Ever since I was a little girl I have just loved candles! I
would spend ages just watching their lovely glow and taking in
the aroma as they burned. I couldn't imagine life without them.
Now, our own home is always beautifully decorated and scented
with wonderful candles. While you can get many gorgeous looking
unscented candles, I love to have scented candles burning. Smell
is our most powerful sense in making us feel a certain way or
taking us back in history to those special moments.
Our sense of smell has a memory so you can use smell in a very
positive way to evoke wonderful feelings of happiness, calmness,
that holiday, festive feeling etc. I am almost put into a trance
every time I smell Jasmine as it takes me back to my nanna's
special, loved filled country garden where we shared so many
irreplaceable moments. And I bake a special Choc, Fruit, Sherry
Slice that was my Mothers pride and joy special recipe at least
once a week so that I feel like I am back home with her in her
kitchen helping her cook. She died young in 1999 at only 53
years of age and that is one way that I feel very close to her.
Smell makes things very real!
There is nothing nicer than going to visit a friend and as they
open the door to greet you, you are welcomed by the most
delicious or uplifting aroma. You immediately feel at home.
Scented candles offer this unseen but most important aspect in
our homes - scent, smell, aroma.
Now that Spring is here I have to confess - I have completed
contracted the "Spring Cleaning Bug" and been almost fanatical
about decluttering, cleaning out cupboards and opening up
spaces. I am enhancing our home and its new "Spring Clean" with
candles that have fresh, clean, floral fragrances. My current
favorites are Frangipani and Rose Geranium.
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