YANKEE ARMY
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TWITTER NAME
: @pinkpolarbear6
Please tell
us a bit about you
My name is
Lisa Fairclough and I live in a small
village near York, called Melbourne, with my husband Mark who is a pig farmer
and my children Amy (17) and Henry (14)
For many
years I was a child minder, but gave that up a couple of years ago to become
the office manager at my brother's courier company. We deal in animal samples
and have drivers all over the country picking up blood/tissue samples etc from
vets and taking them to a lab in the North and one in the South for testing.
My main
hobbies other than Yankees are football (I have supported Man City since I was
little and also love the Bundesliga) and reading. I am a little bit obsessed
with Agatha Christie and have all her books in several formats. I also enjoy
historical fiction and am currently reading The White Queen by Philippa
Gregory.
How did your
Yankee candle obsession start and when?
I first
discovered Yankee Candle when I went to a Millennium eve party at a friend’s.
She had just returned from Boston and was burning the samplers she had bought.
I can't remember the exact fragrance, but it was definitely a vanilla one.
Can you tell
us a bit about your collection (number, type, oddities etc)
I currently
have 66 large jars, 14 medium and 11 small in my collection, as well as about a
dozen tumblers and a drawer each of samplers and melts. I prefer house warmer
jars and my favourite is a medium Halloween one called All Hallows Eve. It is a
swirled mix of Evening Air and Midnight Jasmine, so smells amazing and has a
holographic label. I also have a few black banded small jars that I've picked
up on EBay etc.
Are you a
collector, a burner or both?
I used to
burn jars as well as melts and samplers, but now tend to keep the jars for
displaying and use melts in my electric warmer. I'm not a huge fan of samplers
as I find the smell is never as strong, but I have got more into tea lights
recently.
What is your
favourite Yankee Candle and why?
My favourite
Yankee is Mountain Lodge and has been since my first smell of it, on its
release. It’s difficult to describe what I like about it, but it just makes me
feel so relaxed, whatever else is happening in life. It has the ability to make
me feel I'm really at the place on the label and as I've burnt it in so many
situations over the years, it has a lot of happy memories associated with it.
If you could
suggest one unmade scent to Yankee what would it be?
My favourite
smell in the world is basil so I'd have to say that. I know there have been
variations of it over the years but I don't think I've ever seen a pure basil
one and I think that would be lovely.
Which Yankee
Candle do you wish was brought out of retirement?
Apart from
the obvious Mountain Lodge I think I'd choose Fresh Cut Herbs. I was lucky
enough to have a medium jar of this a few years ago and everyone in my family
adored its sweet, fresh fragrance. It has the basil in I love so much and hints
of parsley and mint, making it a perfect kitchen or even bathroom candle.
What was the
last candle you bought/were given?
I did buy
some melts on EBay last night, including Greenhouse, Eucalyptus, Sparkling
Pine, Milk and cookies, Early Sunrise, Cottage Breeze. Autumn Leaves and
Mistletoe, but my last large jar purchase was Sparking lemon.