The Candle-List Manifesto

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 aboutcandles once they burn down to a certain level. It
them. My favorite candles are scented candles. This isgets hard to light the wick and sometimes I end up
because I find them to be relaxing and soothing. Theburning my hand, so I often avoid these kinds. The
scents that I love most are floral scents, especiallylarger, column-types tend to last quite some time,
the rose scent. However, I am also very fond ofwhich is good for those of us who rely more on
harvest and autumn scents, such as cinnamon applecandlelight than electricity. There are also smaller
or pumpkin pie. It really depends on my mood, andcolumn candles, which are nice as well. The smaller
also the season. Actually, there are very few scentstea-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, andare usually found in plain white, unscented variety.
spring. I am not picky about brands when it comes toStick 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 haveUsually, I use a mix of large columns, small columns,
been able to pick up the cheaper brands at groceryand tea-lights. Occasionally, I use unscented candles
and drug stores and I find that they can sometimesfor lighting purposes only, and instead burn incense
be even better than Yankee and other premiumfor the scent; so unscented candles sometimes have
brands. One very good candle I got from the drugquite the use for me as well. I myself burn candles
store was toffee scented, and that scent was veryon many occasions. I for one am not find of bright
calming. It made my entire room smell of warmelectric light, so most often I use candles for lighting
toffee. Going back to Yankee however, they dopurposes. However, I also burn them for the scent,
have a very nice scent that I always pick up when Iand also for mood setting and holidays. At any rate,
can, which is Midsummer's Night Dream. It is quiteit is fun to place candles around, as it looks quite nice.
nice-smelling and is very nice to burn when one isCandleholders are important as well, as they add a bit
sitting around on a cooler summer night. Of course, Iof décor to the room, and keep
have to admit, the best candles of all come from ourcandle-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 goodlooking to decrease my energy costs, I am
smelling candles from many brands, international andinterested 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 preferlook into a more green type of candle, such as ones
the larger column-type candles, or even smallmade from Beeswax. My interest in candles is not
tea-lights to the jar candles, because it is typically aone that will fade away any time soon!