Candles, what are your favourites?

Fleurpepper

RosiesMaw

Not too hard to imagine, Fleurpepper if you are a discriminating person, you get what you pay for.

Ah well 'discriminating'

can have so many meanings.

How judgy pants is this, yet again.

I said, just my opinion. 150 quid for a candle makes no sense to ME. Fair enough.

1) the “judgypants” comment was not mine
2) sadly you DO get what you pay for in candles as in life. Cheaper ingredients like paraffin wax can leave an unpleasant after smell as well as being worse for the environment
3)I was not aware anybody was talking £150 candles. Diptyque are pretty high end and excellent quality and cost about the same (or less) as many people will spend on a meal, football ticket, or round at the pub.
Or indeed a gallop on a high horse

I only use soy wax candles, I cannot stand the fumes from the others.

But on this point 'you get what you pay for' is nonsense in this context. It is all about branding, name, advertising- same as for many so called luxury goods which appeal to a certain type of 'discriminating' person.

RosiesMaw

Not too hard to imagine, Fleurpepper if you are a discriminating person, you get what you pay for.

Ah well 'discriminating'

can have so many meanings.

How judgy pants is this, yet again.

I said, just my opinion. 150 quid for a candle makes no sense to ME. Fair enough.

I only use stearin candles as they do not contain any nasties and they burn for a long time. They are not cheap so I keep them for gloomy winter nights. Their flame is soot-free, they are scandinavian and slower-burning. I get mine from here

pehrsons-candles.co.uk/stearin-candles

I don't 'get' candles at all.

Patsy70

Maggiemaybe recommended Valentte on this thread (which is three years old, by the way), and I have been buying them as gifts ever since. I also like Neom, but they are very expensive.

I’m pleased to hear that you liked them too, Patsy. I still buy them, as presents and for myself. I’d actually come on here to recommend them, till, like the OP, I realised that it’s an old thread.

Valentte candles are made from organic vegetable wax, Grandmafrench, and the Jo Malones at least certainly aren’t paraffin based. The cheap duplicates probably are, though.

I admit I have bought the Aldi “Jo Malone” shower gels and perfumes, and they’re good copies. I wouldn’t risk the candles though.

NotAGran55

Nigel Slater’s favourite must be good. Any one tried them?

trudon.co.uk/home-fragrances/scented-candles.html

Yes, Nigel Slater has the most sensible idea. If you are going to spend lots of money, then at least spend it on something which is safe and won't fill your home with carcinogens derived from petrochemicals. However wonderful the smell of Jo Malone, Diptyche, The White Company candles - paraffin wax is a truly bad idea! The healthiest, safest and truly 'clean' candles are made from Beeswax.

How funny, I looked at this and was about to write “ these are my favourites too”.
I am the OP!
I now have a new favourite Avoca Peat.

Plain unscented ones.

I used to have Wilko candles which frequently mistaken for Jo Malone. Sadly Wilko are no more. Aldi do some gorgeous one - the pomegranate one is beautiful as is the lime, basil and mandarin one. It think they are dupes of the Jo Malone one and always get excellent write ups in consumer reviews.

Nigel Slater’s favourite must be good. Any one tried them?

trudon.co.uk/home-fragrances/scented-candles.html

Somewhat irrationally, I find naked flames a bit scary no matter how strategically positioned, so I just avoid candles.

Kalu

Take off your judgy pants Fleur. Your opinion is of no interest to me.
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🤣🤣🤣 I could not have put it better 🤣🤣🤣

Lyndylou

Well it was of interest to me Kalu. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who finds spending that much on a candle difficult to understand.

Surely it is none of our business what others decide to spend their money on. I would only find such circumstances -difficult- to understand if I knew the person was struggling financially but I still would never question why they did so.

Well it was of interest to me Kalu. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who finds spending that much on a candle difficult to understand.

Take off your judgy pants Fleur. Your opinion is of no interest to me.
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Maggiemaybe recommended Valentte on this thread (which is three years old, by the way), and I have been buying them as gifts ever since. I also like Neom, but they are very expensive.

Not too hard to imagine, Fleurpepper if you are a discriminating person, you get what you pay for.

"One man's toxic sludge is another man's potpourri"
The Grinch

Sorry White Company.

I love candles, I was bough two White Stuff one's by daughter. I also like Neom.
Candles are like marmight, and I know some people hate them, that's why in January and February I get some very good candles brand new in charity shops at a greatly reduced price.

DD loves Diptyque and I'm a White Company fan, and we've both been pleased with Valente, reasonably priced and long lasting.

Not a criticism btw, just an opinion.

www.jomalone.co.uk/home-scents

I just cannot fathom how anyone can spend that kind of money on a candle tbh.