What is your favorite scent for your home?
By smellsyummy
@smellsyummy (635)
United States
April 9, 2007 5:22pm CST
I love melting candles and tarts and my favorite scents are anything fruits/citrus or baked goods like sugar cookies.
I also love the warm scents like baked goods that have spiced scents to them especially for the winter time.
What do you scent your home with?
Air Freshners, candles, tarts, or something else maybe?
Also, what is the scent that you like the most?
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24 responses
@smellsyummy (635)
• United States
9 Apr 07
That is true, sometimes they make me crave real cookies!
I love pretty much anything vanilla too, I also love vanilla mixes...like vanilla grapefruit! That is another favorite of mine.
@twilight021 (2059)
• United States
3 May 07
Like everyone else I love buring candles and starts. I think my favortie scents are "clean" scents. But I do tend to change the scents I use seasonally. Spicier or pine based scents in the winter, lighter more crips scents in the warmer months. Smell is such an important and it's so amazing how a scent can make home seem more...homey.
Most often I use Yankee Candle scents. From there I like Clean Linen, macIntosh apple, honeysuckle, Mistletoe, and cranberry pepermint. I vurrently use jar candles, but I think I would like to look into getting a tart burner.
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@draconess (650)
• Canada
1 May 07
I use soy tarts to scent my home- it's a fairly recent addiction, I used to just have candles all over, but the tarts give off more scent. I just got a ton of tarts from Skindazzles, I love so many of the scents it's hard to choose which one to use! I got a lot of fruity and foody scents, like white chocolate cherry, banana mocha latte, and vanilla chestnut. They just smell yummy enough to eat!

@draconess (650)
• Canada
2 May 07
You should go for the misfit tart bag! It's a great deal, and you get to try 6-8 different scents that Candy picks for you!
@smellsyummy (635)
• United States
2 May 07
I love skindazzles bath bombs, but I haven't tried their tarts yet. I will add some in my next order for sure now that you said they're good! Thank you:)
@smellsyummy (635)
• United States
3 May 07
Are the tarts in the misfit bags individually wrapped and labeled with what scent they are?

@kate1356 (697)
• United States
30 Apr 07
I mostly use candles. My favorite candles and the ones I use more often are from Yankee Candle.. They have super deals after Christmas (like 1/2 off) and I always buy three or four large ones. My favorite Yankee Candle scents for winter are Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Chutney and Mandarin Cranberry. For summer, I like the Green Apple, Mandarin Mimosa and Island Smoothie. I do use the Yankee electric plug ins too.
My favorite scents are fruity/citrusy scents. I am a fan of anything that smells like orange, pineapple, mango, or a fruity scent mixed with coconut.
Other favorite places to buy candles.. Waxman Candles (www.waxmancandles.com) in Chicago has really strong scented candles and I like the Tommy Bahama candles too (which I think you can only buy in their stores). Tommy Bahama has a really nice mai tai candle. Island Soap and Candle Works (www.islandsoap.com) has a really nice pineapple candle. I like Island soaps bath and body products too.
@smellsyummy (635)
• United States
30 Apr 07
Island Soap and Candle Works looks awesome! Do you by any any chance know how many ounces their perfumes are?
@Laurenlynn (712)
• Canada
16 Apr 13
@samtaylorskykierajen (7976)
• Canada
5 May 07
I love the smell of apples and cinnamon . I find apples have a nice smell of summer and you can buy so many things that come with the smell of apples and can even bake some in the microwave and the smell will linger for hours . Cinnamon also has a nice smell and can be bought in almost any choice of candles or insence to burn .
@hcromer (2709)
• United States
10 Jun 07
I'm a big fan of the cookie scents also. I've also gotten into Firewood from Bath & Body Works and Wal Mart has something like a Cedar mix that I just love. I think I'm really into the wood scents lately because my mom lives in a log home and it always smells amazing.
@ma_belle (1357)
• United States
14 Jun 07
I love vanilla scents for my home. I usually scent my home with candles. I've never used tarts, but I have used an oil burner in the past. I don't use the plug-ins anymore, but I used to.
@krebstar5 (1266)
• United States
4 May 07
I like clean linen scents and fruity scents. I find that if a scent is too sweet or too flowery, it can give me a headache after a fair amount of time smelling it.
Also, I seem to prefer different scents based on the season. In the winter I like pine scents and cinnimon scents. When summer rolls around, I like peach scents and citrus-y scents.
I like the cleabn linen scents pretty much all year round because it feels so homey and reminds me of having a whole pile of warm clean laundry.
@vokey9472 (1486)
• United States
6 May 07
I absolutely adore Yankee Candle's Clean Cotton scent for my home. It smells just like freshly laundered clothing fresh out of the dryer. I love that smell. It makes my whole house smell clean and inviting. I used to buy scented candles and tarts just anywhere but now, I only use Yankee Candle. They have such a variety of scents to choose from. Right now, I am burning Vanilla Lime and it smells just like a Mojito. Yummy! In my kitchen I like Vanilla and Sugar Cane. It reminds of fresh baked cookies. And the bathroom gets Midsummer Night. It smells just like a freshly showered, cologned man. It has a spicey scent that men's colognes tend to have. I love it.
Ok, so I am a huge fan of Yankee Candle. My sister works there and converted me into an addict. I have an entire bookcase that is filled with just Yankee Candle products. I like to switch them up. OH, and their Eucalyptus (I cannot spell) candle actually does help clear your sinuses. It is retired, but it is coming back for a limited time starting May 15th if anyone is interested. :)
@hezoid (2144)
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5 May 07
I really love bakery type smells, so long as they're not too spicy as i don't like cinnamon, like blueberry (muffin), rhubarb & custard, apple pie, black forest gateaxu, mint chocolate, etc, becuase i have a real obsession with primitive/grubby/bakery type tarts and candles at the moment! I also like the scent of Angel by Thierry Mugler and you can get tarts & candles in a copy of that scent easily. I tend to stick to tarts & scented candles to scent my home since air fresheners a re full of chemicals that just aren't good you yto be spraying around. They can give you breathing problems, ear ache and all sorts!
@breepeace (3014)
• Canada
6 May 07
I like the scent of vanilla and fresh linen the best. I have candles of both scents all over my bedroom and living room, and room sprays in both.
I also have a great fondness for Febreze Air Effects in Rocky Springs and Cool. I highly recommend it!
@Withoutwings (6992)
• United States
2 May 07
I like baked breads, or cookies. Chocolate chip cookies smell soooooooo good. I also use candles - I prefer vanilla scents. And we burn nag champa incense sometimes as well.
@vetsmom_rgv (1083)
• United States
2 May 07
I only burn candles when I can smell the trash!! But if it's a small smell I just usually spray something like vanilla or lavandar.
@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
1 May 07
I may like the scent of melting candles but, i love most the smell of citrus fruits. this is the reason why i let the peelings of citrus fruits stay around for the day and i pick on them from time to time for the smell to flutter in the whole room.
@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
30 Apr 07
Thank you for the best response! I really appreciate it. :)
@VotreAmie (3028)
• United States
11 Apr 07
I use candles and I love the vanilla smell. I also use the Indian sticks I don't know how they are called in English. I also like other scents especially citrus and all other fruit ones. Sometimes I take lemon or citrus peels and burn them on the stove. It really gets rid of some cooking smells in the kitchen.
@rodeotexas (1153)
• United States
1 May 07
I burn candles all the time. Either vanilla or cranberry.

















