This is a
two week catch up as we were away for part of last week. Am I the only one
who kind of wishes away a holiday a bit,
just in order to get back home to Yankee Candle scents?!
Anyway, rolling
back a couple of weeks my wife melted a tart of Creamy Caramel a few times
during a couple of chilly nights. Creamy Caramel is like Salted Caramel’s
sweeter brother! It is just as strong so not for the feint hearted.
Berrylicious
is getting harder to find after its limited release last year. It is absolutely
delicious having the aroma of freshly sliced blueberry pie.
Wild Passion
Fruit is always a favourite. A less sweet aroma than some of the other Yankee
Candle fruit scents, it is nonetheless really lovely.
Honey Glow was
released last summer and has a pleasant medium strength honey tinged perfume feel
to it.
Camomile Tea
is my favourite wake up fragrance I think. It’s like lightly slightly sweetened
tea and is comforting and uplifting.
Pink
Grapefruit is a perfect daytime fragrance and it has an authentic, slightly
zingy pink grapefruit aroma.
Midnight
Oasis is a light fragrance but it is one that changes the atmosphere of your
room without you really noticing. Leave the room for a few minutes and come
back in to an exotic world of decadent fragrance. In my imagination it whisks
me off to hedonistic nights of the 1970s perhaps ; Saturday Night
Fever or an outdoors Led Zeppelin concert – it has that aura of days gone by.
Lovely Kiku
is always a cheerful, slightly sweet floral burn.
Sicilian
Orange has the delicious aroma of freshly squeezed oranges. This was my first
experience of the ‘World Journeys’ tumbler series just brought to the UK for
the first time this year. My only complaint was that the scent throw was quite
light.
Country
Heather is a new favourite for us this year. Lovely and strong this brings to
mind stepping into a bright floral garden on a windy day with the air full of
sharp flowery scent.
A melt of
Drift Away has been winning us over. It has a lovely detergenty freshness and
it is a nice way of giving a fresh feel to any room.
Beach Flowers
was the last burn before our short trip away to the coast and its lovely
powdery fresh floral aroma really got us in the mood for some seaside
atmosphere.
Back all too
soon and an afternoon of heavy rain had just passed. The beautiful Meadow
Showers was a great welcome home fragrance, capturing the atmosphere of the
day.
Stargazer
Lily followed and it is really lovely to have such a pleasant authentic lily
aroma drifting around the house.
Next morning
and it was off for our first proper visit to the Yankee Candle outlet at
Swindon. Oh my, it is a Yankee Candle fan’s paradise! They had all sorts of
unusual large jars including Pink Carnation, Tahitian Tiare Flower, Cotton
Candy and Carrot Cake. We snapped up some rare Christmas fragrances at great
prices. There was also a multitude of rare inexpensive melts and votives. I’d
highly recommend a visit if you are passing, but the stock does vary quite
rapidly, so it is always pot luck as to what you might find on any given day.
The shop was of a decent size and the Yankee Candle staff were very
professional, helpful and friendly. It is worth walking around the shop two or
three times at least – we missed so much stuff on first look! Here’s me with
some of my goodies..
Back home
from shopping and the absolutely delicious fruit medley of Citrus Tango took us
through the evening.
Sparkling
Lemon gave a great fizzy uplift to Sunday morning. It was lit as a bit of a
celebration as we hit 3000 members on our Team Yankee Facebook Group! We had
some great fun on the group yesterday (and our members proclaim that we are the
friendliest group in any category on Facebook, not just Yankee Candles!) with
the extra news that the lovely Sarah and Zac now join Ann, Ben, Deborah and myself as
admins of the group.
Lastly to
close a bustling couple of weeks, the lovely more fruit than floral Pink
Hibiscus.
More soon –
thanks for reading!