Yankee Candles have a very strong smell to them. I have a free votive-size French Vanilla one. I can smell it quite well through the plastic wrapping. I am certain that if I unwrapped it, the whole large apartment would smell of it.
So I really don't think you would have to burn it to get the room smelly from your YC candle.
But to keep housekeepers from being nervous about it, I would take the wick out entirely (I know you can do that with cheaper candles, can you with YC?), and perhaps just put it away when you're out of your room.
Although from my experience with scents...you'd just have the smell of the room (whatever is objectionable about that) with the YC overlay smell along with it!