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Can anyone recommend decent scented candles that aren't at Jo Malone prices...?

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willywonka · 08/05/2007 23:03

Want a champagne lifestyle on a lemonade budget

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expatinscotland · 08/05/2007 23:09

Price's do lovely ones.

A beekeeper who sells at our farmer's market has started selling beeswax candles and they smell gorgeous.

noddyholder · 08/05/2007 23:10

Jo Malone are cheaper on ebay sometimes I don't think yuo can beat them for lasting smell and you don't need to burn them for too long either.Have tried cheaper ones from bombay duck etc and not as good

ash6605 · 08/05/2007 23:10

yankee candles are lush!! nice prices too

thedogsbollox · 08/05/2007 23:10

TK Maax always have a nice selection at a reasonable price. There are some nice ones in silver jars (Parks) that are particularly nice

expatinscotland · 08/05/2007 23:11

Diptyque.

But they are about the same price as Malone, non?

noddyholder · 08/05/2007 23:12

yankee candles smell funny to me Must be my nose!

hana · 08/05/2007 23:13

was also going to suggest tkmaxx!

harman · 08/05/2007 23:14

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expatinscotland · 08/05/2007 23:22

Yankee candles reek.

PedroPony · 08/05/2007 23:22

marks green fig one

ChocolateFace · 08/05/2007 23:24

Laua Ashley Cucumber and Peony in nice.

PedroPony · 08/05/2007 23:26

narks nas spencer i tell ya

hana · 08/05/2007 23:27

agree the yankee ones are too pongy

PrincessButtercup · 08/05/2007 23:30

Kenneth Turner. The original one is particularly nice. Smells a bit like lebekuchen. Not quite as pricey as JM/Diptyque.

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willywonka · 08/05/2007 23:31

Have come across Yankee candles at the garden centre and have to agree that they're not all that subtle

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ChocolateFace · 08/05/2007 23:35

You can get Kenneth T' at TK Maxx and outlet villages.

Pannacotta · 08/05/2007 23:35

agree that the m&s ones are nice and look good too...

champs · 08/05/2007 23:44

yankee cabdles, the candle company, have some nice selecions although i find some o them yucky.

ikea do some really lovely ones. thy do a pack of six flat round ones which are really nie. their candles in glasses are really nice too. infac i just got a pack this eve.

champs · 08/05/2007 23:45

please excuse typo's,

caspercat · 09/05/2007 14:19

MUJI candles are v good value and smell gorgeous!!

bran · 09/05/2007 14:28

The Pier used to be good for candles, they smelled quite natural not synthetic/chemical. Does The Pier still exist? I haven't been to a shopping centre for ages, possibly years.

MuffinMclay · 09/05/2007 14:30

M&S ones surprisingly good. White Company better still (although some are a bit too scented), and they're still cheaper than Jo Malone (esp. in sales or with the 10/15% discount that they've always got going).

twinsetandpearls · 09/05/2007 14:33

i buy mine from tk maxx usually salt city candles.

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