Happy First Day of Autumn
We can tell it’s Autumn around here…suddenly we’re making spicier scents like Harvest, Spiced Pumpkin and Apple Pie. For whatever reason, we tend to sell more jar candles in the cooler months, too. Our wax melts are a little more popular in the summer, which makes sense — if you have a window open and a breeze blowing through your house, it’s not a good idea to keep a lit candle in the path of the breeze! Since melts don’t require a flame (unless you’re using a tealight melt warmer), they can scent your home even when you have drafts in the room.
Actually, this makes me think about the trend in home scenting products — non-candle products like reed diffusers, scented rock salt crystals, etc. We have actually tested all of these methods … especially the reed diffusers, which are such a hot item and really look cool, to be honest. We really, really wanted to like this product … we just could not ever find a reed/solvent combination that satisfied us. You could smell it slightly, but it was just nothing like the scent you get from one of our wax melts.
The rock salt crystals had even less fragrance, unfortunately. It was another pretty, trendy item that we just couldn’t bring ourselves to sell. We decided to stick with our basic muslin bag air fresheners. They tend to last about as long as a standard air freshener and we can offer them at a really affordable price.
We still feel, however, if you want to scent your home without a candle flame, you can’t beat our wax melts (used in an electric melt warmer). We’ll keep testing the new methods of home fragrance that come along, but we won’t offer anything that doesn’t pass our strict scent throw requirements!
Well, we’re off to do some apple picking this weekend (if the weather isn’t too horrible — we had tornado warnings tonight). I think it’s about time to get out the fall decorations as well! If you’re looking for some new fall scents to try, check out:
Spiced Pumpkin, Cinnamon Balsam, Applesauce Spice, Harvest, Country Spice, Caramel Apple, Moonspice, Apple Pie and Sweet Spruce.