I think I mentioned in a recent review that I went on a big candle shopping spree a few weekends ago. I was looking for candles from some of the big-name candle companies to review and of course I had to pick up some Yankee Candles since they're the great behemoth of the candle world. I'm determined to start posting more reviews of their scents because of their popularity. I'm not a big fan of their candles... I just haven't tried enough of them yet to make up my mind completely, but I’m going to start burning more of them to test. Ok...back to my shopping spree...

In one of the quaint gift shops I was in, I found a votive display of new Fall and Winter scents from Yankee. If one thing's for sure, Yankee just loves to crank out new scents to catch our attention. After doing my usual sniffing, I chose 2 of their newest creations...Autumn Wreath and Mandarin Cranberry. I'm hoping I'm the first one to introduce you to these new scents from the Candle Goliath also known as Yankee.

I picked this votive up in the store and took a whiff because of it's name. I guess I got excited about how seasonal it sounded. My goal is to always add timely seasonal reviews to CandleFind, so I figured a scent called Autumn Wreath would be perfect. I do feel like this review of Autumn Wreath might be a little late in coming for some of you. I'm talking to those of you who are already listening to Christmas music...Yes, You! :-) Call me crazy, but I can't do that until Thanksgiving is over with. To each his own of course! :-)

Anyway, I've been burning my Autumn Wreath votive in my small powder room downstairs. Everytime I go in there, I have been loving this scent! It's a hard one to describe, but PERFECT for Fall. If I had to capture the scent of Fall and put it in a bottle, this is what it would smell like.

When I first burned my Autumn Wreath votive and the scent started to fill the air, I knew I loved it, but couldn't tell you what the “scent ingredients” were to save my life. So, I hopped on my laptop and shot over to YankeeCandle.com to find out. Here's the description I found:

A cheerful fall welcome in the spicy warmth of autumn leaves and cinnamon apples.

I thought it was so cool that they tried to bottle the smell of autumn leaves and pour it into candles! I was just out in our backyard the other day playing with my dog in the leaves. Once in a while, I would get a big whiff of the crunchy leaves underfoot. I kept telling my hubbie how much I loved that smell. I've never seen another candle company with this scent so this is a first for me. I really love it!

It may not smell totally authentic like the autumn leaves that are dancing around in your yard, but Yankee did their best to pinpoint that cozy aroma. I can also smell the cinnamon apples as well. All three ingredients blend so well creating that cozy smell of Fall for all of us to enjoy. It does remind me of an Autumn wreath too or a wonderful Fall potpourri when I breathe in the scent.

The scent strength of my votive was too light for a larger room in my home, but just perfect to fill my powder room with it's aroma. In order to enjoy an Autumn Wreath votive, I definitely recommend you burn it in your powder room, but not in a room much larger... it just doesn't have the power to fill a bigger room. I'm sure that this scent in one of Yankee's big jars would be a different story though.

One more thing before I move on to Cranberry Orange... Yankee’s website says that Autumn Wreath is only available for a limited time, so I would grab it while you still can. I don't burn Yankee Candles enough to know if  limited time means they'll be bringing this scent back in the future or not.