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Slatkin Candles

Bonkers1 — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:54:29 GMT

Tried these way too many times without satisfactory results - no appreciable scent. Can anyone recommend another brand to try?

Re: Slatkin Candles

Puppy Galore — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:57:29 GMT

@Bonkers1 wrote:
Tried these way too many times without satisfactory results - no appreciable scent. Can anyone recommend another brand to try?

@Bonkers1

Goose Creek, I first read about them in one of the forums last year. Scents are great.

Read the reviews on their site.

Re: Slatkin Candles

lyndajr — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:17:24 GMT

I agree, I also agree with the other poster...Goose Creek candles are nice, inexpensive, and so many different scents to choose from. They last long too...

Re: Slatkin Candles

bmorechick — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:45:22 GMT

Another vote for goose creek although I typically just use their wax melts. I can find them in walmart but the goose creek online selection is much better.

I have tried a few candles as they are soy and don't throw as much soot, and they smell strong all the way to the very bottom.

Re: Slatkin Candles

Mz iMac — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:44:30 GMT

Yankee Candles

Dianne's Custom Candles

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Estellee — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:45:31 GMT

I like Yankee Candle Sage and Citrus. Slatkin has Frozen Balsam which is very fragrant.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:50:02 GMT

I like A Cheerful Giver candles but I stopped burning jar candles. I now use a warmer and wax melts. A Cheerful Giver sells melts but Goose Creek is currently having a website sale. I've seen them talked about favorably here so I put in an order with them.

Re: Slatkin Candles

Puppy Galore — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:07:05 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
I like A Cheerful Giver candles but I stopped burning jar candles. I now use a warmer and wax melts. A Cheerful Giver sells melts but Goose Creek is currently having a website sale. I've seen them talked about favorably here so I put in an order with them.

@JeanLouiseFinch

I don't burn mine, I put them under one of my table lamps and the heat from it gives off a lovely scent, I do the same in my kitchen when I cook.

I had to stop doing that last year, it irritated my breathing and my old pup no longer is sneezing.

Re: Slatkin Candles

JeanLouiseFinch — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:20:09 GMT

@Puppy Galore wrote:
@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
I like A Cheerful Giver candles but I stopped burning jar candles. I now use a warmer and wax melts. A Cheerful Giver sells melts but Goose Creek is currently having a website sale. I've seen them talked about favorably here so I put in an order with them.
@JeanLouiseFinch

I don't burn mine, I put them under one of my table lamps and the heat from it gives off a lovely scent, I do the same in my kitchen when I cook.
I had to stop doing that last year, it irritated my breathing and my old pup no longer is sneezing.

I have an intentional warmer with the lamp overhead. We went to that when we had gotten a new kitten and she hopped up to investigate a burning jar candle. No. 1, kitchen counter surfing isn't allowed. No. 2, I saw her little tail pass over the flame and that scared me, so that was the end of that. When I would use the overhead warming light with jar candles, though, they never melted to the bottom. I suppose I could have poured out the melted wax, but the whole thing seemed wasteful for the price of the jar candles. So now, the wax melts sit in a silicone cup and a different warmer warms from underneath. I put a couple of melting cubes in at a time and can reuse them a bit. When they're used up the hardened wax pops out and I put in new. It works and it's not a big commitment.

Re: Slatkin Candles

threecees — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 22:05:37 GMT

I have bought many different candles through the years. I have a nice size

collection.

I no longer buy Yankee because I had too many I purchased one black Friday

at a great price and was disappointed with almost all of them with very little or

no scent.

The best candles I have purchased online are Goose Creek Candles. They give

a very strong scent that carries through my two-story home.

I am well stocked for now. Of course I have other brands of candles given or

bought through the years I burn but I know when I light up a Goose Creek I

will get decent scent.

Re: Slatkin Candles

LizzieInSRQ — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:54:40 GMT

A Cheerful Giver. QVC sells the Papa Jar. Their own website has dozens of scents. They employ challenged people to put in the wicks.

Last year they had a fire destroy their place but I believe they have rebuilt.

I bought 5 candles when on sale at QVC last year or so to give a as favors for my Hawaiian themed lunch.

They last a very long time too

Re: Slatkin Candles

Shanus — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:00:25 GMT

@Bonkers1 I agree that Slatkin candles disappoint. I've been purchasing candles (3-4 wicks) from Amazon in great scents from lavendar to scents with herbal additions like thyme, basil, etc. Lemon or any citrus ones are great in the kitchen while cooking.

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Shanus — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:02:44 GMT

I read the best use of a new candle is to burn only an hour the first time. Afterwards be sure to trim wicks to 1/4" before lighting and remove any black spots left from trimming to keep candle clean.

Re: Slatkin Candles

UpNorthGorgy — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:06:29 GMT

I got scammed buying Goose Creek candles. It was a bogus Website NOT the real one. Two years ago. The prices were too inexpensive even for sale prices. They got two of my CC card numbers and came up denied after they stole my numbers. Always a mess to straighten out. Charges all over the country, and even airline tickets. Utility charges for an Electric bill? Bizarre. It seemed quite a nationwide scam. I wasn't liable of course. Fraud Departments investigated.

