Are wax melts chavvy?

[jamoncrumpet]

This is the opinion of a good friend when I told her that I had recently bought a few melts and a burner: 'Oh don't get into them, they are SO chavvy!'

I just want my house to not stink of baby wipes and crisp crumbs ffs!

You are a bit thick @ourkidmolly if you have got this far in modern society without encountering the term MLM, yes

Well. I guess I'm "a bit thick", then.

I'm firing one up now. Sod it. How bad can it be?

I bought some in Bolongia , they were picknmix in a nice kitchen shop

Judging others as chavvy is so all fur coat and nae knickers.

I hate the word chavvy. But I do think that wax melts are a bit naff. In a way that a nice big candle is not. Or real flowers. Or a bowl of potpourri. So whilst I’d not have said what your friend said I would have thought other things might have been a better choice.

These smell... weird. Like if you put lavender in a room with a load of chemical carcinogens and then set fire to it,

Oooh Potpourri that’s nostalgic

If I spray anything in my house my dog will sneeze and sneeze and sneeze. Mrs H’s dog must be made of steel

Yup. Everything bar Dyptique is chavvy.... kidding. You’re friend is being silly. (Dyptique is quite nice though)

I like them, I buy them from a local company. My favourite is gingerbread and espresso together, but only at Christmas time.

If that makes me chavvy so be it.

Not rtft but they’re not great for air quality

Yes Wehttam has nailed it, they are very 'hun'.

Also associated with 'Live, Laugh, Love' and 'Prosecco O' Clock ' wall decorations!

I have no idea what they smell like but I rather like this brand

Surely your house is supposed to smell of wet labradors, barbour jackets, and the oil fired aga..

Is Mrs Hinch one of those awful ersatz tv wannabes (‘influencers’), all of whom used to work on make up counters in Norwich?

@topcat2014mine smells however the cleaner wishes to leave it 😂

Someone bought me a burner and melt things a few years ago. I use the burner with a little bit of oil in water instead - the White Company “winter” oil is amazing at Christmas, otherwise I use a few drops of lavender oil.

Yes. They. Are

PS. A house that smells of baby wipes and crisps (particularly if they are Monster Munch Pickled Onion), sounds perfect to me.

Yea, a bit

For those asking why you would use a wax melt instead of a candle....my reason is that I have an electric one, so no naked flame. Imo they give a nice, subtle fragrance, and that’s why I like them. Also, to get the wax out, you put the holder in the freezer for 30 mins, and it slips out...easy peasy 😉

Didn’t know I am viewed as a chav though! How bizarre!

(Perhaps a Monster Munch wax melt would be less chavvy though, and just pretty cool).

Are they like the Scent chips that they used to sell at parties in the 90s

Tell her to ‘Live, Love, Laugh.’

I don't think they are chavvy but they are the 'thing' of the moment with MLMs selling them all over Instagram. This alone puts me off using them.