(The Candle Review’s recommended alternative to Yankee Candles: Candle Berry Candles)
I’ve been wrestling with whether or not to even publish this post. Yankee Candle sits alone atop the candle world and by far has the biggest fanbase amongst candle users world wide.
There are countless blogs, Facebook groups, twitter users, etc. that are dedicated to espousing their unconditional love for this company. I mean heck, right here on this blog one of my favorite posts I did was with the Yankee Candle Sisters who run their own Yankee Candle blog.
So as the creator of a candle blog why would I go out of my way to potentially alienate a large portion of my readership? At the end of the day it comes down to being true to myself and to you the reader.
For several months now, and with each scentless or near scentless candle I burn from this company, I’ve found myself trying to give Yankee Candle the benefit of the doubt. My latest Yankee Candle that I’ve been burning however has been the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back.
I can no longer deny the fact that at least half of the Yankee Candle’s I’ve recently purchased have offered zero to minuscule scent throw even in the tiniest of rooms.
The latest candle in question is their Mountain Lake scent. It literally smells like nothing when burning. It’s just a big blue wax scentless candle. And at a regular price of $28 that’s almost as much a slap in the face as the candidates I have to choose from for the 2016 US presidential election (there I go.. alienating people again!). Not really, but I think you get my point.
The prior Yankee Candle I burned, Winter Woods, was hardly much better. Meadow Mist and Lake Sunset scents were also a couple that I picked up in my last haul. They’re both a joke.
I can only speculate but it feels like today Yankee Candle spends more time designing their labels for their candles than actually doing quality assurance testing on their products.
Seriously, how hard is it to test a candle’s scent before releasing it? Just light it up and wait 30 minutes or so. IF IT DOESN’T SMELL LIKE ANYTHING don’t slap a pretty label on it and tell me it’s going to transport me to the winter woods, the mountain lake, or a misty meadow.
My $5 large jar candles I pick up on occasion from Walmart consistently have a medium to strong scent throw. Someone tell me why I should drop an extra $23 dollars on a name brand whose scent throw consistency doesn’t even come close?
These days there are way too many alternate candle companies that offer more affordable and less “risky” candles in my opinion. Even the “mom and pop” shops on Etsy are going to be able to offer you better quality for your money. Why? Because they have to in order to survive. They don’t have the luxury of having the most dominant name brand in the industry.
It’s important to note, of course, that not all of their candles are majorly lacking, but it still seems they’re content peddling a lot of crap (No. Not even.. at least crap smells like something!) behind a once esteemed brand name.
So in summary, Yankee Candle dominates the candle market but I’m getting the vibe that lately they’re more concerned with their bottom line rather than producing a high quality product for their customers.
Feel free to roast me in the comments section! I’ve got thick skin… I think.
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I’ve bought a couple candles from Yankee:
Peach (the old style peach, not the Farm Fresh variety) – smells divine in the candle, but absolutely no scent throw
Fresh Cut Roses – Ditto^^ except even less scent throw
All is Bright – I’d give it a 2/10 for scent throw, which is good for YC lol!! However, it’s my favourite scent of all time. I discovered it on holiday – the lady in the B&B I was staying at had one burning and it had GREAT scent throw (2019 candle), why didn’t mine in 2021 🙁 haha
A small Fluffy Towels votive – amazing scent and decent scent throw. Strange how a votive can be better than the jars
Bunny Cake votive – terrible scent throw. Even the wax barely smelled of anything
Soft Blanket jar and votive – terrible!! Same issue as Bunny Cake
Vanilla Cupcake votive – terrible scent throw
I gave up on candles. Most candles I’ve tried have had mediocre-to-no scent throw, not just Yankee’s.
Then I discovered wax melts were much better than candles (why isn’t this common knowledge?!) but I’m STILL frustrated with them
All is Bright wax melt – GREAT… But only in the only-style tarts so they’re all old and second hand
Ginger Dusk – same issue as All is Bright, but with zero scent
Vanilla Lime – it was like burning literal toilet duck. Awful. For once, YC was too powerful
Lemon & Lavender – same issue as Vanilla Lime
Beach Escape – my favourite wax melt. Great scent and scent throw. Finally, a win
Mango Ice Cream – brilliant, just a bit artificial. Not enough ice cream scent
Coconut Splash – forgettable
Coconut Rice Cream – little scent, boring
Bora Bora Shores (or another exotic beach one with a purple wax, can’t remember) – nice scent, mediocre strength
These were purchased in 2023^^
Now, I’ve just bought a lot from Candle Emporium (DON’T BUY FROM THEM). Half of them turned up opened, literally out of the seal. The rest smell of nothing. And now I don’t know whether it’s because of YC or Candle Emporium. The wax melts I got last time had decent scent throw, these have ZERO.
