I have to say I'm impressed with the recent releases of candles at Bath & Body.
Before, I had smelled quite of few from their candle designer Harry Slatkin (who's according to B&B, world renowned home fragrance expert, though I've never heard of him before). The scents were just a bit off to me or nothing particularly exciting. It looks like someone has told him to step up his game to compete with other candle manufactures.
Here's a list of the new fragrances they have online, but not yet in stores
(This means I have not yet smelled them but I'm interested):
Spiced Apple Toddy
Candied Sugar Plum
Merry Mistletoe
Dark Chocolate Mint
Gingerbread
Winter Night
Cranberry Pear Bellini
Winter
Here's the ones I was quite taken with as I tried them for the first time yesterday at the store:
Apple Crumble
Described as Baked Granny Smith and McIntosh Apples topped with vanilla crumble, cinnamon and nutmeg.
It really smells good enough to eat. Sweet, soft and yummy.
Fresh Balsam
Described as Crisp, clean balsam fir blends delightfully with fresh Eucalyptus and sweet Pine and layered with notes of bright apple, cedarwood and musk.
It's just like standing in a Pine forest. Really makes you think of Christmas time.
Cinnamon Sugared Doughnut (but they spell it Donut)
Described as A delicious combination of crushed cinnamon and vanilla cake donuts with a dusting of sugar.
And it really does smell like a box of fresh powered doughnuts.
Kitchen Spice
Described as A decadent mixture of nutmeg, allspice, and caramel.
I really really love the smell of nutmeg so this is a total winner for me. Smells like somebody's baking something wonderful in the oven.
Frosted Cupcake
Described as A delicious blend of butter cream frosting, sugar and fresh vanilla bean.
This is reminiscent of Yankee Candle's Christmas Cookie blend. It does indeed smell like some yellow cake, frosted cupcakes.
Pumpkin Patch
Described as An invitingly warm blend of fresh pumpkin, spicy cinnamon, creamy nutmeg, whipped butter, and rich brown sugar.
I do like this a lot, but it has a bit of a smoky end note in the jar, ALTHOUGH once I did burn this yesterday, that smokiness was not present. So, it's a good one!
Spiced Cider
Described as A warm, magnetic scent that mulls three varieties of fresh apples spiced with nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves.
The cloves are what sets this scent apart from other appley scents. I really like this for Halloween and it smells like Fall.
They are having a special buy 2 large jars (14.5 oz.) for $20.00 instead of paying normal price - $20.00 for one. I took advantage of this since I have never bought any candles from them prior. I do not like that the large jars have 3 wicks, I just know they are going to burn down much faster than if there was only 1 wick in there, but I can't do anything to fix that. The smaller candles just have 1. B&B states that the large jars will last 40-65 hours so I'm going to find out.
They also have some cute metal candle sleeves with Fall and Christmas designs that are simple but very attractive.
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