Scented Candles

Alfietinker

Another shout for Yankee. We had one for a Christmas present (Hyacinth) and even though there's only a couple of inches of wax left in the bottom (large jar) it's the only candle I've had that scents the whole of the downstairs. I looked at buying one the other day and couldn't believe the price so I bought a cheaper Homebase one instead. I can hardly smell that one. If I've got any money left at the end of the month I'm going to treat myself.

Biddyrolo

Well, after reading this I've just been on to the Yankee site and made my first order. I love scented candles but it's hard to find good ones so cheers everyone.

hazzie123

Thanks for all the info,will be looking into treating myself to an expensive but well worth the money one soon.

This time of year it`s gotta be a festive spice one,makes me feel more christmassy.

rosy

Cullumpster wrote:

Get yourself a cheap oil burner with quite a deep well for the water / oil

Can anyone give me suggestions where I can get a cheap but decent burner? I've only seen the ones by Yankee and I would have thought I could get one cheaper and plainer elsewhere, have looked in loads of likely shops today but no luck.
Also thanks to hazzie123 for original post, and to everyone else for the replies,a lot of questions I have had about scented candles have now been answered! ( now trying out my second Yankee sample candle - lemon lavender - which is lovely.)

tiff

I have this one in a shorter fatter version from Neals Yard

hazzie123

Mmmmmm lemon lavender sounds nice.There is so many scents what smell divine what make it so hard to choose.I wish I had the money to buy them all!

Has anyone tried making their own scented candles by melting down candles and adding essential oils? Dunno this would work?

MissScarlett_3

L'occitane candles are long lasting too, can recommend.

mrs_baggins

after reading this thread yesterday i went out at lunchtime , trawled through all of the shops to try and find some yankee candles with no joy. was just trudging back to work when I spotted a brand new candle shop- opened on saturday!!! just had to buy a couple of candle tart thingies!

Dumyat

another Yankee candle fan. Clean cotton is my favourite. I also have the car freshner too in clean cotton. sometimes its worth spending more.
have to agree about the vanilla ikea candles...they are good but the others I tried from there were disappointing.

organic_wanabe

Can I be first to admit that I don't know what a "candle tart" is. Can anyone put me out of my misery, please?