle which is free standing or a container candle application_number US 2263601 A description as stated herein the gellant used in the candle article of our invention is in the alternative or in combination a at least one ester terminated polyamide or b at least one tertiary amide terminated polyamide preferable ester terminated polyamides useful in the practice of our invention are those disclosed in u s pat no 5 998 570 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference and include those ester terminated polyamides prepared by reacting u201c x u201d equivalents of a dicarboxylic acid wherein at least 50 of those equivalents are from polymerized fatty acid u201c y u201d equivalents of ethylenediamine and u201c z u201d equivalents of an alcohol which is in the alternative or in combination cetyl alcohol and or stearyl alcohol wherein more preferably the ester terminated polyamide is one of a group having a weight average molecular weight of about 6000 and a softening point in the range of from 88 u00b0 c up to 94 u00b0 c prepared by reacting u201c x u201d equivalents of c 36 dicarboxylic acid u201c y u201d equivalents of ethylenediamine and u201c z.