Gosh, it STINKS!
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
May 28, 2021 1:41pm CST
But it also, does not stink
Allow me to explain.
I haven't melted wax in my bedroom wax warmer in months. It sits on my desk with wax hardened in it, and occasionally I'll get a whiff. Do you know the smell of chewed chewing gum? It kind of smells like that, but when I get closer it smells like paraffin wax.
So, the chewed gum stench isn't pleasant, but the closer my nose gets to it the better it smells. Either way I need to melt whatever is in it so this on again off again smell will finally go away.
*pictured is not wax, nor is it a wax warmer.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 May 21
Oh, I use wax melts in a wax warmer. Not that i am opposed to candles, but it seems I always go for the wax melts instead.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
28 May 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum I get it, they are cleaner.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
28 May 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum I have seen them in magazines.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89426)
• Rupert, Idaho
29 May 21
First, I like the coloring you did! But I never thought of those as smelling that way, the hardened wax. I don't have mine close enough to smell though
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 May 21
I think this is soy wax, actually. I know I said parrafin, but I think it's soy. Yeah, I still haven't melted it. Mainly because I use my desk as storage at night. 
My bed is storage during the day.
My bed is storage during the day.1 person likes this
@MommyOfEli2013 (89426)
• Rupert, Idaho
31 May 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Didn't know there was soy wax, to be honest. I understand that though, using them as storage at different times lol
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
1 Jun 21
@MommyOfEli2013 I've used soy wax to make my own melts before. It takes forever for it to melt when you're trying to melt it to infuse scent.
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@DaddyEvil (174281)
• United States
29 May 21
I burn candles. I had a wax warmer but didn't like it. (I don't remember why now, but there was a reason I switched to candles. *shrug*)
I've been buying candles at the Dollar Tree. I like the ones that will burn continuously for two or three days... I usually don't notice their scent but Pretty remarks how good one smells or how bad one smells. I tell her to stay out of my room and she doesn't have to worry about it. 
I tell her to stay out of my room and she doesn't have to worry about it. 1 person likes this
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 May 21
The dollar tree I go to doesn't have a large selection of candles or wax melts.
I want to get some wood wick candles eventually.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 May 21
@DaddyEvil Oh right, don't want to have it catch the drapes on fire!
Yeah, I've only been around a candle like that once and we only had it lit for a few minutes before we were out the door again. 
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 May 21
@DaddyEvil Yeah, that just sounds pretty soothing to me.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
28 May 21
Aww I thought the pic would be some crocheted item.
I've not used wax warmers for several years and may not again. I do have some essential oil diffusers which I've also not used recently. I have to find accents that my husband will tolerate.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 May 21
I'll share more crocheted items later. I've been working on things I've already shared before, but soon I'll start working on a market bag.
That is an issue here, it has to be a scent that is not overwhelming. I have a lovely linen and lavender essential oil fabric spray that I use here for the sensitive noses.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 May 21
@MarshaMusselman Oh, that's awful! I don't blame him for hating it. Was he stationed near lavender fields, then?
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
28 May 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum My husband hated the lavender scent. When he sleeps it conures up dreams from when he served in the military.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 May 21
I don't think yours will as it should not be scented.
I am referring to a fragrant wax for the room. We used to own one of those parrafin wax machines for the hands and feet and the wax lasts years.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 May 21
@thelme55 Oh that is wonderful! Lavender is so calming.
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@thelme55 (79311)
• Germany
29 May 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum My paraffin wax has a lavender scent. I just hope it doesn’t smell or else I have to change it with a new one. Anyway, I still have a box of lavender paraffin wax.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
29 May 21
Lovely mandala. Time to melt some wax!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 May 21
I still haven't. At the end of the night, after crocheting, I put my yarn and the project on the desk. I didn't want to risk melting the wax near it and clumsy me spilling it when I went to remove the wax tray.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 May 21
@LindaOHio Not at all!
Though I could simply switch the wax plates out from the bathroom and my room and let the wax melt in there. That way if it stinks as it's melting, I won't have to smell it.
Though I could simply switch the wax plates out from the bathroom and my room and let the wax melt in there. That way if it stinks as it's melting, I won't have to smell it.1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
29 May 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum No. Yarn and wax don't mix well. :-)
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 May 21
I think part of the issue is that the the scent has gone bad. This was a handmade item, and I think the fragrance oils can expire if they sit unmelted for a long while.
@kaylachan (84711)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 May 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum You know someone somewhere would believe you picured the oil burner.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 May 21
@kaylachan I know of one 'lotter who would have made a smart aleck remark about it too. That's another reason why I posted that little disclaimer.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 May 21
Nor will most. I put that disclaimer in for comedic effect.1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
29 May 21
I love the pic..I have some incense burning right now
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 May 21
I saw an incense burner at TJ Maxx the other day. It's been years since I've burned incense, but I thought about getting an incense burner and some incense again.
@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
28 May 21
Do you have any to replace it with ?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 May 21
Oh, loads! I went on a buying spree last fall, so I have plentiful.
@Marilynda1225 (91034)
• United States
29 May 21
I love wax warmers but I understand what you mean about hardened wax.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 May 21
I use a mist diffuser rather than wax. Some wax scents are good only for few seconds and later on you smell the candle.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 May 21
I've considered getting a diffuser but haven't made up my mind completely on it. I have to be careful as I'm sensitive to scent as are a few family members.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 May 21
@florelway True. I will have to see. I like the scent of linen.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
29 May 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum you can choose the scent that is not so strong.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 May 21
I've considered it, but I feel that I would rarely use them. I go months without melting any wax.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 May 21
@Butterfingers Just don't feel like it, I guess. I usually melt more in the colder months of the year.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 May 21
Thank You, I will. I wish I remembered which wax this was though.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 May 21
@Belexhanns Hope you enjoy what remains of your Friday.
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