This candle situation

[SandandSky]

I love a candle, I know I’m not the only one.

keep having the same discussion with DH…

Please do not use my £30 candle to burn of the smell of your morning poo, or the fish you’ve cooked in the pan, leaving the £2 candles (purposefully dotted in convenient places) untouched. I want my posh ones for relaxing/indulging/quiet time.

DH says a candle is a candle

He’s being completely U, right? Reassure me I’m not mad 😂

I just don't get it.

If people's houses smell that bad they need candles, they need to do some cleaning! Not mask the smell with chemical scents.

I'd find something "nice" of his and make sure he saw me using that. Nice chocolate maybe? Then when challenged, "chocolate's chocolate 🤷🏼‍♀️"

@AlisonDonut it's not masking. I love doing all the cleaning then lighting a candle full of essential oils

It's like having a shower and then putting on perfume. If I'm at home sometimes I don't want to wear perfume but I want a nice scent so I light a candle

I've skimmed the thread so might have missed a duplicate recommendation but buy poo drops @SandandSky ! They're a game changer. Look for poo pourri on amazon, here's the bottle...

Isn't that up to Op though if they are her things?

😨EEWWWWWWWWWWWW!!

This is true

My first dh would light his farts so ........

£30 for a candle, what's in them, unobtanium?

Where do you get them from, I Saw You Coming shop?

I have three grades on candles ( yes sad I know )
my cheap and cheerful for bathroom and kitchen smells. My Yankee for daily everyday smells and my Jo malone for my leave me alone I am relaxing in the smell.

I misread this 👀

Yes exactly! It’s not so much that my house stinks, I just like the extra smell from a nice candle. A bit like I don’t smell but it’s nice to wear perfume too.

we do also open windows but lighting a candle as well seems to help bad smalls disappear quicker (at least we think so)

and our bathroom window is completely the other side to the loo

🤣🤣🤣@GimmeSleep

Hide them. Simply keeping fancy candle in its cardboard box was enough to foil dh.
Lighting a candle is a relatively complex task for him but opening the box to find it takes it to an altogether different genius level.
Problem solved.
Leave inexpensive candles around and he destroys those whilst never having the sense to look in the cardboard boxm

It's not saving for best. It's using appropriate products for different uses. You would use £40 balsamic to cook with. It's not made for that. But it is all vinegar.

As @Grimchmas says, lighting a match and swooshing it about a bit is better.

Haha yes! Like baby wipes. The smell is now engrained in my head as the smell of poo

I don't know any men who light candles unless there's a power cut.

Because OP wants the nice ones for when she is relaxing quietly and appreciating the ambiance.

Don't you like to create a little oasis sometimes? You need special things for that. Not candles that remind you of poo.

Some candies are for practical reasons. Some are for special times. Like champagne. I don't crack open the Dom Perignon just when I feel like a glass in the evening. I'll drink a £30 bottle for regular and a £120 bottle for special

Really they are not

Huh? Using your nice candles 2-3x a week instead of after every dump is hardly dying with unlit candles.

Keep your good candles in a locked box under the floorboards until he learns.

Well at least if I’m hit by a bus tomorrow I can have a beautifully scented funeral

I'm with you, OP.

The people saying use them, don't keep them for best are missing the point as your DH is using them, not you.

To me, it's like him borrowing my best silk scarf whist cleaning the gutters.

Also, tell him he needs to buy you a Cire Trudon candle to replace the good ones hes used!