Scent Strength: Strength varies with each fragrance
Introduction to My Review of Three Scented Candles from Village Candle...
Village Candle is a company I've been checking out for some time now. I've never officially made a purchase until recently because of a big pet peeve of mine, they charge shipping and it isn't cheap. Lucky me, I received a Village Candle gift certificate from my fairy Candle-mother (Carolyn) not long ago and knew this was my chance to stock up and buy everything I'd been eyeballing for the past few months. The gift certificate basically paid for shipping.
I decided to order from their Village Round Collection instead of the premium square jars because it was a much better deal. ÂTheir premium line does offer several more fragrances not offered in the round style so I purchased some votives in the premium line so I could at least try a bit of everything.
Shipping was pretty quick and everything arrived in perfect condition. All my candles smelled wonderful and I was very happy with all my choices with the exception of two. Typically, I picked the summer scents I love and stuck to the fruit theme. I picked Yuzu Blackberry, Grapefruit Pomegranate, Tropical Mango, Lemon Puff, Lime Mojito & Grapefruit Freeze.
"Mmmmmmmm". with the initial smell test, all of them smell totally delicious and most are worthy of a repeat purchase! Out of the bunch, I decided to review Yuzu Blackberry, Grapefruit Pomegranate & Lime Mojito.
What Do My 16 oz Candles Look Like?
My candles are in the classic 16oz round apothecary jars with dome lids. Yuzu Blackberry is a dark purple, Grapefruit Pomegranate is a pinkish/red color and Lime Mojito is a light green. My candles were double wicked.
How Did My Candles Smell?
Yuzu Blackberry:
This is a very tart fragrance and unlike any blackberry candle I've ever tried. When I popped open the lid for the first time, it smelled really sour, not sweet. I couldn't smell blackberries very well but only because of the tartness which must be the Yuzu part. The scent description for this fragrance is:
"Ripe blackberries with yuzu (Japanese lime) create a juicy mouth-watering citrus fragrance"
This is a very tangy fragrance and I absolutely loved it!! I like anything with berries, throw tart in the mix and I'm in heaven! The scent throw is nice and strong and my whole house smelled awesome. Even after letting my candles burn for awhile, the tartness of the Yuzu still dominated the fragrance. The fragrance was so mouth-watering, just like the description says and if you could bite into this candle, your whole face would pucker up because of the strong tartness. I loved the Yuzu and plan to watch out for candles with that name in it. Tart lovers, this one is very worthy of a repeat purchase.
Grapefruit Pomegranate
Sadly I must write that I'm really disappointed with this one. This fragrance sounded so promising, I can never say no to a grapefruit and I also love pomegranate so I was really excited to try this candle. It smells great when you put your nose up to it cold but that's the only time I could smell it, even after an entire day of burning. I can smell a slight fragrance if I stand right next to it but what's the point of that? I tried the, "go outside for a bit and come back in routine" to see if I could smell it better and still, nada,¦ zip, no cigar. BUMMER!! I don't like to give negative feedback on a candle until I'm as sure as one can be so I asked several people who are candle lovers as well if they could smell my candles and it was the same, no fragrance. Who knows, maybe my nose just couldn't smell it and if you decide to give Grapefruit Pomegranate a try, hopefully, you have better luck than I did.
Lime Mojito:
Thankfully, I could smell this one loud and clear. As a matter of fact, about ten minutes after I lit my candles, I started to notice the fragrance. Lime Mojito is a blend of lime and mint with both blended pretty good because one is not dominating over the other. It's very different and a hard fragrance to describe but it's definitely strong and the strength is consistent. It's not a bad fragrance, I just personally wasn't crazy about it like I was with Yuzu Blackberry. I think maybe because I like my lime candles to be tart and tangy and this one wasn't. To me, the mint dulled the lime part too much and it smelled funny to me. But, if a lime/mint blended candle is something you think you might like, then you would probably like this fragrance, just don't expect any tartness. The scent throw was great and it burned evenly so there's nothing wrong with the fragrance, I just personally wasnt crazy about it.
How Did My Village Candles Burn?
My candle were double wicked and burned clean with no waste.
Overall Opinion of My Candles and Village Candle Company:
All in all, I enjoyed my candles and am glad I finally had a chance to buy some. The quality seemed excellent and the scent throw was awesome on the majority. My only qualm with Village Candles website is the shipping part. Shipping is very expensive with no shipping deals at all. That's a big bummer for me because I tend to avoid websites that have expensive shipping or offer no breaks.
So, unless my fairy candle-mother sends me another gift certificate to Village Candles... I'll have to pass on future orders. For those of you who don't mind paying shipping... definitely give these candles a try. Just pick your fragrances wisely.
This is a very tart fragrance and unlike any blackberry candle I've ever tried. When I popped open the lid for the first time, it smelled really sour, not sweet. I couldn't smell blackberries very well but only because of the tartness which must be the Yuzu part. The scent description for this fragrance is:
