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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 10:58 PM
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What is your favorite candle scent?
Yesterday, I bought some homemade candles from a woman who lives nearby. On a whim, I bought "Spun Sugar" candles, which smell just like cotton candy.

They have a DELICIOUS scent. I had always loved Gardenia or Cinnamon candles. But now I have a new favorite.

What's your favorite candle scent? Do you buy your candles in a shop or from someone who makes them at home? Even better, do you make your own?
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 10:59 PM
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1. Egg nog
The absolute best smelling candles ever!
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:00 PM
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2. I like Lavender.
It's so relaxing.
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:13 PM
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15. I read once that Lavender is the top fragrance to men.
I don't know how the conclusion was reached, but I recall reading that men favor Lavender over other candle scents.

My grandmother wore lavender lotion. I can still "smell" it in my memory. It is a relaxing scent.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:57 PM
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24. That's interesting.
Yes it's a very relaxing scent. I've known people to use it in their bedroom to help induce a peaceful slumber.
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 06:22 PM
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35. Lavender, lilac, ylang ylang
I like the floral scents
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:00 PM
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3. hazelnut coffee.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:02 PM
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4. Eucalyptus
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:03 PM
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5. Sorry to be a party-pooper, but I can't stand scented candles.
Or "air fresheners." (If you want the air in your house "freshened," why not just open the damn windows?)

Or the perfume department in a store.

Or, especially, trying to read a magazine that has some perfume "scratch and sniff" thing in it.

I like the scent of Mrs R's cooking in the house, but that's about it. She has to burn the smell-o-candles when I'm somewhere else.

Redstone
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:11 PM
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14. I don't like air fresheners...but I love candles as much for the glow as
for the scent.

And I agree with you. I open the windows for fresh air, and nothing smells better than cornbread or a roast cooking in the kitchen. :)
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:04 PM
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6. Just about any "berry" scent.
:)
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:04 PM
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7. Christmas Wreath
From Yankee Candle. Lots of others, too, but damned if that one doesn't smell just like a Christmas tree, without the needles ;)
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:06 PM
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9. I love Yankee Candles. All of them.
They last forever.
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:34 PM
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23. Yup, they do!
We usually get one of the Christmas Wreath ones right around now, and burn it most nights for all of December! Love it!
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:21 PM
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19. I love Yankees black candle scent
I forget what it is called, something like Midsummer Night or something.
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:34 PM
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22. Midsummer's Night, yup
I love that one, too.... :)
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 07:58 PM
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46. Have you smelled the mistletoe?
From Yankee? Good stuff.. I love yankee candles!!!

My favorite scent of theirs is " coming home"...love it!
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 10:14 PM
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47. Yup, I have!
I don't like it quite as much as Christmas Wreath, but it's nice, too :)

What does 'coming home' smell like? or rather, what color is it? LOL
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:17 PM
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66. Where yall buy these Yankee candles?

I don't guess they sell them in my state.
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OrwellwasRight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:05 PM
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8. Orange Creamsicle
It is like those vanilla ice cream pops that had an orange popsicle coating. Available at Illuminations.

Yum yum yum!!
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:06 PM
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10. Right now, I am hooked on Yankee Candle's "Christmas Eve" house
warmer. I also loved Party Lites' "Solitiude" But they discontinued it. Boo on them. It's the only thing I spent money on of theirs. They are overpriced. :hi:
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:10 PM
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13. What does "Christmas Eve" smell like?
I'll have to check it out tomorrow. My mom is part-owner of a gift store, and she carries Yankee Candles. I'll have to stop by to sniff some candles. :D :hi:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:14 PM
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17. It says sugared plum. I've never smelled a sugared plum, but, to me
Edited on Sun Dec-04-05 11:17 PM by MrsGrumpy
it's smells like cherries, vanilla...and a hint of spice. It's really delicate, and I love it.


I also like "Christmas cookies". I buy a candle each year for my son's teacher and one for myself. :)
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:08 PM
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11. Christmasy scents, spicy scents like cinnamon and clove,
fruity scents that are fresh-smelling like apples or oranges, and for relaxing in a bath - lavender.
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GrumpyGreg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:09 PM
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12. Vanilla !
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:14 PM
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16. Cinnamon
With a few pine cones in the fire.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:19 PM
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18. Bayberry
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vajraroshana Donating Member (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:44 AM
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57. me too
I'm not that fond of other types of scented candles.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:30 PM
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20. Something fruity... and Vanilla
Bring it on
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:31 PM
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21. Yea!
:)
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:58 PM
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25. Coffee scented....
Never bought any but they do smell good!
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 05:48 PM
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27. I've never smelled a coffee-scented candle.
I guess I'll have to give them a try. That would be fabulous in the morning. :D
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 11:58 PM
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26. I'm pretty partial to coffee scents
Although orange, lavender and maple cream are also quite nice.
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 05:50 PM
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28. I've smelled a few that struck me as nice, but I must say that
vanilla ones seem to smell especially pleasing to me.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 05:51 PM
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29. I love scented candles
My SO and I light candles in our living room every night - we keep 6 of the big fat ones in there. I love the soft light and the gentle scent.

