| I love candles; I always have... all types of candles! | | | | nuisance to deal with lighting the wick of the jarred |
| Something is very nostalgic and wonderful about | | | | candles once they burn down to a certain level. It |
| them. My favorite candles are scented candles. This is | | | | gets hard to light the wick and sometimes I end up |
| because I find them to be relaxing and soothing. The | | | | burning my hand, so I often avoid these kinds. The |
| scents that I love most are floral scents, especially | | | | larger, column-types tend to last quite some time, |
| the rose scent. However, I am also very fond of | | | | which is good for those of us who rely more on |
| harvest and autumn scents, such as cinnamon apple | | | | candlelight than electricity. There are also smaller |
| or pumpkin pie. It really depends on my mood, and | | | | column candles, which are nice as well. The smaller |
| also the season. Actually, there are very few scents | | | | tea-lights are very good when you want to place a |
| that I dislike. I find some scents are better for fall, | | | | bunch around the room for some mood lighting, but |
| while others are better for summer, winter, and | | | | are usually found in plain white, unscented variety. |
| spring. I am not picky about brands when it comes to | | | | Stick candles are nice but they can be, and usually |
| candles, as long as it smells nice. | | | | are a bit of a mess and don't usually come scented. |
| Yankee candles are very good; however, I have | | | | Usually, I use a mix of large columns, small columns, |
| been able to pick up the cheaper brands at grocery | | | | and tea-lights. Occasionally, I use unscented candles |
| and drug stores and I find that they can sometimes | | | | for lighting purposes only, and instead burn incense |
| be even better than Yankee and other premium | | | | for the scent; so unscented candles sometimes have |
| brands. One very good candle I got from the drug | | | | quite the use for me as well. I myself burn candles |
| store was toffee scented, and that scent was very | | | | on many occasions. I for one am not find of bright |
| calming. It made my entire room smell of warm | | | | electric light, so most often I use candles for lighting |
| toffee. Going back to Yankee however, they do | | | | purposes. However, I also burn them for the scent, |
| have a very nice scent that I always pick up when I | | | | and also for mood setting and holidays. At any rate, |
| can, which is Midsummer's Night Dream. It is quite | | | | it is fun to place candles around, as it looks quite nice. |
| nice-smelling and is very nice to burn when one is | | | | Candleholders are important as well, as they add a bit |
| sitting around on a cooler summer night. Of course, I | | | | of décor to the room, and keep |
| have to admit, the best candles of all come from our | | | | candle-burning a clean and safe activity. |
| local town candle store, which has high-quality, | | | | And, another thing -- since I, like most people, am |
| strong-scented candles. They have very good | | | | looking to decrease my energy costs, I am |
| smelling candles from many brands, international and | | | | interested in candles that are more environmentally |
| local. | | | | friendly. The next time I get a candles I am hoping to |
| There are many types of these candles, but I prefer | | | | look into a more green type of candle, such as ones |
| the larger column-type candles, or even small | | | | made from Beeswax. My interest in candles is not |
| tea-lights to the jar candles, because it is typically a | | | | one that will fade away any time soon! |