It’s Candle Week!

Partially because of the first fall-like weather, and partially because I feel the need to keep using it up,  I’ve been burning lots of tarts, candles, and other home fragrances.

First off – I tried a new Bath and Body Works wallflower in Kitchen Spice.  I had heard great things about this scent, and it really didn’t disappoint.  Except, that is, when I walked into my kitchen and thought R. had baked cookies.   No dice.  Hopefully I will be running low on these around the time of the semi-annual sale.  About four packs (eight bulbs) is a year’s supply, I think.

A few of my candles are about to be used up.  This includes the Illuminations candle I rec’d as a gift about a year ago.  It is a great-burning candle but the smell is fairly weak.  The problem is that it burns so slowly.  I cut it in half and melted it in the tart warmer instead (with an extra-big dish).  This helped, and now it’s out of scent so into the trash it goes.

Finally, one of my fave candles in a while is also about to bite the dust.  It’s a lovely berry lemonade scent from Bath and Body Works.  The cute stripey candle jar is going to be a keeper though.

When I finish most of these, I’m moving on to one of my NEW favorites – Aromafloria’s pomegranate candle.  I can’t believe how well this burns for a soy wax candle.  It’s really going to last a long time, it looks like.  And the wick is the perfect size – I HATE IT when candles ‘tunnel’ and leave a lot of unburned wax on the outside of the jar.  That is the mark of a chandler who didn’t do enough product testing.  Aromafloria has obviously done their homework.