Do you like scented candles?
By daliaj
@daliaj (5674)
India
February 16, 2010 12:16am CST
I like scented candles a lot and I like to light them during evenings, especially weekends. The smell of the candle will take away all the bad odors and fill the whole house with a nice smell. I like to light them after I cook fish at house. My husband hates the smell of fish, but he likes to eat them. Lol.
Now, I am collecting scented candles of different sizes and shapes. So, if anybody plans to give me a gift, a beautiful scented candle will be a perfect gift.
Do you like scented candles?
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14 responses
@PurpleTeddyBear (6685)
• Canada
16 Feb 10
I am definitely guilty as charged on this one ... I LOVE scented candles! I think they are great for making the house smell nice after a powerful odory meal like fish as you said. I also enjoy having a hot, relaxing, candle lit bath with scented candles to take my stresses away! I also like using them sometimes after my kids have gone to bed and my hubby and I are cuddling on the couch having "us time" or if we are in our bedroom looking out the window at a rain, thunder, and lightening storm! Those ROCK!
@daliaj (5674)
• India
16 Feb 10
Wow, that is a romantic scene. I like to watch rain through bedroom window, irrespective of the time of the day. It will be really romantic if it is night, with the husband, with lights off, and in a scented candle's light and smell. I like to sit for hours and hours near the window, thinking about nothing. Thanks for the response.
@AngelOfDarkness (20)
• Canada
16 Feb 10
I completely forgot about that until you mentioned it ... having candles going with the lights out during a thunder, lightening, rain storm does rock! Love it!
@srganesh (6340)
• India
17 Feb 10
daliaj!This is news for me.I haven't heard of scented candles until now.Are they costly and how many fragrances do they have?Are they available only in branded super markets or in any petty shops.Well,I will be inquiring it today itself.The very idea of scented candles is interesting.
@daliaj (5674)
• India
17 Feb 10
I am happy to be the first person to say you about this. They are not very expensive. You can find a medium one for less than 50 rupees. You can get those in gift shops. There are small ones which will be 20 or 30 rupess. I am sure that they are in the gift section of Mega Mart Store. Hope you will get one soon and try it out. Let me know your experience. Thanksf or teh response.
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
16 Feb 10
I love all types of candles from scented to colorful to the different shapes. I love candles so much that I have actually made many for myself and as gifts for family and friends. Its just a wonderful hobbie to have that you can use and enjoy for yourself.
@daliaj (5674)
• India
16 Feb 10
I believe that scented candle is a nice gift, especially to a woman. My husband also likes scented candles. I like the jasmine flavor a lot. I got some scented candles as gifts from my friends. I got an earthen pot with a scented candle on it, which is my favorite. I got is as a gift on my engagement from my husband's colleague.
@doryvien (2284)
• United States
17 Feb 10
Hi Daliaj,
I do have a few scented candles at home, I've collected them through time as they seems to be a favorite gift to be given away on any occasions, specially during the Christmas season. However I've never used any of them. I just love looking at them, with different colors and sizes and shapes. I think the reason I don't wanna light them is because I don't want the original look to be altered, we know that when candles melt they tend to be deformed, the colors can mix, and the size, reduced.
@daliaj (5674)
• India
17 Feb 10
I also like to collect them and don't feel like lighting them up. The candle I lighted last week at my house, I had been keeping for more than one year. I can't think about lighting up a candle the next day I get as a gift. I like to keep them for some time and finally light them up. Those candles are really cute and I love to keep them.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
20 Feb 10
Hi Daliaj,
The moment i learned about scented candles, i learned to appreciate it and even made a collections of it...different scents and different types. i even attended a training to make scented candles. i love peppermint scent and vanilla. i love citronella too to let go off mosquitoes. i did sell scented candles too. but--when i learned about the bad effects of it in one's health, i stopped buying scented candles instead i use aromatheraphy oil in a burner with smokeless tea light candle.
now, everytime i receive scented candles...i add it to my collections but not anymore light it.
@kaylachan (71798)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Feb 10
I tend to enjoy a nice sented candle every now and again. I find them both rewarding and refreshing. I don't know why, but I tend to be a bit more relaxed when I light a sented candle. Even though after a while I don't smell them as much. I still find them kind of interesting.
@daliaj (5674)
• India
17 Feb 10
It is a fact the the candles are really refreshing. It creates a very divine atmospherem, when you switch off the light and be in the smell and light of a scented candle. I feel that it cleans up or refreshes my house, whenever I light up a scented candle, irrespective of the smell of the candle. Thanks for the response.
@EvrWonder (3571)
• Canada
16 Feb 10
I like scented candles, a lot. I enjoy different scents for different times of year. During Christmas, cinnamon is for me!
After about two weeks of burning a scented candle nightly, after which the candle sits out in the open until the next night, I love the way my place smells when I come in from being away.
I especially like scented candles during a nice relaxing bubble bath.
Candle light is soothing and much more so if the scent is right.
@warmweatherwoman (2233)
• Atlantic City, New Jersey
16 Feb 10
I absolutely love scented candles and the effect they can have on my mood. They are mood enhancing whether enjoying them alone in a nice hot bath reading a novel of choice or you using them to get romantic with the special someone. You can never go wrong with a perfectly scented candle.
I love ordering candles from Home Interiors and books like that. I find that their scent last longer than those found in my local walmart and such. They may be a bit more expensive...but to me in the end...they pay for themselves because they usually last twice as long as the ones bought at walmart.
@donna22 (1116)
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16 Feb 10
yes I do. Espceailly the Yankee candles. They might be a little more expensive but they last a while and they really smell of what they are supposed to. They smell very natural and I think the cheaper varieties can be a little synthetic. I like "foody" smells best like cinnamon and cookie.
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
16 Feb 10
i heard of scented candles, but i never thought it could be use to make the house smell fresh, especially when you are cooking fish and something like that, giving the house a bad smell. i guess i should try this some day. thanks for the information.
@agrant10 (1476)
• United States
16 Feb 10
Yes, I do like scented candles, but I would not go out of my way to purchase them. If I was in a store and they had a good sale on them,I think that I would stock up on them. I would probably purchase a lot of strawberries I like that scent. I also like the vanilla and honey mellow.
@AngelOfDarkness (20)
• Canada
16 Feb 10
I love love love scented candles! My favorites are the fruity ones like strawberries and cream, cherry, apple and spice MMmmmmmmmm love them! I also like the ones that smell fresh like just after it rains or something like that. I too find that they are a great way to keep your house smelling fresh, and I also love to have candle lit bubble baths!
@sushie93 (1355)
• France
16 Feb 10
Yes, i like scented candles, it relax me when i look at the fire and smell their odors