topic Re: Bayberry Candles in Home

Bayberry Candles

Carolina925 — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:49:10 GMT

I used to get bayberry candles all the time to burn during Christmas and New Years. I saw an ad online for them and decided it would be nice to get some, I used to love the smell in the 70s. Bought mine from a company who says they're "true bayberry candles" and they smell bad to me. Wondering now if all the bayberry candles I used to get weren't really bayberry at all. Really disappointed; I paid $10 each for 8" tapers, thinking I'd gift some. I will burn in my home for the "luck" they bring but surely wouldn't give any away. Does bayberry not have a pleasant scent?

Re: Bayberry Candles

Carmie — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:13:33 GMT

Bayberry by itself has a strong smell that isn't pleasing. Most candle companies will mix other scents with it to give it a nice scent.

I used to buy candles and scented candle wax from the Williamsburg, VA candle company before they went out of business ( I love to pour candles). The smell was so good. I still have a few tapers in boxes that make the drawer where they are stored smell wonderful..

Now I order Colonial Williamsburg bayberry candles online or buy them in person. They sell tapers, jars, piller and tea lights. They all smell great.

I always stock up when I visit. You can get order them at the "Shops at Colonial Williamsburg."

Re: Bayberry Candles

simplyfriends — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:14:06 GMT

@Carolina925 Are you wanting a Christmas tree/holiday scent? I would try a candle with pine, cranberry, and maybe cinnamon. I use to burn scented candles but my cat doesn't like them. She leaves the room whenever I burn a candle so I only use unscrented.

Re: Bayberry Candles

redbird — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:36:01 GMT

Colonial Candle Company has the old fashioned Bayberry fragrance I have loved my whole life. This year I discovered that Yankee Candle has brougt tback their original Holiday Bayberry jar candle that always smelled like Christmas to me. I usually avoid that brand but am using a topper to prevent sooting and am loving the fragrance this season. My son sent me some bayberry candles from a local shop in PA where he lives which I will burn for luck. I used to give bayberry tapers to people who were having a rough year when they were not so expensive and available everywhere.

Re: Bayberry Candles

Carolina925 — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:40:43 GMT

@Carmie , I used to get that brand. I didn't realize they mixed other scents in them. Next year, I'll order from them. Live & learn.

Re: Bayberry Candles

Carolina925 — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:43:34 GMT

@simplyfriends , I thought I wanted just a plain bayberry scented candle. Didn't realize what I used to get was a scented bayberry candle. All this time, I've thought I loved bayberry candles! I wouldn't even mind an unscented one, they really are beautifully made candles, but these would make me do like your cat and leave the room!

Re: Bayberry Candles

Zoe — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:44:24 GMT

Favorite comforting scent.

Cape Candle has wonderful bayberry options in pillars and tapers. Smell just like the bayberry of my youth.

Yankee Candle holiday bayberry is really lovely. I also try to avoid YC -- but that holiday bayberry is just perfection.

Re: Bayberry Candles

Carolina925 — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:44:53 GMT

@redbird , forgot about that brand; I've used them in the past. I hope these do their job and bring me luck since they smell so bad