We always get a variety of scents - I'm not sure what my favorite might be. Nothing too strong, mostly light berries and jasmines and stuff. I also love incense - we get some nice stuff (don't know what scent it is) from a Hindu temple.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 04:52 AM
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58. ditto
I almost always have a candle going. I am very careful, however, not to leave them unattended. :O
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 05:53 PM
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30. Right now my favorite is ginger peach.
I got it at Kroger. :P But it smells heavenly! The melon is really nice, too.
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 05:55 PM
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31. I found one at Whole Foods yesterday - Vanilla and peppermint
It's called WISH!

Oh my goddess it smells amazing!
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 06:00 PM
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34. I wish we had a Whole Foods here.
I would LOVE that candle.
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 06:35 PM
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36. I will check the brand when I get home
you may be able to get it elsewhere. It smells great just sitting there.
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 06:37 PM
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37. Thanks! Please let me know.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 05:58 PM
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32. None. IMO, most of them stink.
Expecially the fruity or vanilla-ish ones; they're just cloying. Some stores, like Pier 1 Imports, stink so bad of sickly-sweet scented candles that I just about gag if I have to spend too much time there. Some pine scents are OK in small doses, but the others...

:puke:
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 05:59 PM
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33. Nag champa
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 06:37 PM
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38. What is that?
Please tell me more. :hi:
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 06:44 PM
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40. It's that indian incence scent. I found a great candle with that scent
Edited on Mon Dec-05-05 06:44 PM by Beaverhausen
http://www.goldcanyoncandle.com/ourProducts_candles_inspirations.aspx

They call it Fir Champa and it smells amazing!

This company's candles are THE most fragrant I have ever had. They have a great christmas scent called Christmas Presence. (I can't find it on the website)
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MaggieSwanson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:25 PM
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50. Glowing Embers
from goldcanyoncandles is divine as well. It smells like a man with good cologne in front of a fireplace (or a campfire). Very yummy - and you are absolutely right about their candles lasting forever, and smelling divine. The three-wick ones are my favorites.
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MaggieSwanson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:20 PM
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49. Absolutely.
A co-worker makes soy candles as a second income, and her Nag scented candles are the best!
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brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 06:42 PM
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39. Trapp's Orange Vanilla is my fav...
with Bob's Garden Shoppe a close second. I get them online. Yummilicious!
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 07:09 PM
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41. Bitter Almonds
eom

RL
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 07:10 PM
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42. Green Grass and Clean Cotton from Yankee Candle
Of course they retired Green Grass :cry: I loved that scent. Smelled like someone just mowed a lawn in my apartment
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 11:23 AM
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65. I loved that one too! I was so mad that they discontinued it.
It was one of my favorite summer candles!! x(
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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 07:20 PM
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43. vanilla..soy content
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Callalily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 07:39 PM
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44. Lemon verbena (nt)
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 07:41 PM
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45. Hazelnut coffee does it for me. PartyLite makes one that smells like
Edited on Mon Dec-05-05 07:41 PM by grannylib
toffee or something, can't remember the name of it but it's soooo goooood....

On Edit: Caramel Creme, that's the one...yummmmmm....
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 10:15 PM
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48. Burnt Skin :D
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:27 PM
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51. Hmmm...
little clumsy with those matches are we, Dan?

:P
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DemNoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 11:21 AM
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64. Not bad
But I'm waiting for "Old Ashtray" myself
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:28 PM
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52. hot wax
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:29 PM
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53. I used to have an amazing one I got...
at The Cupboard (natural foods store) in Denton. I believe it was lavender, ylang ylang and bergamot. Absolutely heavenly!

I don't remember the brand, and have been looking for another one ever since!

fsc
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 12:01 AM
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54. Currently-- pumpkin spice.
I love candles and scented things! :9
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:45 AM
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55. Spiced Apple of any kind.
(everybody has a different name for them). Any kind of cookie or cake scent.Vanilla. Nothing too flowery. Melon or Fruit scents too..
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:19 AM
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56. Mulberry
in the winter and grapefruit or a citrus scent in the summer. And I buy them on line. :)
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 06:01 AM
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59. I like the vanilla scent.
:hi:
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 09:35 AM
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60. I've got tons!
I am a candle freak and I buy scents for the seasons. Right now I have pumpkin pie, Christmas wreath, balsam fir, Mistletoe, winterwoods, fireplace, and one simply labeled Holiday. I buy candles all the time. My favorite brands are Yankee, Henri Bendel, Trapp, Votivo, and Slatkin & Co.

My other favorite scents are Gardenia, Trapp's Bamboo Sugarcane (smells like Heaven), and Votivo's Red Currant!!! :)
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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 10:33 AM
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61. Yankee candle makes a Blueberry
muffin candle that smells exactly like the real thing! My all time favorite ...
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DemNoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 11:18 AM
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62. Yankee keeps retiring my faves
Very Annoying! The last one they killed was Maple Walnut. I fear as soon as I admit to liking Vanilla Cookie it will vanish!
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 11:20 AM
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63. Earl Gray Tea. Martha Stewart brand it was.

And they quit making it. Darn.

I don't like candles that have a scent like food; they make me hungry.
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RubyDuby in GA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:18 PM
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67. Clean Cotton from Yankee Candle
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Err Donating Member (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:24 PM
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68. Apple cinnamon
pumpkin pie
cinnamon roll
washington apple

Notice a trend? :D
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:52 PM
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69. lavendar, amber
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