to think Yankee candles are the work of the devil

[MarieBurnham]

Vile vile stuff that gives me a headache and makes me feel sick. I don't think they contain anything natural like essential oils, just loads of artificial chemicals.

Cheap and nasty.

YANBU.

YABVVVVVVU
They are lovely, maybe you haven't found a fragrance you like yet?

Much nicer than the bloody expensive Jo Malone or DIPtyhrth whatever shite, and reasonably priced too.

Yanbu, chemical YUK

I think you do need to spend a few $$$ hence why I don't have any!

YANBU. Give me asthma attacks. SIL loves them and keeps giving me on ever year. Don't know what to do with them.

Much nicer than the bloody expensive Jo Malone or DIPtyhrth whatever shite, and reasonably priced too

well, lets agree to disagree on that!!!

Designed Send them to meeeeeeeeee

I don't mind them. It's the half a dozen perfume counters in the bigger shops that I find off putting. The smell makes me feel sick and gives me a headache. It's horrible.

I like candles but i wouldn't spend anymore than about £20 on one and even then I think that's expensive. I might as well just burn my money instead.

You 're so being totally reasonable man, they smell like effing toilet cleaner type things YUCK YUCK. Full of paraffin, give me a beeswax candle or the Diptych ones with natural essential oil scents anytime!!!!

YANBU. They smell vile. Hits the back of your throat. They're really popular so what would I know.

I think all candles, natural oils or not, can be nauseating.

I used to love Yankee candles but I've gone right off them- i got the advent candle last year and the candles smelled of nothing, I was so disappointed.

I treated myself to a large jar this Christmas and its burning in a column down the centre, not right out to the edges, even when I leave it burning for ages.

YABU, the clean, fresh scents are lovely. The xmas/food type scents are vile though. I got a set of minis for my birthday recently and don't like the xmas scents however when DP is doing the cleaning he lights them and after a little while they don't smell too bad.

I would be very happy getting a load of YC candles for xmas as long as they were the nice scents.

Can anyone suggest any other really nice brands which aren't any more expensive than yankee? I love a good strong, long lasting scent.

As I posted, I love them but would never buy the jar candles (I'm not paying that! and I like to have different fragrances all the time). I've got an electric tart burner so I burn tarts or cut votive candles in half, remove the metal bit and wick and use those too.

I like them - does anyone have those Wicker ones that are meant to 'cackle' as they burn, are they any good?

I can't bear any kind of scented candle, even the really expensive ones.

But at least they don't cost the earth, even if they're foul.

YANBU!!
I get instant headaches from them too! They make me feel so unwell!
I can't walk past lush either, even being close to it the smell is just so overpowering

DH bought a really expensive American (holiday scented) candle back from the states last year. Now I like the smell of cinnamon normally but THIS, OMG it STANK to high heaven of cinnamon , it must have been a chemical version , it made everyone, including dh feel sooo sick I had to throw it away in an outside bin. Wrapped up in wads of newspaper.

It's not the smell exactly, some smell okay, it's just that if I am in a room where one is burning after 15 minutes I can almost feel the smell in my nose and it becomes a headache. The shops are unbearable - and for the poster that mentioned Lush - yes exactly, they are truly nasty smell wise.

I don't get it- they don't smell of anything when you burn them? Scented candles are a waste of money.

Yes that's true katie They are sometimes alright for the first 5 mins or so but then they get unbearable.

fluffygal maybe your nose is blocked !

I did like them, but I'd only pay £1 for the mini ones. I've gone off them now, as they don't smell very strong when I burn them. I prefer the bath and body works ones from the US. They smell nicer and stronger.

Awful things. Smell artificial and horrid. Leave black stains on ceilings. Really really dislike them.