Favorite candle scents?

Your lungs are full of soot.

I like any combination of spicy/woodsy and honey scent, without vanilla.

Witches Brew from Yankee Candle. It's a subtle patchouli smell that only comes out in the fall.

Please stop

Mrs. Meyers' Acorn Spice, bar none. It is amazing. I have a stockpile of them in my cabinet. They're usually only available in the fall, though they were available on their website all year last year. Anytime I see them in the store, I buy a couple. I am a certified addict. I've seen them around in the last month or two, but the stores that do/don't carry them seems to be inconsistent. I've seen them most often at Target and Fred Meyer (Kroger). Wal-Mart sometimes gets them too.

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R3 "Witches' Brew" is one of my favorites as well. Well, it used to be. Yankee candles have no throw anymore, and haven't for years at this point, unfortunately.

Anyway, "Witches' Brew" is just Yankee's "Patchouli" dyed black, with a different label. I was disappointed, but also pleased when I discovered that. I could have it all year long, without buying extras in that seasonal scent!

In addition to the previously mentioned candle, I LOVE Archipelago Botanicals' "Stonehenge", which is similarly dark...

"Create an atmosphere of magic and mystery when you light our Stonehenge Glass Jar Candle. Inspired by the beautiful scenery and mystery behind Stonehenge, we created a fragrance blend of Smoked Cedar, Bergamot, and Amber."

And this one actually has throw.

Lemongrass

R1 not to mention carcinogenic voilatile organic chemical compounds...the same chemicals emitted from diesel engines.

Cheryl's worse than i thought.

Ok I will bite. What does “throw” mean in relation to candles?

Big Sur After The Rain by D.S. & Durga

tomato leaf

Apple and Teakwood (Kringle Candle)

Blue Odyssey (Glade)

Both have incredible throw.

Winter Candy Apple. NOT Peach Bellini!! Fuck you Jen!!

My family tradition calls for a Spiced Pumpkin candle from Yankee. My mom bought one every year and I kept that up.

Voluspa "goji tarocco orange," basically, orange-scented. It was a gift and it's really nice. Not sweet at all.

La Vagina!

(But not Cheryl's)

Red Currant from Votivo. $$ but worth it.

I’m going to go out on a limb and say “throw” means dispersal of scent.

Sky and Sea salt and Warm Flannel embrace By Glade.

Rose water & Ivy Bath & Body Works/ White Barn. Lightly floral upscale hotel lobby smell.

Winter candy apple and iced gingerbread. I DO NOT WANT PEACH BELLINI !!!!

Flannel by B&BW.

Thanks everyone - good suggestions!

I would love more suggestions that don’t break the bank!

Not shit

I like Yankee pine and Bath and Body Works Fresh Balsam.

F YOU Angela R23!

Fireside by BBW/White Barn. Wintery and woodsy and fireplace-y.

Not pussy

Citrus and sage swan creek candles

Mrs. Meyers candles are generally great for $9.99. I'm going to be on the hunt for acorn spice now thanks to this thread.

OP, how many cats do you share your studio apartment with?

These Yankee Candles:

Autumn Leaves

Crisp Fall Night

Ocean Star

Balsam & Cedar

Clean Cotton

Midsummer’s Night

The Rainbow Express candle on Etsy from Denise's Honeypot Hideaway. A perfect blend of cash, grass and ass.

Not cat piss.

Patriot Candles Whiskey & Tobacco, Blackberry Brandy, and Absinthe & Black Fig are really nice. Huge candles and great throw.

Milk Rose from Voluspa

I don't do candles. My friend's house burned down years ago and ever since I stopped using them. Plus they're a hazard to my cat. I use soy wax melts and they're divine.

I like the "soy DOTS" brand on Amazon. They're high quality, not overpowering like Glade wax melts and they smell divine. My favourites are French lavender and roasted hazelnut espresso.

Ghost Stories from DW Candles

My favorite is Diptyque's Oliban (Frankincense), which was a Christmas limited edition scent a number of years ago. I was able to find one or two additional candles on eBay or somewhere like that. Smells like church incense, a scent I hated when I actually used to go to church, but now it's nostalgic for me.

I realize it is probably everybody’s, but bayberry.

Since Gwyneth opened the doors with her labia, have any men ejaculated their way into candle wax history?

