| If you are looking for home fragrances to refresh | | | | though to a lesser extent since the heat source is |
| your home, then you have a large choice available to | | | | not always as prominent.b) Scented candles are |
| you. Not only a massive choice of fragrances | | | | available in a marvelous choice of shapes and sizes, |
| themselves, but you also have a choice of distribution | | | | and many people use candles, scented or not, just |
| or dispersal techniques and which you use depends | | | | for their decorative appeal. Oil evaporators can also |
| on personal preference although many people use | | | | offer a wide range of decorative styles.c) Candles |
| more than one. | | | | are also available in a much wider range of perfumes |
| There are scented candles that can look as good as | | | | than are essential or scented oils. Most are floral, but |
| they smell, or the clean lines of reed diffusers that | | | | others such as sandalwood, are obtained from tree |
| disperse the aroma of essential and other scented | | | | bark. There are also mineral sources of perfumes for |
| oils. Alternatively, some people use oil burners or | | | | candles. Evaporators and diffusers must use a |
| evaporators, while some people prefer to burn | | | | relatively low molecular weight oil in order for |
| incense. | | | | evaporation to proceed, so the range of perfumes is |
| Candles come in an almost unlimited range and | | | | relatively limited.d) Diffuser home fragrances, such as |
| shapes of sizes, and they also offer a very wide | | | | reed diffusers, use the pure oil without burning it, and |
| range of scents from the popular floral scents to the | | | | many feel that they get better value for money. |
| more exotic sandalwood and cinnamon. While reed | | | | This is not actually the case, and neither do the |
| and other oil diffusers are certainly popular, candles | | | | reeds last forever. They eventually clog up and have |
| have a certain ambience that people like, possibly | | | | to be replaced. Oil burners (a misnomer) or electrical |
| because of the live flame and because they appear | | | | diffusers do not actually burn the oil, but need a heat |
| to being doing something in a way, rather than just | | | | source such as a candle or electrical supply.e) Reed |
| being ornamental as reed diffusers are. | | | | diffusers can be used whenever you want and left |
| Incense sticks can be a bit harsh at times and make | | | | even while you are going on vacation. With candles, |
| your room appear smoky, and they should be used in | | | | on the other hand, most people prefer to blow them |
| well ventilated areas, but so too should any other | | | | out when they leave the house. There is generally no |
| type of fragrance diffuser. Reed diffusers have the | | | | need for this since they have advanced since the |
| advantage of being smoke-free, but a well | | | | days when they would burn right down to the |
| formulated candle should also present no smoke until | | | | bottom. Nevertheless it is a perceived restriction and |
| snuffed or blown out, when there will be a slight | | | | is why some people use both types of home |
| amount of smoke before the wick cools. | | | | fragrance: scented candles for evenings, and reed |
| Overall, when deciding between the various forms of | | | | diffusers during the day.f) Electrical oil diffusers are |
| home fragrances, candles and reed diffusers are the | | | | popular, and although they use electricity they can be |
| two most popular and meet the decorative needs of | | | | found in good range of designs. Nevertheless, they |
| your home in addition to offering a lovely fragrance. | | | | don't have the 'natural' look of a scented candle or a |
| Many people elect to use a reed diffuser or electrical | | | | reed diffuser.f) Oil diffusers of any kind are easily |
| oil diffuser during the day and light up some scented | | | | topped up, and all you have to do is to get them |
| candles or oil burners at night. Candles are made to | | | | started and they will operate full time whereas |
| be lit, and not just sit there as ornaments, and | | | | scented candles have to be renewed once they |
| scented candles offer a marvelous range of beautiful | | | | have burned out. The electrical types generally need |
| scents for your home. | | | | you to purchase new cartridges rather than top-up |
| So which should you choose: a diffuser or a candle? | | | | oil, and this can be a turn-off for some people. |
| In many ways this is simply a matter of personal | | | | Which you use is immaterial at the end of the day, |
| preference, but in others it depends upon any of a | | | | because your house will filled with beautiful home |
| number of factors including:a) If you like the look of | | | | fragrances that can mask any pet or cooking odors |
| a burning candle, then that would be your obvious | | | | while enabling you to relax in a room that smells |
| choice. Those with central heating and no live flame | | | | great and can often relax you through the |
| fires at home tend to like candles for that very | | | | neurological effect of the chemicals that provide that |
| reason. Oil burners also offer the same benefit, | | | | great smell. |