Oct 28 2009
What Are The Best Candles To Burn?
i need a candle that not only smells good while it is NOT burning, but makes the entire house smell good while it IS burning. I have a 20-30ft. open staircase, so it needs to be a very strong but light sented candle. I do have partylite candles, walmart brand candles, and none seem to be working the way i want them to. I am also very concious about leaving them burn too long. a few yrs ago, we lived in a apt. complex and the idot next door to us let her kids play around a candle, the candle got knocked over and onto a electrical outlet and well, the fire started there and caught our place too. So, i need something that smells up the house quickly. Thanks so much!
Sure you don’t want to use incense instead? You get a much stronger scent from incense than from a scented candle.
If you insist on a candle, there’s some in the grocery store these days, I can’t remember the brand name on them, but they have Thomas Kincade pictures wrapped around a fat little glass candle. The scent is pretty strong, and being in glass, you don’t have to worry about leaving them unattended unless you have pets.
Yankee Candle tends to make the better commercial candles. Sandalwood is a good scent, as is Cinnamon, but in choosing, make sure you sniff the candle to make sure it’s a scent you’ll actually want in your house. Avoid the floral scents as they tend to smell rank after the smoke clears.