Alchemy

When Portland shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about candles, none of the 30 answers names Alchemy. #57 of 86 local candle shops; AI names Penrose Candles in 24.

AI answers that name it0 of 30
  • ChatGPT0 of 10
  • Perplexity0 of 10
  • Google AI Mode0 of 10

Leader: Penrose Candles, 24 of 30

Asked on 29 October 2026

Alchemy

  • 4.4 · 62 Google reviews
  • 3808 N Williams Ave #126, Portland, OR 97227
  • Candles
  • alchemyandfriends.com

More Google reviews than 42% of the candle shops in Portland. Yet AI names 24 other candle shops here, Penrose Candles first, with 36 reviews.

What AI answers instead

A shopper asks ChatGPT: “best candle shop in Portland”. The answer names:

  1. Wildwood Candle Co.
  2. All Burn Wax
  3. Mister OK's Essentials
  4. Penrose Candles

Alchemy is not in it, or in any of the other 29 answers.

The 10 questions we asked

Each asked in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode. A tick: at least one answer to it names Alchemy or links its site.

  1. best candle shop in Portland
  2. where to buy handmade candles in Portland
  3. local candle makers in Portland
  4. soy candles made in Portland
  5. candle store in Portland with online ordering
  6. best place to buy candle gifts in Portland
  7. luxury candles in Portland
  8. natural candle shop in Portland
  9. custom scented candles in Portland
  10. which local candle shop in Portland do people recommend

What AI finds on alchemyandfriends.com

A free check of the store's home page, robots.txt and llms.txt, on 3 November 2026. These are the signals AI assistants read first.

alchemyandfriends.com did not open for us on 3 November 2026. If AI assistants cannot open it either, they cannot read it.

Stores like it that AI names

Close in Google rating and reviews.

Nearby, in 97227

Other candle shops with the same ZIP code.

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