| When you are considering home fragrances, do your | | | | The Stands: The ornamental stands available for |
| thoughts turn to scented candles or the more | | | | candles can make a tremendous difference to an |
| modern electrical diffusers? When you are turning | | | | otherwise ordinary room. You can use the traditional |
| your home into a beautiful place to live and relax you | | | | style of candlesticks for longer candles, and a variety |
| will generally make careful choices of which fabrics to | | | | of ornamental stands and trees to hold shorter |
| use, which carpets to buy, the colour of your paint | | | | votive candles, both inside your home and out in the |
| or the pattern of your wallpaper. You take time in | | | | garden. Scented candles bring a beautiful perfume to |
| choosing the sofa and chairs, the coffee table and | | | | your patio on warm summer evenings, or you can |
| the pictures. | | | | place them around your batch when bathing. You can |
| Then you turn to the accessories which add that | | | | also purchase extremely attractive candle holders to |
| extra something to your decor. It is the vases and | | | | add to the creative design of your room. |
| the grasses, the statues and the flowers, that make | | | | The Light: The fourth advantage is that of the light a |
| a real difference and stamp your personality on each | | | | candle produces. There is nothing more attractive |
| room. One important factor to add to the ambiance | | | | than the flickering glow of a scented candle. Just |
| of your home is the use of perfumes to make the | | | | imagine the lights switched off in your living room or |
| room not only look good but also smell good. | | | | bedroom and the shadows given off by the low |
| Using scented candles offers four distinct advantages | | | | glow of a flickering candle. The lighting is romantic and |
| to a room that cannot be emulated by any form of | | | | warm and comforting, not even dimmer switches can |
| diffuser, particularly by an electrical oil diffuser. | | | | beat the glow from a candle. It wins hands down |
| The Smell: Scented candles give off a fabulous aroma | | | | against an electrical diffuser for this benefit alone. |
| and you have a massive range of scents to choose | | | | The wonderful thing about candles is that they can |
| from that not only smell great but also can help to | | | | be placed in any room and they will not only add to |
| change your mood. These range from lavender or | | | | the decor, but the scent will fill the room with a |
| chamomile to calm you and bergamot to lift your | | | | beautiful aroma changing its feel as you enter it. From |
| mood to tangerine that keeps you feeling happy. You | | | | having tea lights floating in your bath to using |
| can have a variety of floral smells, and others such | | | | decorative candles in your bedroom for a lovely |
| as the popular vanilla or peppermint aromas. | | | | romantic glow, they offer a degree of flexibility in |
| The scent given off from a candle seems to be | | | | their use that an oil diffuser can never match, |
| more natural than that of an electrical diffuser. | | | | particularly an electrical diffuser. |
| There's nothing like walking into a room with lovely | | | | Your lounge could be made into a cosy area of rest |
| scented candle. Some people prefer incense sticks, | | | | with the scent of lavender floating around the room |
| but they can't hold a candle to a candle! | | | | as you relax after a busy day, the warm glow of the |
| The Looks: The look of a candle is far more | | | | candle attracting your eye. You could even turn your |
| attractive than an electrical diffuser. There are many | | | | kitchen into an aromatic delight with scents to make |
| different types of environmentally friendly candle | | | | you feel good while you prepare meals or just sit and |
| such as those made from soy which last twenty to | | | | relax with a magazine. |
| thirty times longer than normal paraffin wax or | | | | Why choose an electric oil diffuser and use up your |
| stearine candles. The looks are fashioned not only by | | | | electricity when you could use something far more |
| their colour, but also in their wide range of shapes | | | | attractive which stimulates your senses with light and |
| and designs. | | | | smell, and can be part of a great design feature for |
| There is the simple tea light, used not only as accent | | | | your home? If you are worried about melting wax |
| lighting but also as decorative floating candles and to | | | | then choose a jar candle or tea lights which do not |
| heat scented oils. They are also used as votive | | | | have the problem of wax dripping down the candle |
| candles (candles used for prayer), and get their name | | | | as it is all contained in the jar. These are most |
| from their origins as small candles used to heat small | | | | attractive and safe for your home. |
| teapots or kettles. Larger candles, fashioned from | | | | That is how you make your house a home, with |
| layers of differently coloured wax, are available in a | | | | attractive scented candles topping off the creative |
| wide range of sizes, colours and designs, and are | | | | design of each room. That is why so many people |
| much more decorative than scented oil diffusers. | | | | use them and why they are so popular. |