BBW/White Barn Pumpkin Patch (it has also been called Perfect Autumn Pumpkin, Heirloom Pumpkin, and Pumpkin Carving through the years.) I also use Wallflowers in that scent year-round. I had a friend move away, join the Army, and then come back to visit 4 years later, and he walked in and said "Your house still smells the same. I missed it." Then he moved away again and I haven't seen him in 5 years. But I hope one day I'll get to see him again so I'll keep my house smelling like Pumpkin Patch.

Nag Chompa

I love Voluspa Santiago Huckleberry but they’re expensive. Right now I have Yankee Candle Sage/Citrus.

Voluspa candles are awesome

Taint

Midsummers Night as well as Citrus & Sage. All the other ones give me a headache or annoy me. Now I just stick with Febreeze/Gain scented plugins.

Whatever is at stock at Dollar Tree. A candle should never be more than a buck. More than that is highway robbery.

I LOVE the Chicken Tikka Family Banquet Candle at the Kalkut Wax Emporium.

Unwashed Mussy, by Ezra Miller.

Ergo's "Fresh Lemon" year-round.

Meat.

Revelrie Arts on Etsy has great candles and they’re not too expensive.

Is there a Bryan Singer Pool Party-scented candle?

Jen from Appleton has the most annoying voice ever.

Am I missing something here? Have scented candles become a guy thing?

A gay guy thing yes R59. We like our homes to smell good. Why should that be something only fraus are interested in?

Except candles don't make your place smell good. They make it stink.

R50 I like midsummer night too. It’s so manly.

Whenever I smell strong candle scent in a home I assume they're trying to hide something. Like a body in the closet.

BUMP.

I want to buy a nice Christmas/holiday scented candle. Which ones do you all like?

Not necessarily a holiday scent but I like Yankee Candles’ Burning Frau, inspired by the Salem Witch Trials.

I second the love for Acorn Spice by Meyer. I had it burning when a small group of friends came over and several of them commented on how much they liked it. I also love the hand soap and dish soap.

Other favorites are Coconut Flower and Whisky + Oak by Foundry.

Vanilla or sandalwood

Coconut vanilla, coconut pineapple

I like the brand Sand and Fog. I currently am burning lemon mint.

24 Rue de l'Université by YSL. German or Austrian beeswax candles in Egyptian lanterns.

Capri Blue Volcano

[quote]OP, how many cats do you share your studio apartment with?

How many decorative pillows are on your bed? Where do you have your "Live Laugh Live" sign displayed?

Another convert to Mrs Meyer Acorn Spice based on R5's post. Acorn, nutmeg and a buttery undercurrent. Excellent throw for a 200g (7.2 oz) single-wick candle.

Glade Aqua Waves

DW Home Sparkling Cider

I'm not such a candle person but after seeing a you-tuber unboxing her favorite scent from Jo Malone I got curious. was looking for a holiday scent that would mimic the scent of a Christmas tree. after doing some research I cam across Yankee candle and decided to give them a try.

well I have to tell you the scent singing carols is like they stole a thousand x-mast tree souls and bottles it in that jar of deliciousness, it took me all the way back to when I was little and would impatiently wait for when we put the tree up.

I do like a carefully chosen large Yankee Candle jar candle in my kitchen during the fall and winter months. I like the smell of their Christmas Cookies candle.

For Thanksgiving I’m doing Cranberry from Aldi. (It smells great for $3.99) For Christmas season I’ll alternate between balsam fir, spiced gingerbread from White barn. I have a small Nest holiday candle I’ll save for Christmas morning.

In high school I bought the Om candle from the Gap at the mall on the dl.

I kept it sequestered in a closet, unburned, and even brought it to college so I could smell it every once in a while.

LA JOLIE MUSE Sandalwood Candle. Rose Noir Oud is great too.

Ouai North Bondi Candle

Saa as fv

I only burn candles when it's cold (October - March) and I don't bother with single or double wick candles as I can barely smell them.

A recent favorite is Hot Cider Donut from Harry Slatkin. It's a beautiful 4-wick candle that smells like a Krispy Kreme store. I hadn't purchased any candles from Bath & Body Works in years but made an exception for Under the Christmas Tree. I think it may be new this year? It smells like Christmas.

