scented candle observation

I too have small children in my house and I too think that if you really want to smell something that you can buy cheaper then the cost of the candle why not do that! That makes sense to me BUT I do like to have smelly candles when I am relaxing in the tub. I love having a relaxing hot bubble bath with scented candles all around me BUT they are also smelly candles that I love the smell of and I can get for WAY cheaper (like 2 for a dollar or something close to that).

Hmm. Well that is kind of similar to a candle that I liked the smell of. I used to work at a store and would go smell the cotton candle as often as I could. Okay that sounds bad, like I have a habit of smelling candles... well it smelled really good but I could just smell fresly dried laundry for free instead of buying the candle. i think the candle was $5.00 for the big one and then smaller one were like 4 / $1.00 or something like that.

hi snugglebunnies, I am a huge fan of scented candles. I have tons of them but I do know what you mean by having them around the kids. I actually am very careful when I have mine lit and I don't have little kids. I only lite a few at a time and keep them in the room I am in only. Another thing that works really well and is not quite as dangerous is the candle warmers. they heat up the wax and you get the scent without the flame. it;s pretty cool and I think actually works better than lighting them. as for the baked goods candles..I agree. I'd rather have the real thing. I really don;t think the candle scents usually smell much like the real thing when it comes to that.

well, I totally agree with you. I wouldnt buy a cake scented candle. However, I do buy others, I love them not only because of their nice scent but also because they come in different forms and designs. So you see, I use them as decoration, and once in a while, I light them to enjoy their scent.

giving scented candles and its mere existence in large nos. in the malls still puzzles me. at this age where there are emergency lights already i think this is one of those things that people still manages to waste money on. peace .

Well, some people just like that scent and they want their surroundings to smell like that everydays. If it was a real cake, admit that you would be eating it instead of smelling it

i would rather eat it than smell it to be honest with you. the scents that i like are vanilla and cotton/fresh rain types.

I went years without buying or burning candles, but I have started to buy them again recently. I have one on top of the mantle in the living room that it pretty much out of the way. It is a scented one. It is clean linen scented. That is the only scented candle I buy. It makes the whole house smell like clean laundry. It was on sale for $2.50 last week when I bought it. Had it been $8 I probably would have skipped it.

Hi. 3SnuggleBunnies. I don't appreciate any candle that does not smell strong nor last very long. I would rather buy Glade candles because the scent is much longer. And the smell is very delightful.

I don't like scented candles. Even if they smell good, they're just synthetic material. Why not smell the real thing? I definitely agree with you. Have a nice day!

I believe it to be true that you need to take care when burning candles around small children. There are a lot of cheap scented candles out there that really aren't worth their wax. Yet there are numerous fine companies that manufacture the best scented candles. Take care in your choices.

Hello 3SnuggleBunnies! I do use scented candles. I used them specially for the bathroom, so they last a very long time! Well they used to last, but since I got married my husband likes to have them scenting our room and living room from time to time. I use them because they cost me about one dollar and the smoke really kills odors! I usually buy candles with strong odors, because once I bought a strawberry cheese cake candle and it smell very little. You are right, its better in that case to buy the frosting than spending so much in a candle! Have a nice day, Libna.

I like my candles but will not pay that much to make want to eat something after smelling it. lol. I am pretty frugal when it comes to things burning up in smoke, lol. Me too I will buy the frosting. Much cheaper..

I have never smelled the cake scented one, but there are sooo many scented candles that I enjoy. I usually tend to lean more towards fruity or flowery smelling candles. My favorite is Love Spell!

I don't have candles in my house, except for the ones I use during power outages. I got cured of burning candles quite unusually. I had just gotten a MaineCoon cat kitten from a rescue person. He is like a tiger cat but with long hair. He was checking out the house and I had a candle burning. He dipped his tail into the flame and set his tail on fire!!! I was out of the chair in a flash trying to swat the fire in his tail out. He never noticed that his tail was flaming...and I got the fire out before he got burned. But from that point on I didn't use candles unless it was during a power outage. Of course there is the other side to the candle equation for me, and that is that $8 for a candle is waaaayyy out of my reach on my budget. That amounts to a bag of cat food, three days food for me or some fuel for my vehicle. I also find that using scented candles affects my allergies and asthma so I don't buy them anyhow and my friends know not to buy them for me either. (I've got them trained to buy me useful stuff anyhow,so I don't want to destroy the training! LOL)

Hi 3SnuggleBunnies! I would have to agree with you about the cake scented candle! All that would do would make me want to bake a cake and eat it!lol But, I must admit that since I don't have any kids, I do like to burn candles! I buy the ones in the jars so that they are pretty safe since I am always knocking things over and I do have two kittys who are all over everything! But, I buy them in stores where they only cost about $2.50 and they are nice size jar candles and smell great! My favorite is apple cinnamon or cinnamon! But, I'm sure not going to buy an $8 candle that smells like cake that's only going to make me hungry! That's crazy!

You got a point there, id rather buy the real thing instead of just smelling it. But some people have enough money to buy those kinds of stuff, personally even if i have the means i dont advice on buying those said products its more like a waste of resources for me. well at least thats my point of view bout buying such a thing ;)