Heavy Scented
Candles
Heavy scented candles can be very
overpowering when experienced in a store amongst all the other
fragrances, but when by themselves in a room in your own home,
they may be just what is needed to put the finishing touch to
your decoration. Or you may want to
use Aromatherapy
Candles which release the fragrance gradually
throughout the burning of the candle.
Scented Candles Take Me AWAY
by M J Plaster
Remember
the old Calgon commercial"Take me away Calgon!" There's only
one thing that can take you away faster than a Calgon bath,
and that's a scented candle. Whether you want a breath of
fresh spring air, or you want to transport yourself to a
South Sea paradise minus the hassle of airport security,
crowded, delayed flights and lost baggage, grab a scented
candle, and travel wherever your imagination leads. Smell is
a powerful sense, and you can use it to alter your mood
within seconds with the flicker of a candle. In fact, why
not keep a supply of scented candles in the bathroom when
you don't have time to luxuriate in the bathtub. Envelope
yourself in fragrance while you shower, dry and
blow-dry.
Close your eyes
and think of each season: winter, spring, summer and fall
each evoke special "scentual" memories. If it's the dead of
winter and you've already suffered through 73 days of snow
cover, light a pia colada candle or a seaside candle and pop
in your favorite Beach Boys CD. Inhale the scents of summer
and forget about the cold for a few divine moments. Select a
delicate floral candle or maybe a rain forest scent to
remind you that April showers are right around the corner.
If it's 102 F in the shade, there's nothing like a
pine-scented candle to send a quick shiver up your back.
Longing for fall? Light a pumpkin candle to evoke the
Harvest Moon and the bounty of autumn. Whatever the occasion
you'd like to recreate, it's only a candle away. That's the
power of the sense of smell.
Holidays are incomplete without
candles. If you think back to your favorite holiday gatherings,
your mind will probably wander to your favorite scents. Think
about your favorite Christmas tree, and you're bound to
remember the crisp smell of pine or cedar. The traditional
holiday season from Thanksgiving to the New Year provides a
natural cornucopia of fragrance. From pumpkin pie to peppermint
ice cream to vanilla, the scents of the holiday season are
everywhere.
Perhaps you use an artificial
tree instead of a fresh-cut tree each year. Simulate the scent
of a Frazier fir with candles. Artificial trees are getting
closer to their natural kissing cousins with each passing
season, but they remain "flat" without the accompanying scent.
They just can't bring the smell of Christmas into a home like
the real thing. Light a few pine or cedar candles, and voilayou
may never miss the genuine article.
Feel free to light several
complementary scents at once. The seasons and the holidays are
full of naturally occurring complementary fragrance. Each
season contains a wealth of pleasing smell. The holiday season
probably provides the most scent. Recreate the memories of
Christmas past with gingerbread, vanilla, cinnamon, eggnog,
clove, nutmeg, pine, peppermint candles. The scents don't
compete, because they occur naturally, and you've smelled them
from infancy. If you can think of a memory, you can find a
candle to recreate the mood.
Look around your home. You've
probably created a room or two around a theme. Perhaps you've
created an indoor sunroom. Bring the scents of the outdoors
into your sunroom to add authenticity. Perhaps you've built a
room around a color. Add lavender-scented candles to that
lavender room, rose-scented candles to a pink room, new-mown
grass-scented and rain forest candles to a green room, vanilla
or gardenia to a white room, and seaside to a blue
room.
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that to get the most benefit out of a
fragrance, it should come from an essential
oil. For example, mint and rosemary essential
oils are uplifting fragrances, while
chamomile and peepermint are soothing.
Lavender is relaxing and helps to remove the
stress of the day. Site
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Don't forget the kitchen.
Not only will you want to add scent, but you may want to
eliminate odors as well. If you've created the perfect dinner
for guests, the last thing you want is the smell of garlic,
onion, or fish wafting through your home when they arrive. If
the odor is overpowering, turn on the kitchen fan, spray a
little odor neutralizer in the air, and light citrus-scented
candles to replace cooking odors with the clean scent of
fruit.
Cheaper than a trip to paradise,
quicker than you can even say "banana bread," you can light a
candle. If your mind can imagine it, you can create it with
scented candles for mere pennies!
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