Scented Candles

	Scented candles can be a nice addition to any home if they are added in a way that is restrained and thoughtful. The important consideration is to think about everyone in the household and how they will react to the scents, both physically and emotionally. For example, most men will not react happily to a rose-scented candle in their watch television and drink beer space. For that matter, many women do not particularly like rose-scented items because they recall a grandmother’s home or a funeral. Thankfully, with modern candles, there are dozens of scents available to appeal to almost anyone.

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So, the first thing to consider is the scent and where the candle will be placed. A particularly flowery scent may not be the best choice for the kitchen, as it may conflict with food odors and leave an unpleasant mixture. Among the very popular scents for the kitchen are spice-based scents, like pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon, especially in the fall and winter and vanilla or fresh scents, like lemon or jasmine in the spring and summer.

In other rooms of the house, the candle choice should be based on personal preferences and expected candle use. In the bathroom, if the candle is to be used to cover odors, people often prefer a strong scent. Clean linen or water-based scents are also very popular.

In the remainder of the house, it comes down to personal choice and the knowledge that less is more. It can certainly be terribly distracting to walk from one room into the next and be assaulted by conflicting scents. So, it is important to choose scents which work together well or that are separated by enough distance in your home that one candle will not be fighting another for you nose’s attention.

If you or family members or frequent visitors to your home are particularly prone to nasal irritation or allergies, it is also important to choose scents that are less likely to irritate. Among the common and gentle scents are sandalwood, ocean breeze, clean linen and vanilla.

For a more masculine area of your home, consider a vanilla hazelnut scent or a cinnamon spice. Lavender candles canalso be relaxing, so they make a great choice for the bedroom

After choosing a scent, the next battle is to find a candle style that fits your home décor and fits your scented candle needs. Scented candles in jars keep their scent longer and are usually stronger when burned than scented pillars.

Scented pillars will give off a faint scent while not burning and will absorb scents from the surrounding room over time, so it the decorating plan is to use them for visual effect, pillars are a wonderful choice.

But, if you want them for scent, jar candles are one of the best ways to go. Depending on the manufacturer, you can get jar candles with lids in a half dozen or more different shapes and sizes.

Yankee Candles and White Barn Candles, by far the most well-known types, come in round jars. The Candle Factory in Georgetown, Texas, makes round jars and hexagon jars. At Kohl’s department stores, you can buy rectangular jars.

And, each manufacturer has slightly different scents, so it is often good to smell before you buy. Mulberry is not always the same and the variations on mixed scents, like pumpkin spice can be drastic.

If they are available in your area, another option is soy scented candles. These candles burn with less lead and other pollutants than traditional candles and are smokeless. They also tend to last longer than traditional candles of the same size.

For the scent of a candle, but not the exact look, another option are tarts. These heavily scented wax masses are put in either an electric or tea-light candle tart burner and melted. As the wax melts it exudes tremendous amounts of scent. These burners can often send scent out into several rooms and the tarts can usually be reheated and melted again several times before losing their potency.

The joy of scented candles is that they can bring a season inside, making a chilly spring day feel more like summer with a peach or blueberry candle or signal the beginning of the fall holidays with a plum pudding candle. No matter what the season, a warm candle can spread a warm scent through your home, making it inviting to one more sense for your visitors.

After all, we want our homes to look inviting to our family and our guests. Doesn’t it make sense to want it to smell inviting too?

Scented candles can help you achieve that goal with a simple striking of a match.