Tuesday 29 January 2013

YANKEE CANDLE REVIEW


Midsummer's Night




For several years this has been my absolute favourite Yankee candle fragrance. It looks different to the majority of Yankee candles, which are generally, soft, pastel colours, as it is black. To be honest I think the colour is what attracted me to it in the first place. It has what is often referred to as a "masculine" scent, the company themselves describe it as, "An intoxicating and masculine blend of musk, patchouli, sage and mahogany cologne" A description I feel is exactly right. 

It is the one fragrance that absolutely every single person who visits my home seems to love, surprising as people tend to assume they prefer the floral or "foody" scents, until they smell this one! I always have wax tarts in Midsummer's Night in stock, and I would say I burn these in roughly a 4 to 1 ratio compared to other fragrances I own. It has a very quick pay off with my whole apartment smelling absolutely gorgeous after about 20 minutes! If you have never tried Midsummer's Night I highly recommend it. If you are normally a floral lover maybe try a sampler candle or a wax tart just to be sure, but I have never met anyone who doesn't love this fragrance.


Winter Wonderland


Yankee candle review

This is the candle I currently have on my coffee table, a Christmas gift from my sister. Although a seasonal fragrance this doesn't scream "Christmas" in the way some other candles do. It does have noticeable notes of balsam and cedar, but not in a heavy overbearing way. To me it just smells of the outdoors, a fresh, woody, forest scent. Had it been too Christmassy, such as Apple and Pine Needle, I would have put this one in storage until next Christmas, but I am still enjoying it. It takes a little time for the fragrance to spread through out my living room and is a more subtle fragrance than many, but it is beautiful, and one men seem to enjoy too. I think next Christmas a couple of people will be getting a Winter Wonderland candle from me.


Cafe Au Lait



This is another candle I received as a gift, but this one is only a small jar, thankfully lol I say this because I find this fragrance sickly to say the least. Now I love to smell real coffee brewing and assumed this would smell just like that, but, no. It's over riding fragrance is a too rich, too sweet vanilla. When I first lit this candle I felt my whole apartment smelt like chocolate rather than coffee, and not in a good way. No one I have asked an opinion on this candle have actually liked it, so this is definitely one I would never buy for anyone, and certainly not for my own home. I believe this fragrance has now been discontinued, and I am not surprised!

Meadow Showers




This one was another gift, I think my family and friends know me too well! I haven't had one of Yankee's "Grassy" fragrances before, and I'm not sure why, as one of my favourite things to smell is freshly cut grass, and this candle did not disappoint me. Once the candle has been burning for about twenty minutes the whole room smelt of a freshly cut lawn after the rain, beautiful. This is another fragrance I would recommend, one that again will appeal to men and women, because who doesn't love to smell newly mown grass?

Lilac Blossom


Yankee candle Lilac Blossoms wax tart


Currently this is the wax tart I have in my burner. It is a lovely fragrance but is not a quick pay off. It has to be in my burner (an electrical  one) for at least an hour for the scent to permeate the whole apartment. Once it does though, it is quite a decent strength. I am not an overly floral person and some floral's I find over powering, not this one. There is a hint of lavender as well as lilac flower, and it is a fresh, light hit of fragrance, not cloying as pure lavender or pure lilac can be. This is the type of fragrance that would be nice when one has quests as it smells so clean and invokes the outdoors. It would be great choice as a gift as I doubt anyone could find it objectionable.

 Sweet Strawberry



As Yankee Candle state, this fragrance captures "The essence of perfectly ripe strawberries sprinkled with sugar" A sweet, refreshing and fruity fragrance with a quick pay off, quickly fragrancing my whole apartment. This candle in particular makes one aware that Yankee use pure essence in their candles, it smells so "real" like you are in the middle of a field full of ripe strawberries. I chose this fragrance to include in my giveaway as not only do I love it, but I feel no one would find it over powering or distasteful. It is the next wax tart that I will be putting in my wax burner, and it is one that lasts for many days. I find the fragrance of some wax tarts fade after only two or three days in my burner, so I am always happy to find one, like Sweet Strawberry, that I get more bang for my buck from! This would be a good choice as a gift for someone whose taste you are not sure of, instead of the more usual Vanilla.


Yankee candles are available to buy everywhere it seems, but I have found my best bargains on Amazon and in the QVC multi packs, and as a bargianista I NEVER pay full price! I can not recommend highly enough the Yankee Candle electric wax burner, it is so much more economical than the candles, and the fragrance is stronger and very long lasting.

I hope you have enjoyed reading my thoughts on my current Yankee Candles, I would love to hear your thoughts on them, and which fragrance is your favourite.


12 comments:

  1. Gotta love the tarts by Yankee! I love the Black Cherry and the lemony scents! Or sometimes the Linen ones. While I was in the US for months, I always have it around and it's soooo much cheaper! Still I'm happy they do it here. I love Sweet Strawberry too - I think I'm more of a fruity when it comes to Yankee Candles hehe.

    Great post hun!

    xx Donah
    www.sweetjellybean.com

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    1. Thank you so much Donnah x My son bought me a black cherry reed defuser and some tarts on my birthday last September, and I loved them. They are definitely on my next Yankee shopping spree :) I loved the choice of fragrances in Yankee's when I live din America, their shops are so big there, and the smell...OMG it's a shame they can't put the smell of their shop in a candle, it would be their best seller lol xx

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  2. Hey! Popped over after getting your comment on my Waterloo Road post. A friend of a friend runs one of the agencies who supply the extras for WR and I was asked to help out :)

    I love Yankee Candles, I have oodles of tarts to burn through. My one at the moment is a strawberry one. Definitely one of my favourite candle brands!

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    1. Must have been very exciting to work on such a well known show, I watch it all the time, just a shame you couldn't take pics with the actors.
      Yankee are the best candles I think, always great fragrances that last x

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  3. I haven't found any good smelling candles in a while...I will look this brand up!

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    1. Oh you should Bettyl, yankee are one of the best candle brands in the market x

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  4. I love yankee candles! I have only ever had the lavender scented one but it was amazing and one of the first candles I used up! x

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    1. YOu should buy the wax tarts, they are only about £1 and then you can see which fragrances you like the most before splashing out on the candles. x

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  5. I love Yankee Candles, although because of the price, these days they are a treat. I prefer 'fresh smells' so tend to go for either vanilla or fruit based ones. Like you I do like the Sweet Strawberry. The only ones I don't like are the spice/cedar ones as for some reason they give me a headache :/

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    1. They are quite pricey but they last so well. I usually get mine as presents and only regularly buy the wax tarts as they are pretty reasonable x

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  6. Yay someone who loves Yankee candles! All I see on youtube these days are the Bath and Body ones but those have 3 wicks and burn too quickly for me. But Yankee lasts a good long while :D Ive got a stash growing in my closet hehe. Might have to run over there and check these scents out! You do an amazing job describing scents!

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    1. I liked bath and body candles when i lived in teh states but they aren't as good as Yankee. Hope you liked some of my choices if you had them in your stash lol x

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