Nothing against the Goose Creek brand but a totally fake set up and sale prices to lure. Too good be true.

I have ordered Goose Creek on line before and everything was good. Good Candles and variety. Hopefully the racketeering was stopped and someone prosecuted.

Re: Slatkin Candles

Calibeach — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:27:58 GMT

@Shanus wrote:
I read the best use of a new candle is to burn only an hour the first time. Afterwards be sure to trim wicks to 1/4" before lighting and remove any black spots left from trimming to keep candle clean.

I love the Slatkin candles. Some of the scents are better than others, but from a burn perspective, the Slatkin candles are excellent.

Regarding best use, the information in this Shanus post is not correct.

You need to allow one hour or burn time for every inch of diameter in the container, so make sure you have enough time before you set a large candle alight. As long as you let the top layer burn completely, you'll avoid the tunnel effect and have a much better looking candle. For the larger 3 wick or more candles, the initial burn time is longer than 1 hour.

Slatkin candles do not require trimming of the wick. Once the candle has cooled and set, either take a tissue to pull off the burned part of the wick, or turn the jar upside down and pull off the burned wick.

Never blow out the wick. It can cuase wax to spray onto your face and smoke to fill the room and it can also bury the wick in the wax. For the Slatkin candles, just place the lid on the candle to extinguish it.

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Pecky — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:47:00 GMT

@Calibeach wrote:
@Shanus wrote:
I read the best use of a new candle is to burn only an hour the first time. Afterwards be sure to trim wicks to 1/4" before lighting and remove any black spots left from trimming to keep candle clean.
I love the Slatkin candles. Some of the scents are better than others, but from a burn perspective, the Slatkin candles are excellent.

Regarding best use, the information in this Shanus post is not correct.

You need to allow one hour or burn time for every inch of diameter in the container, so make sure you have enough time before you set a large candle alight. As long as you let the top layer burn completely, you'll avoid the tunnel effect and have a much better looking candle. For the larger 3 wick or more candles, the initial burn time is longer than 1 hour.

Slatkin candles do not require trimming of the wick. Once the candle has cooled and set, either take a tissue to pull off the burned part of the wick, or turn the jar upside down and pull off the burned wick.

Never blow out the wick. It can cuase wax to spray onto your face and smoke to fill the room and it can also bury the wick in the wax. For the Slatkin candles, just place the lid on the candle to extinguish it.

@Calibeach That is what I read as well. If you burn just one hour it will not pool right and you will have issues. I do use a wick dipper to extinguish my candles. I just received the 50 oz luxe with 8 wicks. I am very impressed with how it burns and the throw is great as well.

Re: Slatkin Candles

Calibeach — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:37:44 GMT

@Pecky wrote:
@Calibeach wrote:
@Shanus wrote:
I read the best use of a new candle is to burn only an hour the first time. Afterwards be sure to trim wicks to 1/4" before lighting and remove any black spots left from trimming to keep candle clean.
I love the Slatkin candles. Some of the scents are better than others, but from a burn perspective, the Slatkin candles are excellent.

Regarding best use, the information in this Shanus post is not correct.

You need to allow one hour or burn time for every inch of diameter in the container, so make sure you have enough time before you set a large candle alight. As long as you let the top layer burn completely, you'll avoid the tunnel effect and have a much better looking candle. For the larger 3 wick or more candles, the initial burn time is longer than 1 hour.

Slatkin candles do not require trimming of the wick. Once the candle has cooled and set, either take a tissue to pull off the burned part of the wick, or turn the jar upside down and pull off the burned wick.

Never blow out the wick. It can cuase wax to spray onto your face and smoke to fill the room and it can also bury the wick in the wax. For the Slatkin candles, just place the lid on the candle to extinguish it.

@Calibeach That is what I read as well. If you burn just one hour it will not pool right and you will have issues. I do use a wick dipper to extinguish my candles. I just received the 50 oz luxe with 8 wicks. I am very impressed with how it burns and the throw is great as well.

@Pecky - yes, I ruined some of the 4 wick candles by not letting them burn long enough (hours) initially to let the wax pool all the way to the edges of the jar. It created a tunnel that shortened the life of the candle.

The 50 oz luxe candles are quite impressive! What scent did you buy?

Re: Slatkin Candles

JeanLouiseFinch — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:25:40 GMT

My Goose Creek order was placed yesterday. This morning I received an email saying my order is packed and ready to ship. That's fast.

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PA Mom-mom — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:39:36 GMT

@Bonkers1 We like Yankee candle "Sugared Cinnamon Apple" jar. We buy enough to last the year - 2 to 3 months per jar. DH and I are both very sensitive to scent. These don't bother us at all, and yet the smell permeates our downstairs. Nearly every other candle, including Slatkin, give us allergic reactions.

We listened to Harry's suggestion to burn the large candles for 3 hours the first time. That has worked well for us.

Re: Slatkin Candles

Pecky — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:33:49 GMT

@Calibeach Woodland Cabin and Midnight Spruce.