Black Coconut
Wedding Day
Espresso Caramel
Banana Bread
Banana Waffle
Beach Escape
Soft Blanket
etc.
Zero, zero, zero scent!
Between YC and other candle/wax companies, and useless wax melters (don’t buy electric), I’ve probably wasted 400 quid on just trying to have a nice-smelling bedroom. The thing that’s supposed to relax you makes my blood pressure rise lol. It doesn’t help that wax is really messy and difficult to put back in the pot if you’re going to return it. And there’s so much conflicting advice on how to use wax. Literally, never get an electric warmer, they’re all useless.
I know it’s very first world problems, but having your money wasted by people selling shoddy things (even big incumbent companies) is depressing. It’s not just candles: every purchase you make nowadays has to be reallllly researched, whether it be a microwave or just a candle. It’s as if everything you enjoy is being taken away a little at a time by capitalism and it’s profit motive. For example, SpongeBob has been completely ruined because they’ve made it into another generic Nickelodeon cartoon. Cookbooks have been ruined because they all start with 2 chapters on overnight oats to save cost.
I’m trying the Kringle wax melts now. I’m British, so I can’t get them easily. I’ll update this comment in the future to let you know whether they’re any good!
My advice for new candle enthusiasts:
DON’T buy candles, buy wax melts
YC home inspiration is better than their more expensive line
Preferably, go into a store and smell the wax before purchasing. Home inspiration is sold in ASDA. Only buy it if the wax itself is strong.
DON’T buy an electric heater, they’re all useless
Don’t let the wax go hard, it’ll lose its scent immediately. Let the wax lose its scent completely
Only buy one lot of wax at a time, hence buy it in a shop. These days, wax melts seem to lose their scent within a few weeks of purchase if you don’t use them. This makes it really boring because you have to have a week of one scent, but wax melt companies don’t care about their user experience
The 1 pound wax tarts you can buy in ASDA from a company called Pacific Wax Co. are far better than Yankee
The only YC I recommend are: Beach Escape, All is Bright and Fluffy Towels
And overall? Buying candles and wax isn’t worth the hassle whatsoever!
Sorry, can’t edit my comment:
I meant to say that Coconut Beach, not Beach Escape, was part of the 2024 lot of wax melts with zero smell.
On the contrary, Beach Escape is one of the very few I rate.
Typo:
its, not it’s profit motive*
Very anal about these things lol
Also, I’ve done some research and they’re apparently laying off 13% of their global workforce. This is after lock down, where there was a huge uptick in spending on home improvement and furnishings. They’re selling their candles in ASDA, which is British Walmart, btw. They’re owned by the same company. And YC is being sold on shopping channels.
This is what capitalism does. Far from promoting innovation, it promotes making superprofits now at the expense of longevity. YC think that they’re too big to fail. Unfortunately for them, they’re not a bank, so there won’t be a bailout when they crash; they might be acquired by another giant who is equally incompetent at seeing past the next 2 quarters.
There are few barriers to entry to starting a candle company; therefore, YC will find it difficult to maintain its monopoly position. And social media will quickly spread the message that YC sucks (look how many of us have Googled “Yankee Candle doesn’t have scent and found this blog). Younger people like me don’t know of YC’s legacy as a once-brilliant candle, so they don’t have that to hang on. All they have is a famous name and cute candle names, but someone else will make a Bunny Cake candle that actually smells great and that’ll be gone.
All YC had to do was stay the same. They had the safest business plan ever: just stay the same. Stop making your candles suck. Stop getting rid of your best scents. I don’t want a Fresh Farm Peach wax melt… I want the Strawberry Buttercream one! Soooo many brands do this: they stop making the very item you came to know them for.
All we want is to buy from them and they’re like “no” omfg xD meanwhile, other businesses that are actually customer-centric go unheard of.
Totally agree no one seems to care about the customer and delivering quality having pride in their products sad
Old post, I know, but I just had a lousy experience with YC, and I have questions.
For many years, Buttercream was the only scented candle I ever would buy. I have problems with many scents and find most candles unbearable. Buttercream was perfect, and the wax melts easily scented my whole house.
Then, to my dismay, Buttercream disappeared. I got an ad for the YC Christmas sale, and was surprised to find it again, though only in the large jars. The offer was buy one/get one free, so I ordered four.
