Yankee Candle

[All American]

My absolute favorite scent is "Home Sweet Home."

 

[Zandy595]

My favorites are Buttercream and Cranberry Chutney. I also like Spiced Cocoa, that's what I'm burning now.

I have a couple candles that have quite a bit of wax left in the bottom of the glass jar, but the wicks have burned down to nothing and I can't light them anymore. Does anyone know if you can use an electric candle warmer with these "almost gone" candles?

 

[Brianne]

Buttercream, Spiced Cocoa & Pumpkin. I have more candles than I know what to do with but I keep buying them anyway!

I like to buy the small jars of Buttercream for teacher gifts every year; I don't know who could resist that scent?

 

[N&B'smom]

My absolute favorite scent is "Home Sweet Home."

Mine too!!! I love to burn that one at Christmas time. It smells so good. I also like Pumpkin Spice, very nice in the Fall. YC are the only candles I buy.

Shelby

 

[Savsmommy]

Today I just got the new Yankee Candle 2006 Festive Fragance Collection catalog. I cant decide which ones I want. It also had a coupon on it for $15.00 off a $45.00 or more purchase.

 

[Skatermom23]

*sniff* they discontinued my favorite scent! Pineapple Paradise!

If you like Yankee you should try Partylite, I like them better.

I like Partylite votives much more because they liquify and are easy to clean up but I like the jars from Yankee more. Partylite pillars are nice but in all fairness I haven't tried the ones from Yankee.

 

[Skatermom23]

No one has mentioned the Gingerbread Maple!!!! It is good enough to eat!

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Buttercream, Cranberry Chutney and Clean Cotten are my favorites.

I burn Buttercream and Cranberry Chutney at the same time and love the mix.

Cool-Beans, you and DW Lauri are so much alike! She likes to mix Cranberry Chutney (her second favorite) with either Buttercream or French Vanilla. It's the closest she can come to her dearly departed favorite fragrance Blueberry Muffin. Man, I have to hear about that everytime we are near a Yankee store.

We have a ton of candles right now. The fact that Lauri gets them for 40-50% off is dangerous. She bought one, I think it's called something like Vanilla Cupcake? - that smells so good.

They built one of their flagship stores in Williamsburg, VA last year. Holy cow I never saw so many candles in one place at one time! We were just there over the weekend with Shugardrawers and her DH and the poodle twins Reilly and Petey. Those employees were smart. They kept us in there and shopping by fawning over the dogs because Reilly isn't going anywhere as long as there is attention being paid to him.

 

[sjh801]

I, too, have to say "Get thee to the Exchange Boards!" You'll find a lot of us Yankee Candle lovers there.

 

[maslex]

I'm lovin me some Yankee Candle. FAVE!!!!

I have so many large jars that I don't know where to put them anymore. In my living room I have Pumpkin Pie, Vanilla Cookie & Tangerine. (I also have a huge basket with about 50 or so tarts in MANY different scents)

In my bathroom there is Cottage Breeze (probably my one and only NON food scent)

On my hutch in the hallway I have Macintosh/Peach, Hot Buttered Rum, Granny Smith Apple, Gingerbread Maple & Cherry Lemonade.

In my kitchen I have Jack Frost, Autumn Wreath, Apple Butter, Peppermint Cocoa & White Chocolate Mint.

I also love to mix different scents together (the tarts) I don't really care for Buttercreme on it's own but love it paired with another scent. What I normally do with the "almost gone" wax in a jar is.....put it in the freezer for a couple hours or so and then GENTLY take a butter knife and kind of split the wax in a couple pieces and then put that wax in my tart burner. NO WASTE. I also do this with my tart burner. I take the top part off and put it in the freezer and then pop out the used wax. I will usually burn a tart twice and then throw it away. Can't really get anymore smell out of it after that.

 

[Zandy595]

I got so tired of trying to get the used tarts out of my burner that I stopped using it. I have 4 or 5 brand new tarts that I'll probably never use. My tart burner is made of soap stone and I've scraped the bowl up prying those stupid tarts out. I've tried freezing it and warming it in hot water and nothing seems to work.

 

[luvflorida]

I got so tired of trying to get the used tarts out of my burner that I stopped using it. I have 4 or 5 brand new tarts that I'll probably never use. My tart burner is made of soap stone and I've scraped the bowl up prying those stupid tarts out. I've tried freezing it and warming it in hot water and nothing seems to work.

I'm not sure what my electric burner is made of. It's new and the kind where you can take the little dish off. When I bought it, the clerk said to put the dish in the freezer for about ten minutes and then just pry off the old wax. I haven't done it yet, so I don't know how easy it'll be.

 

[luvflorida]

I'm lovin me some Yankee Candle. FAVE!!!!

I have so many large jars that I don't know where to put them anymore. In my living room I have Pumpkin Pie, Vanilla Cookie & Tangerine. (I also have a huge basket with about 50 or so tarts in MANY different scents)

In my bathroom there is Cottage Breeze (probably my one and only NON food scent)

On my hutch in the hallway I have Macintosh/Peach, Hot Buttered Rum, Granny Smith Apple, Gingerbread Maple & Cherry Lemonade.

In my kitchen I have Jack Frost, Autumn Wreath, Apple Butter, Peppermint Cocoa & White Chocolate Mint.

I also love to mix different scents together (the tarts) I don't really care for Buttercreme on it's own but love it paired with another scent. What I normally do with the "almost gone" wax in a jar is.....put it in the freezer for a couple hours or so and then GENTLY take a butter knife and kind of split the wax in a couple pieces and then put that wax in my tart burner. NO WASTE. I also do this with my tart burner. I take the top part off and put it in the freezer and then pop out the used wax. I will usually burn a tart twice and then throw it away. Can't really get anymore smell out of it after that.