This thread is literally frau bait. Gather ‘em all up and put on ignore. Thanks OP!

Adam Carolla has one that smells like his balls.

What about PINE 64 oz jar candle for $4 at Dollar General? It’s in the SEASONAL isle.

No a woman's vagina. I like the wshipering wind blowing thru the oune grees

I am making a candle that smells liike my balls.

Will you buy it?

Santeria Candles.

For some reason, the candles in my Uncle Bruce's house always smell like ass.

Ass

I am liking the Apotheke Charcoal for fall, which is similar to Lafco's Ski House (which I also love).

What is everyone's opinion on the cheap candles, do they smell the same as the $100 stuff? I don't want to spend the money on diptique, jo-malone or Dior.home if I can get a reasonably smelling one.

R87, isn't Santeria that Hispanic religion where they look at chicken entrails?

Honey you don't need 100 candles but you don't need 1 dollar candles either. Even GLADE has soy candles that smell ok, nowadays. Go to any big store and look around and smell. You an get a quality candle for 10 bucks or under.

My dachshund loves loves loves the soy gingerbread 3 wick candle I bought today at a Hallmark store. I do too.

I like Winter Balsam by Banana Republic. It’s currently on sale for $18.

Perfection!

I am not the dipshit my owner makes me out to be, since he assumes I am as stupid as he is.

After burning my Yankee candle I'm not so impressed with it.

It doesn't burn al the way trough not even with a foil sleve and the smell is weak.

I loved it at first but now I am hankering for the €160 Dior

I'm assuming you all have smelly pets and that's why you need scented candles.

Is there an international standard for throw? Is it a ten point rating scale? Is this federally regulated?

My sister-in-law uses a Glade plug-in something, and it smells so strong all over the house it’s difficult to breathe. I guess that means it's throw-ful.

Since I started using edibles at night, I am too frightened to use candles. Any good diffusers out there?

I bought Yankee candle tree farm festival. Also a very gorgeous smell.

Does it get any more frau than this?

OP is Boris, aka DeFacto. Fuck Off.

I like Christmas Cookie large yankee candle jar

That seems like a random stream of words, or something translated from a foreign language.

Citrus anything. Intoxicating

Musky crotch odor evening

R101 unless you have pets, I wouldn't worry about it. Candles don't spontaneously combust (or they SHOULDN'T). I fall asleep on the couch (or pass out from MY edibles, lol) all the time with candles burning. My friend ALWAYS has candles burning...even when she leaves the house (which even I don't do).

My favorite candle is Cypres by Rigaud

“Introduced to the White House by Jacqueline Kennedy in 1960, this is a blend of lavender, the woody, crisp notes of pine needles, and the aroma of cedarwood. This fragrance is deceivingly mild--not at all overwhelming--but a lovely, elegant, fresh scent suitable for any room or occasion.”

I think 1 other person has mentioned Harry Slatkin.

His candles are great. Expensive, though. The jars they come in are worth the price.

The scents are lovely. Wish I had more of them but like I said, very expensive.

Even in 5 payment installments 😛😛

Nest Holiday and Hearth are great if you like woody, winter smells.

Love that one too R110.

@102 I bought that one as well as Balsam Forest. Smells divine! A surprising beautiful scent is Yankee's new White Spruce & Grapefruit. It sounds weird but the notes actually work and smells great if you like citrus.

Frasier Fir by Thymes

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i have candles from the entire range of supermarket to astonishingly pretentious French luxury. All told, Yankee candle has seem good perfumes but the jars and brand is so tacky. So I just buy the votives, which are often on sale online in my parts, and put them in simple votive holders.

*has some good perfume. I like their "nighty" scents, their cheerful "citrus picnicy" and their "beachy" candles.

R110 that sounds divine.

Bamboo by Nest.

Ugh. I go high holy exorcism and burn church incense a few times a year, or palo santo. Then throw the windows open.

But these frau-ey mall store Yankee Candles and candles that smell like donuts or some pumpkin pie with balsam and vomit throw abortion, or that Jo Malone cult, or buying candles to save the jars?

Some of you need fucked mercilessly bu a candle thick dick that smells like armpits and hairy ass and ballsweat.

Well smell you, r120

When someone shits light a candle and sing a song

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