Reply With QuoteI prefer the ambient perfumers (the sticks in a bottle) because if the boys knock them over they aren't dangerous and also because they scent the air without smoke.
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Candles/incense
Do you use candle, incense or both? When?
I seem to go in stages but I've spent a fortune on candles over the last year!
what about you guys?
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I prefer the ambient perfumers (the sticks in a bottle) because if the boys knock them over they aren't dangerous and also because they scent the air without smoke.
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I am trying to buy only a couple of scents so hopefully the house has a nice all the time scent but not to overpowering.
The only trouble it that you probably need to burn them to get the full scent but I like the look of new candles.
I also go in stages in buying them and if you get them from a ceertin shop they are not cheap. Hopefully with the warmer weather coming the scent will be stronger.
There has to be a way to get the scent in the house
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I like incense but I dont use it that often. In winter I like eucalyptus in an oil burner (I have always loved the smell and freakily I recently found out one of my great grandfathers was an eucalyptus distiller). I also have used an ambipur plug in thing. Vanilla was nice.
I can't seem to find candles that put out that much fragrance...
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I use soy melts in an oil burner, delicious & the scent stays around, on a warm day you smell them without burning. I have some candles which I burn randomly too, generally on days I do a big clean
Today it's vanilla in the lounge & kitchen.
I also use the fragrance sticks in the toilets
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i'm not a fan of the fragrance stick in oil things - i've reacted seriously badly (hayfever or instant migraine) to far too many of them (although partylite ones i'm ok with - go figure)
i'm not a fan of incense at all - i find the smell cloying and i get really unwell (similar reaction to above)
candles are always on display here - i have the "pretty" candles - the ones that look nice, may have a smell, may not) and the "practical" candles - the ones i burn. at the moment our house smells very christmassy with thanks to candles and the warmth. peppermint bark and holiday spices/clementine and clove candles in about 115 holders around the house. none of them burning, but the smell is pretty cool! i won't say how many candles i have stashed for "when i feel like that smell" burning lol
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Your obsessed though BG, one day i'm going to raid that stash
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I go through phasesbut in my regular stash of incense I burn Nagchampa (sp?) and Sandalwood (in the pink and gold box). Candles I prefer unscented though was recently given a cinnamon one which was heavenly. I DO love my Inessence "Harmony" blend that I use in my oil burners.
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I don't tend to buy a lot of that stuff because I'm like BG and most of it really irritates me. But I have a Glade french vanilla candle I got in the supermarket on the dining able and it's gorgeous! It smells lovely even when it's not burning.
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Your obsessed though BG
****crazily scrawls a reminder to self to make sure spare room is blockaded before ZF's next visit... ****
on the upside, i ALWAYS have something i can give as a present with that stash....
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I wish I had a huge stash!! Mine depends on how I am feeling but I do have a heap of body shop home oils from the UK that my gf gets me every time she is there, they are all scents not available here. Today I am burning Warm Amber because we have a party on tonight, but I do love more natural scents and essential oils. Also love the smell of Nag Champa but have to burn it when DH isn't around because it makes him sneeze!!
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is it at this point that i admit i had to commandeer an extra container off hubby cos the *cough* 8 *cough* 52L tubs were bursting at the seems... and that i could probably still fill another at least half way...?
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Holy mother of candles BG - EIGHT!!!!!!
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well, 9.5 now...
and one of those is just christmas candles, so it's not totally full up right now...
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LOL BG, I can see it now "Hi, my name is BG and I'm a candle addict"
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Yup! Lol. DH is too though! And I only buy with commission from selling them most if the time!
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Yep incense by day, candles by night.
Im pretty fussy though, they have to be naturally derived fragrances, essential oils that actually smell like real things. I can't stand the oil diffuser and plug ins, they're all nasty artificial smells.
I have a pretty healthy stash, love vanilla, spices, citrus, geranium, etc, they're all housed in their very own chest of drawers. but uh BG you're putting my stash to shame!
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shall i mention that DH has his own stash on top of that one?? his own holders and his own candles (both in his bar and in the garage for outside use...)
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