WOW! You have a lot of scents that I want to try. This is only my second day with my Yankee Candle supply, and I'm thinking of heading out to buy some more scents. I can't wait to try some of the holiday scents.

 

[snowwite]

I have recently discovered Yankee Candle and I am in love with their products! I've known about them for a long time, but was never really interested in them. I've even had some in my house that were given to me as gifts, but I generally would put them on a shelf somewhere and not really give them another thought. It was extremely rare for me to actually light a candle.

Well, over the summer someone gave me a ceramic candle holder with a couple of the small candles, (tarts), as a gift. It's the kind where you put a small candle in and as it burns it melts the tart above. It was lilac, smelled wonderful, and now I'm hooked!!

Yesterday, I bought an electric burner, (I know it must have another name), and several tarts in fall scents. I couldn't believe the variety of candles and accessories the store had! Some of the Halloween candles and holders were really cute.

Anyway, just wondering if anyone else likes Yankee Candle products. I love the electric burner, (maybe someone with more knowledge could tell me the correct name for this!), because I don't have to worry about flames from a candle.

What are some of your favorite scents and products? Which rooms in your house do you use the candles in the most? Are some candles better suited for different rooms/locations? There are so many different styles- votive, tarts, jars, plug-ins, etc.

I love the clean cotton,bay breeze and lilac. They have a lot of fall ones 50% off right now (in MA anyway)

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

I got so tired of trying to get the used tarts out of my burner that I stopped using it. I have 4 or 5 brand new tarts that I'll probably never use. My tart burner is made of soap stone and I've scraped the bowl up prying those stupid tarts out. I've tried freezing it and warming it in hot water and nothing seems to work.

I asked DW Lauri about your soap stone burner. She said to occasionally wipe the bowl with a bit of oil on a towel (veggie oil) because stone dries out easily and then the wax will adhere to the porous surface.

Hope that helps

 

[Zandy595]

I asked DW Lauri about your soap stone burner. She said to occasionally wipe the bowl with a bit of oil on a towel (veggie oil) because stone dries out easily and then the wax will adhere to the porous surface.

Hope that helps

Thanks, I have tried that. Maybe I didn't use enough oil. If I ever get the tart out I'll use more oil and see if that works.

 

[mrsheppo]

I love my Yankee Candles. While I'm not a big fan of the floral scents, I do love all the food and fruit scents. Right now I have Harvest in my bathroom and Pumpkin Pie in the living room. I have many of the jar candles, but my favorites are the tarts.

I use both the electric and tealight tart warmers. I do like the tealight ones better because they cause the tart to melt more evenly but I use the electric because of pets and babies.

As some said, join in the Holiday YC exchange. We have a lot of fun and get to try new scents.

 

[rparmfamily]

I'm also a HUGE Yankee Candle fan, have been for 7 years. I just went in last night and chatted w/the girls there.

Right now my store has Machitosh, Mac & Peach, Mandarin Cranberry, Home Sweet Home, Autumn Wreath and Farmhouse Apple as the Buy One Get One 1/2 OFF. I'm personally on my second jar of Autumn Wreath, I LOVE that one!!

I've been told October is Cranberry Chutney, Harvest and Spiced Pumpkin. Haven't heard anything about Cranberry Chutney being retired. They are getting ready to "seasonally" retire more frags after Columbus Day. The girl told me you can buy them at the website but not in the store. (they have to make room for the new holiday frags). Which, BTW, my store has in the new holiday ones!! Feliz Navidad, Holiday Sage, White Chocolate Mint--yum!!

Also, they'll be having a sale over Columbus Day weekend, the girl at my store wasn't sure of the details. I'm in there often enough that they spill all the secrets about the sales to me!! LOL

My all time favorite is Pineapple Gardenia...also retired...but available online still so I've been stocking up. I also love Key Lime Pie, also retired LMAO.

 

[LBAK]

I use a different scent for every month. Right now it's Autumn Leaves and in October it will be Spiced Pumpkin and November Harvest. I love YC!

 

[LuvDuke]

I have recently discovered Yankee Candle and I am in love with their products! I've known about them for a long time, but was never really interested in them. I've even had some in my house that were given to me as gifts, but I generally would put them on a shelf somewhere and not really give them another thought. It was extremely rare for me to actually light a candle.

Well, over the summer someone gave me a ceramic candle holder with a couple of the small candles, (tarts), as a gift. It's the kind where you put a small candle in and as it burns it melts the tart above. It was lilac, smelled wonderful, and now I'm hooked!!

Yesterday, I bought an electric burner, (I know it must have another name), and several tarts in fall scents. I couldn't believe the variety of candles and accessories the store had! Some of the Halloween candles and holders were really cute.

Anyway, just wondering if anyone else likes Yankee Candle products. I love the electric burner, (maybe someone with more knowledge could tell me the correct name for this!), because I don't have to worry about flames from a candle.

What are some of your favorite scents and products? Which rooms in your house do you use the candles in the most? Are some candles better suited for different rooms/locations? There are so many different styles- votive, tarts, jars, plug-ins, etc.

Well, you certainly came to the right place!

I'm into my Halloween collection now. Right now, I'm burning a Witches Brew tart in the Halloween Tart Burner. I prefer the tealight tart burner because it gives the room a nice glow. For new tart burners, check out Ebay.

Some of my favorite scents are Witches Brew, Patchouli, Autumn Wreath, Brown Sugar and Spice, Amber Sunset, Home for the Holidays, Christmas Wreath, and Christmas Berries. And I have multiples of each and I love everyone one of them.

For my birthday, I steered my family towards the 22 oz Wicked jar candle.

Yes, Yankee Candle really is an addiction. But, a nice one.