Candlefind Review Board Archive

Their lumpy Hearth Candles are so beautiful. My favorite scent is Evening Mocha but they have so many scents to choose from and their candles come in so many sizes. If you love lumpy primitive candles you should definitely try this brand.

I love these candles :) Went to their outlet store in Indiana a month ago, while passing thru. I absolutely LOVED it, was in Candle Heaven there. I have a hard time finding these in my area, have found them in several different gift shops, but if you get a chance to go to their outlet store, it is amazing, they have everything there. I actually like their votives (they come in a 6 pack) the best. They burn great, and are very fragrant. You can find them on ebay most of the time. My favorite scents are banana nut bread, carrot cake, cinnamon bun, melon, and any of the baking scents actually. They sell the grubby type candles in votives, larger votives, big cake candles, and loaf candles.

Warm Glow candles were the first time I realized a scented candle could actually *smell* (unlike namebrands I'd been finding at the mall). Since their outlet store is about an hour away, I stock up annually. A visit to their new large store is a treat and will keep a candleholic busy for hours, however, I wish they would offer to sell from their website since gas is now exorbitant. The scents are always true, but can vary in strength, which is disappointing if you like strong scents. While I enjoy their Blueberry Cobbler, I find it doesn't have much throw. Their Strawberry Parfait, on the other hand, does have a decent throw ( based on their 5 x 5 hearth pillar in an 18 x 18 room). Evening Mocha is my favorite scent of theirs, and is a rich hazelnut coffee scent that is nice and strong. Grandma's Brownie and Black Forest Torte are two rich chocolate scents that will make your home smell like you've been baking. Other scents that are stronger include Candy Corn, Italian Wedding Cake (VERY yummy!) and Northern Pine. The Lemon and Orange scents seem to be missing in action. While all their gubby-style candles are pretty, some are especially so: Merry Mint and Strawberry Parfait are both a pretty blend of red and white, S'Mores appear to be chocolate dipped, and Bayberry Chutney is a white-dipped green. Their Stardust series are coated in sparkly glitter (which burns gracefully and does not flame out like some cheap candles). The chutney candles have "fixins" of various types mixed in their outer wax. The Funfetti Chutney candle looks like the frosting of the same name,and includes the candy sprinkles. All their larger candles burn very well. Hugging them ensures that you get a good, complete burn with just a small flat piece left at the end. The grubby votives may be too large for some new votive holders - they're a bit on the chubby side (I use them in some vintage holders just fine). While they do offer a non-grubby votive, they seem a bit smaller and more expensive, so I've not used those. They offer an oversized votive that can stand alone or be put in a holder, but I'd advise using the holder to avoid wasting wax. It will burn without one, but not gracefully. I can get it to burn completely in a container. Since discovering the "triple scented" candles out there, I find myself wishing that Warm Glow would up the scent a bit in their offerings. As it stands, for the best of both worlds I can have my large beautiful Warm Glow candles, and make up the gap in scent with some plain but more strongly scented candles or melts. If you are driving along I-70, it's definitely worth a stop in (just look for the gigantic candle). Their in-store pricing includes a deal where you buy 5 and get one free (of the same size, scents can be mixed), and 25% off scents of the month. Don't miss the discount corner, where out-of-season and slightly damaged candles are another 20% off.

My experience with these candles is somewhat mixed. Last winter I bought a six pack of their Cinnamon Bun votives at a local country gift shop/furniture store for $5.00 (on sale) to try. They smelled great in the package cold but when I burned them the throw was very slight (even for votives). So I cut one of them in half, threw away the wick and melted the halves in my tart warmers...WOW. Melted this way the scent from one votive filled the whole house. It smelled really authentic and cosy...just the way Cinnamon Bun is supposed to smell. Encouraged by this and by the low cost I went back and bought a votive six pack in their Snickerdoodle scent. This was a disappointment. These votives barely had any scent at all, hot or cold, even when I melted them in the warmer. What little scent there was smelled vaguely like plain-jane vanilla with none of the bakery notes you would expect. They could have been really old - who knows. To be fair I've only tried these candles in votives, so I can't say how their other types perform. They do look beautiful - very lumpy and prim - and are quite large - the votives barely fit in my holders. The prices can't be beat either. However, they are hard to find and you can't buy them direct from the Warm Glow website. So, I would recommend them only if you're looking for more lightly scented candles for decorative purposes.