They smelled NOTHING like the old Buttercream. I lit one, and after 20 minutes was sick to my stomach. It. Was. Vile. I wondered at first if my smelling sense had changed with age, like everything else. But, nope. I still had the remnants of an old Buttercream tea light in a votive, and that smelled exactly as I remembered. The new candles were not even remotely the same.
So does anyone know if YC changed the scent on purpose, of if they’re just using new ingredients that may have affected the scent, and not in a good way? Luckily, I can return these, but I’m so disappointed that things turned out like this.
IMO, they are using different ingredients that are cheaper, so the candles cost them less money to manufacture. I guess it’s working for them, but I personally haven’t purchased a candle from them in years because generally they have ZERO throw when they are lit. I would buy them and even pay more if the quality was there! But as bad as they are, I won’t take one home for free.
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I see how old this post is, but I get so pissed over this that I need to vent:) It’s so disappointing. I discovered Yankee in the 1990s in Boston. I think it was Faneuil Hall. I walked into that little store and thought I only want to breathe Yankee scented air for the rest of my life. The smell was amazing. Astounding. It was a new product and brand to me and I fell crazy in love. The wax was very different. They were chunky and uneven. They sold the votives individually and I don’t think they had wrappers on them. They put the votives in little brown paper bags.
I was Yankee’s biggest fan. I would line up after Christmas when they had their crazy sales and I would buy 20-30 jars at a time. I had a condo with cathedral ceilings and they were so strong the could make the entire house fragrant. My faves were Home Sweet Home, Blueberry and McIntosh.
The jar candles were always chunky with dark wax, kind of shiny. I am guessing it was all parrafin?
Over the years I saw the wax start get smoother… And less and less fragrance. Such a bummer. The sales associates would say they didn’t change the formula. They absolutely did. And I no longer purchase them because they absolutely SUCK. Sold out.
If anyone wants to make millions, figure out how to make the old school Yankees.
I have been on a quest now for years, but I only have 2 strong candles I purchase from different brands.
Rant over.
Hi! Iove this review. Spot on. What I learned from this blog when I commented on it a few years back was that the now, Kringle Candle, was the orig company that started Yankee candle. The son took it over after the father sold yankee and made his own candle co. They have strong and very fragrant scents to this day that put their orig company Yankee to shame.
Good to know!! I wish I would have read these reviews before I sent my 2 daughters Hairology candles from WalMart as xmas gifts!! The “promotional reviews” are a scam I just read. Most of the reviews are these!!
I couldn’t agree more! The Yankee Candle of today is NOTHING like what it used to be. I don’t care how cheap the candles are, I don’t want to buy a jar of wax that doesn’t smell like anything when it burns! And that’s all they are anymore! This decline has been going on for years and I’m not even tempted to buy their candles anymore.
Such a very informative article.
I agree with regards to the latest wax melt I’m using. I threw away the plastic, but it’s dark blue and I bought it on sale several years ago. Why didn’t I burn it sooner? My daughter has asthma and is very sensitive to certain scents. She wasn’t aware it was melted. No aroma at all!
Sunset Scents has new candles out that will give you the fragrance throw that you are looking for. Check us out http://www.sunsetscents.com
I agree, Yankee candle has gone down I use to buy them by the case, not anymore and they don’t care, thats the sad part.
Goose Creek have fantastic candles. I wait for their sale, and buy a bunch. Right now you can get most 3 wick candles 12 dollars. And I have never had one that didn’t have a strong throw. I end up blowing them out after a hour or two.
That is a complete bunch of bullshit.! I’ve been buying these since 1985 and I am an expert at them. Yes there have been times when they have been less than fragrant and don’t have a very good throw, but you’re acting like this is a normal thing, wrong! They are the best candle manufacturer in the world, get your story right before you come back to the table little boy!
No, Yankee candles SUCK! They have SUCKED for many years. I bought and tried many brands of candles and Yankee are the least fragrant that I have bought. But the most expensive!
I agree completely about purchasing Yankee Candles. I use to love the fragrance the candle would put all through out my home but lately the last ones I have purchased have had no fragrance. I use to love the wax melts as well but they are over priced and no longer work. I tried the wax melts at Walmart and their candles and they work better then Yankee Candles and I get more for my money with great results.
Just came across your blog. Did you know the family that originally created Yankee Candle has started a new candle company. It’s not far from Yankee Candle, less than 20 miles away on the same road. The company name is called Kringle Candle Company. They are in Bernardston, Ma. Look them up. Perhaps you will have better luck with the original creaters of a great Candle.
