Baies

This candle came into my posession quite randomly -- it was a free gift from a shopping mall. I'd heard about Diptyque being awesome but to be honest, when I first peeled the plastic off the packaging, my nose felt like it was on fire from the overwhelmingingly strong berry fruity slightly nauseating scent. So I put it away in a drawer where I forgot about it for most of the summer.

One day, I decided on a whim, why not whip this out, give it a go and if it stinks I'll put it somewhere far, far away from my room. But I was very pleasantly surprised when this started burning that my room was filled with a sort of amazing warm and wholesome fruity summer smell and I couldn't get enough of it. I'm sad to say I burnt the whole thing up through the last month of my summer but I've happily reused the jar as a holder-of-things and if anyone can't think of what to get me for my birthday or Christmas -- this is it.

white barn no. 2: chestnut and clove

 As can be seen in the first photo (candles on candles on candles), I am quite the candle fanatic and Bath and Body Works is by far one of my favourite destinations for candle shopping, This candle, which was a super random pick whilst I was in the store, is by far the most amazing Christmas scent I've ever had the fortune to smell. Chestnut and clove scents are not exactly something I'm generally fond of -- I usually lean towards pine and cedar and tree or snow or overall outdoors-y scents when it comes to winter, but having decided to buy this one on a whim since they were doing a deal, I just want to go back and buy a zillion more and burn them all year around because it smells incredible. The Bath and Body Works Fresh Balsam candle sort of has a sharpness to it when burning -- it can be a bit overwhelming and sometimes hurts my nose ever so slightly, but this just gives the room an amazing warmth and cozy feeling that I can't get enough of.

*All images taken with a Nikon D700 with a 50mm.