Definitely a
full on autumn feel last week and as the nights draw ever in, the candles I
selected to use (mostly) matched the weather.
I started
the week with a first ever use of Willow Breeze in votive form. A pungent fresh
scent, Willow Breeze is like a blast of sharp clean air whistling through the
trees.
Melted one
of my favourites, Beach Wood on Tuesday – it really is a totally unique Yankee
Candle fragrance.
Wednesday
evening and Sicilian Lemon (known as Meyer Lemon in the US) got a rare burn. It
isn’t the strongest fragrance ever, but when you do get the lemon scent into
the atmosphere, it’s delicious. Almost a slightly bitter lemon fragrance and I
love it.
And on
Thursday night it was time for my talked about guest candle. Unwittingly I had
got the Yankee Army into a guessing frenzy over this candle on twitter! A
friend loaned us this jar as she’d had some trouble burning it (it took foil
and an illuma lid to get a full pooling) and she wanted to hear our thoughts
too. As a bit of added spice, I told her I’d feature it in my burn review. So
for the only time ever, I got to use… Vineyard!
I gave it
quite a long burn and personally I found its deep fruit notes enchanting
(obviously grape), but my wife didn’t like it at all! It whisked me off in my
thoughts to Queen Eleanor’s Garden outside Winchester Castle with its vine
covered archways. Anyway after 4 ½ hours it only pooled halfway across the jar,
so it was then handed back to our friend to try and remedy again. Goodbye
Vineyard – I enjoyed our brief acquaintance!
To celebrate
the start of the weekend I used Autumn Wreath for the first time. What a winner
and one we could both agree on! Its spicy blend of apples and other ingredients
give a full on autumn feeling and it really is one of the best ever yankee
scents suited to the season.
Saturday was
a cold day with tons of rain but with a beautiful array of colour in the garden
as the autumn leaves are about to fall. Lakeside Birch suited the damp yet
wonderfully atmospheric autumnal day. Its escapist scent is a creamy, sharp
perfume and you can easily take yourself off in your imagination to a brisk
walk through the woods in the rain.
A real treat
on Saturday night as Tutti Frutti got a very rare burning. I think perhaps I’ve
slightly overrated it in my mind in the past as one of the very, very best ever
(possibly because of its rareness) but its candy sweet notes are indeed a
delight.
Into Sunday
and the sun won the battle of the weather. Water Garden suited beautifully and
it was so warm on the conservatory we even used our new stunning Bronze Flowers
illumalid. Water Garden is always delightful. It literally smells of sweet,
floral water and you can imagine wandering around the grounds of a stately home
in full summer smelling the lovely floral bouquets at waterside.
Finally to
close things off Salted Caramel was used once again to warm the cockles on a
chilly night!