I completely agree!!! I’m so sick of throwing good money after bad buying these Yankee candles!! I’ve given them a year and plenty of money and I’ve gotten three strong candles out of 29 candles! I gave them one last shot two weeks ago with a Fall candle and now I’m done!
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We sell Yankee Candles in the UK and most of our supplies are made by Yankee in the Czech Republic factory, we find these a lot stronger than the ones we occasionally get that are made in China.
Of the Yankee range my preference is for Woodwick candles but we stock many smaller UK homemade brands that are very popular.
YC now sucks, smells are very weak, amazon candle smell better. Not wasting anymore money with them. Also beware of their sale candles, those are the ones that really suck, on sale because of bad ratings for lack of scent and throw.
I used to be a Customer and what you’re buying currently is all of their garbage they will continue to sell.
I made the same mistakes buying scent warmers and plug-in scents..
I recently found out they’re closing.
If you go to their website, they still sell the warmers for 40.00.
They just leave out the fact that you can’t buy the scents to go in the warmer.
I have a ton of plug-in nightlights, but I can’t get the plug-ins that is the only purpose.
The last two purchases didn’t smell..
Gee, I wonder why? Maybe before they’re older than _ _ _ _!
I am done. Yankee candle sucks!
I feel you. I used to be a customer and the last several orders have little, if no scent at all.
I looked everywhere and found out this greedy company is going out of business, and we bought the inventory they were going to throw out.
They are still selling $40.00 scent warmers knowing they’re not going to have anything to dell their customers to use in the scent warmers.
I have purchased my last useless wax from them, and I hope others like you do the same.
Jumebug
I have been having luck with Bath and Body candles and also Goose Creek three wick candles. I wait till they have a good sale and than stock up. Goose Creek seem to have more sales than Bath and Body. I just hope I didn’t jinx the candles. Lol
Really appreciate you sharing this blog post. Really looking forward to read more. Great.
Wow! I couldn’t agree more with Yankee candles not smelling. I’d find one I loved in the store, get home and burn it…nothing! One great thing about Yankee candles though is that you can return them to the store (even older ones!) And they’ll give you credit or your money back(if it’s a recent purchase)
I’ve discovered candle cottage(sold at Walmart) and scentsational candles(love these, sold at Marshalls and those stores) . No more spending almost $30 a candle for me!
Yankee Candles do indeed suck since the corporate buy-out. The few I had purchased since the 2015 take over have all had zero throw whatsoever, as well as tunneling issues no matter what you do – illuma lid, tin foil, etc. They obviously are not the Yankee Candles we all knew and loved, and I cannot understand how anyone can waste thirty one dollars on a jar of colored wax. Kringle Candles (and their traditional Country Candle line) started by Mick Kittredge and his dad, the original founder of Yankee, are really nice, cost less and throw like The Yankees of yore. Their Witches’ Cauldron candle is an amazing and beautiful scent that is hard to describe, but I do love it! They sell out very quickly as many OG Yankee fans have switched over to them. I have watched reviews of the new Yankee candles, and I can’t understand how people review these scentless blobs of wax with a straight face.
Yankee has been a disappointment. I am a candle junkie and I started with them. I’ve found other brands that have great throws such as Goose Creek, Chestnut Hill Candles, CandleBerry and B&BW. I have over a 200 candle collection and these brands give the best throw with decent prices, especially Goose Creek.
Yes!! I bought the Macintosh apple and no scent, I’ve bought it before and now I remember why I just buy ones from Walmart cheaper and stronger scent! Yankee candle only provides good lighting no SCENT!!!
I would guess it’s because these are ‘gifts’ the label and color being everything, and the price of $20-30 dollars makes the gift acceptable as “oh, it’s a luxury candle” to the recipient. I don’t buy those sorts of candles anyhow. I buy bayberry or beeswax candles as that is the sort I like best. The other guess at why the scents on these things are not there…is that people complain about allergies so much, that people fear perfume bothering guests or interferring with the aroma of dinner etc. Another reason would be the scents shelf life turns what was good into fade away or rancid or some other smell?
I wondered if this was because I was buying specific scents that most people didn’t buy but it’s finally happened. I smell nothing. Nothing at all. A large jar had begun to last less and less and less time and they were still criminally priced. It’s like all the worlds Karen’s complained and they took half the scent out. Insult to injury; yankee candle now claims that it’s because people leave the kids off so the scent evaporates. No. No. Nope. It was like that when I got it folks. I thought it was just me. After getting them yearly for my birthday the last couple were awful and I just couldn’t figure out what happened. What a shame these were a top favorite for everyone. Now dollar general candles work better and last longer.
