Monday, 9 September 2013

YANKEE CANDLE QVC TV SHOWS REVIEW (6th September)


It was great to see Yankee Candle Brand Ambassador Steven Corfield back for two TV shows last Friday as he hadn’t been on screen for a while.

The first show was co-presented by Miceal Murphy and his easy going style always makes the shows he hosts a pleasant watch.

It was straight in with a brand new offering – 3 new Artisan Jars for the autumn season. The Artisan jars are a limited edition ‘one off’ fragrance blend only available usually in the USA and rarely in the UK. Designed with a simplistic look, the intent is to present them at a great price so that people will be tempted to try out Yankee Candles – and then of course find out how great they are! Needless to say, seasoned Yankee Candle fans won’t be disappointed with Artisans fragrance wise as the blends are just as  sophisticated as the usual YC range.
 
The autumn offering contains 3 new large jars – Falling Leaves, Autumn Celebration and Cider.
 

Steven Corfield as ever gave a great insight into these 3 new one off fragrances :

Falling Leaves – has an outdoor earthiness and brings to mind an early morning autumnal walk with the smell of nature around you.

Autumn Celebration – This reminded Steven of the smells of autumnal baking he experienced as a child and the scent took him right back to that time.

Cider – again this took Steven straight back to Central Park in New York and walking around with a cup of hot apple cider, with gentle warming notes of Cinnamon and Nutmeg.

 
700 of these Artisan sets sold during the show – so a very popular item with QVC viewers and another 250 sold in the first half an hour of the evening show.

And still available at the great price from QVC at time of writing!


Also on offer was the cool calm bucket holders with samplers collection. A lovely looking item as you can see from the photo and all the samplers are the lush Midnight Jasmine fragrance.
 
 

An autumn sampler and tea light collection was offered featuring the new Yankee Candle Q3 fragrances and it gave Steven a chance to talk about these new scents. Lake Sunset he described as capturing the atmosphere of dusk on a warm day (more on this in my burn review tomorrow!) and he mentioned how it was very fruity yet with woody musk underneath the main scent. The spicy Vanilla Chai is included in this set which Steven noted as creating an atmosphere – and Salted Caramel also features in the set.

Lots  of other great stuff was shown and some nice shoutouts for the Yankee Army. Miceal mentioned that Tanya’s first Yankee Candle experience was with Christmas Tree and how it always reminds her of Christmas together with the family. And Marc also got a shoutout having just made his own candle scent using the mixing facility available at the Yankee Candle factory in the USA!

One great quote from Steven was “I’ve been so obsessed with these candles – it’s untrue”. I think many of us know the feeling!

 
Onto the late evening show and Jill Franks was co-hosting this one.
 
It was straight in with a one time only special offer of the three Tea Party large jars at a special low price. The set features Camomile Tea, Honey and Spice and Red Velvet. Steven noted that Camomile Tea had a honey feel with light spices and hints of Lemon, while he described his favourite Red Velvet as being like a decadent vanilla cupcake with chocolate and buttercream. Honey and Spice was also mentioned as being warm and comforting. The OTO sold out quickly in the show but this set is still available on the QVC waitlist.

A colour burst shade with a Pink Dragonfruit jar sold really quickly as did a collection that featured 20 rare melts. Oh my, did I really see – Jack Frost, Pomegranate Cider, Evening Air, Mountain Pine, Christmas Bayberry, Mulled Wine and others – blink and you missed it!

We also saw the Hurricane Vase with large Warm Spice jar, an electric warmer with melts and lots more.

Two great shows and it was another exciting Yankee Candle day on QVC.

Rosa Smith is back on the 14th and 1pm and 11pm and Steven returns on 26th at 11am, 5pm and 10pm – so lots to look forward too, make sure you tune in!
 
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