A portable apparatus for dispensing a volatile substance and for delivering light, comprising: a lantern (10) comprising a housing (12), such that said housing comprises at least one base (14), a bell (16) and a part superior (18)； an assembly (44) disposed in said housing to accommodate the fuel cartridge (40)； a tube (50) for supplying fuel from said fuel cartridge to a combustion nozzle (52)； a source of sparks (56) for igniting a fuel / air mixture for combustion in said combustion nozzle (52), such that said combustion comprises a heat source for volatilizing said volatilizable substance； a heating plate (34) disposed above said heat source； a tablet (29) having a volatilizable substance, arranged above said heating plate (34), such that said volatilizable substance is volatilized by the heat produced by said combustion in said heat source； said lantern (10) further comprising at least one light source, said light source being powered by electricity； such that said light source (62) and said heat source are independently controlled from each other.Un aparato portátil para dispensar una sustancia volatilizable y para suministrar luz, que comprende: un farol (10) que comprende una carcasa (12), tal que dicha carcasa comprende al menos una base (14), una campana (16) y una parte superior (18)； un conjunto (44) dispuesto en dicha carcasa para alojar el cartucho de combustible (40)； un tubo (50) para suministrar combustible desde dicho cartucho de combustible hasta una boquilla de combustión (52)； una fuente de chispas (56) para encender una mezcla de combustible/aire para una combustión en dicha boquilla de combustión (52), tal que dicha combustión comprende una fuente de calor para volatilizar dicha sustancia volatilizable； una placa calefactora (34) dispuesta arriba de dicha fuente de calor； una pastilla (29) que tiene una sustancia volatilizable, dispuesta arriba de dicha placa calefactora (34), tal que dicha sustancia volatilizable es volatilizada por el calor