I would have to agree with you. We are a candle company that started last year her name is Sunset Scents. We started because there was not a great smelling long lasting candle out there. We would love for you to try our candles and write a review. Check out our selection http://www.Sunsetscents.com
I just ordered a couple of oils. Can’t wait to try them. Good luck on your new business!
Thank you!! We appreciate your support.
Hello from the UK
This was a really interesting read and it’s great to see someone sticking to their opinion and not worrying about “Big Brand Bullying” !
We’re in the UK and launched a business 6 months ago during the Covid lockdown as a way to help people who were making artisan candles after losing jobs and income – we took the decision from day 1 that we would only sell handmade small batches of scented candles and reed diffusers, partially because we wanted to support the small folks but also because as you highlighted in your article, very often they have a superior product and they have to care about what they make in order to survive.
It’s amazing what people will pay for established brands that often smell of nothing much and also are not good ingredients. For example you can get a 50hour burner triple wick candle that is 100% Soy Wax, handpoured and with essential oils only… packed and shipped with no plastics and a handwritten card for under 25 bucks if you stray away from big brands.
Anyways, thanks again – it’s really encouraging to see posts like this.
All the best!
Thomas
http://www.wicksandreeds.com
I used to buy YC when their mall stores would run their BOGO (buy one get one free) deals. I’d come home with 8 candles every time for the price of four. I’m glad I found this blog because my sister bought some last year for Thanksgiving and Christmas and we could not smell anything (can’t remember the scents). I had given her a few of mine last purchased in 2014 and the scents had the full “throw.” So yes, YC has gone cheap and I believe they will lose their long term customer base over time. BB&B is her go-to now and I just get mine at my Kroger in the discount isle section and they do fine.
Come visit my store. I guarantee you will love my candles better than Yankee. Natural, and strong scent throw.
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I visited your website as suggested. Your candles are $36 for a small 10oz candle!! That’s higher than Yankee Candle price of $31 for their 22oz candle!! No thanks. I’ll pass.
Happy to see I’m not losing mind. The last two batches of candles I bought from YC were noticeably less scented than usual! I have been a YC consumer since 2000. In the fall I always burn Autumn Leaves and Harvest; the rest of the year, it’s White Gardenia and Midnight Jasmine. I thought it nay just be me, but I possess strong olfactory senses, and the florals are decidedly less pungent than ususal. I started buying Bath & Body’s White Gardenia, and it is STRONG! So, if anyone from YC is reading this, pass it on to TPTB. If I’m going to pay top dollar for a scented candle, I expect to be able to SMELL it! Hope they address and remedy this issue…
No, you are not losing your mind, that’s why I stopped going there a year ago, I used to be a regular, never again.
Dina, it’s so sad that the new owners of Yankee candle took Greed over quality. I was a huge Yankee Candle fan just like you, but no longer. Try Madison Valley Candle. I have no relationship or interest in the company. I have bought roughly forty or fifty jar candles from Madison Valley and enjoyed the scents.
I was given both Wedding Day and New England Blueberry about 18 years ago as shower gifts. They could both FILL THE HOUSE with scent from a single burning medium jar candle. I loved them. But I couldn’t make myself spend the high prices to replace them again for years. I just bought both and Pecan Pie. I even splurged for the large jars knowing I probably wouldn’t buy them again for quite some time. NONE can even fill a single room with scent. I am sitting literally a foot from the blueberry. Seriously, I have to be careful of my hair I’m so close. And I CAN’T smell it AT ALL. They have obviously made massive changes from what they once were. I am so utterly disappointed.
I agree 100%. I have never had a Yankee Candle that burned producing amy fragrance. You can only smell them when the lid has been on them and closed for a while! Salt City Candles were the ONLY candle on the market EVER to fill a room with some of the most wonderful aromas imaginable even without lighting them! Miss them like you wouldn’t believe!
I hadn’t bought any Yankee candles in years. I recently bought 7 because they’re really not worth it to pay for candles and shipping unless you get free candles. Every time I’m burning them, I ask my boyfriend how he thinks it smells and he goes, “I can’t smell anything.” 🙁 $130 on candles down the drain. These are my last Yankee candles. I’m done. I’ve been buying candles from Bath and Body Works, guess I’ll just stick with those.
You can return them, even if you’ve burned them, I’ve returned 3 or 4 at a time.
I bought 6 Yankee Candles and I smell nothing. They are worst then Walmart’s brand.. I think Bath and Body have the most potent scent now a days. Yankee sucks. I googled this topic because every Yankee candle I lit had no scent. The labels are beautiful though…
I don’t want to spam this old thread but try Cornelius Hardy candles. I guarantee them to be better than Yankee. corneliushardy.com
Agreed. I just bought a couple salted citrus absolutely no smell! I had stopped buying them a while back but thought I’d give them another try. I get more throw from Bath and body works or sand and fog candles. I will say the plug in air fresheners at Yankee candle are better than BBW.
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A friend of mine worked at Yankee candles production facility the last 5 years and tells me that a lot has changed. When he started there was hardly any mineral oil used, now its about 40% of each candle. He says its just filler, so they don’t have to use as much wax. They keep upping the % of mineral oil as its a cheap filler and lets them make more per candle. He also says they have changed to a much cheaper scent. They actually have to use more per candle as its so weak, but its way cheaper than the older scent. He says constant cost cutting measures like this are implemented all the time to up the profits per candle.
It’s far from the old Yankee Candle.
I’m sitting here in vain trying to smell my True Rose candle, nothing at all, I’m completely done with Yankee Candles bye bye
Try Goose Creek’s Rose candle, or wax melts. A beautiful, true scent with great throw !!
Goose Creek all the way!
Sad!!!! Most big-time candle enthusiasts are now well aware that since the original owner of Yankee candle sold the company that things have gone completely sideways.
Just got a balsam fir yankee candle this week and neither me nor my wife can smell it. Had me worried I had Covid for a moment , but I tried some other candles and they’re just fine.
We have some bath & body works candles and those seem much better
I used to be a regular customer and like everybody says , there is no scent, what a shame, I no longer go to Yankee Candle , Bath and body works is my favorite now, and this makes me so sad.
Love Bath and Body three wick candles. Also had great luck with Goose Creek three wick candles. And the usually have very good deals.
Not only are the scents practically non-existent, the wicks are like strings loosely attached. When they burn, they split and burn erratically. Such a shame. Being a New England native, I remember when Yankee Candles stood for Yankee pride in their work and end products. The two large jars I recently purchased are nothong more than exalted tea lights.
I know this is true because I have been buying them for years, they used to burn forever and smell so good throughout my house. Now I can’t even smell them in the room they are in and in two days they are almost done burning.
Looking for a new candle co. Sorry yankee you have ripped me off long enough. I am not paying more for less quality anymore.
Yankee probably puts more money into deceiving their customers, then if they would of just left the recipe alone.
Wow, I’m glad I’m not alone, I’m a very big candle buyer, especially Yankee candle, since christmas I have bought 30+ large jar’s they have been on sale buy 1 get 1 , but 3 get 3 free etc, got as good as 5 for $50!! Ten dollars a jar, my sister couldn’t believe it..so she went to Yankee in the mall and bought 24 large jars all for ten dollars a piece, well she hasn’t burned any of hers yet and I’ve burned at least ten and I notice ever year they are less and less scented, well let me tell you I’m so disappointed , the last week and a half straight I’ve been burning 3 vineyard 1 berrylicious, 1sugared cinnamon apple, & a alpine mint, and I have these burning in my bedroom with my door shut the scent should be over powering, and honestly, I can barely smell them at all!!! When 5 years ago1 vineyard smelled my whole apartment, Wal-Mart’s candles at $6 $7 dollar a candles are stronger, maybe this is why Yankee candles are always on sale now, they will continue to lose business if they dont bring there scents back up to standerds…..
I swear by Bath and Body candles. I wait till the three wick candles are on sale, then I stock up. And they always have good sales every couple months. Never paid more than 12 dollars,and worth every penny.
I’m glad I’m not losing it! Several years ago I found a box of YC Witches Brew tea lights in a thrift store and they smelled amazing! I love wax melts, so I thought I’d get some tarts from YC when they were on sale (since the tea lights smelled so good). For about 3 years in a row, every fall I bought a few tarts and could never smell them at all! It’s that time again and I’m looking into restocking for the holidays and I finally decided to give it a goog and find out if this is just me or if others were having this problem. It’s clearly not me! What a rip off… I’m glad I didn’t drop $30 on a candle though like I almost did many times!
Thanks to everyone here for their recommendations! I’m still a fan of the BHG and Scentsational melts from WM, but I want some new scents to pick from. YC has some great blends and scents, but doesn’t matter when you can’t smell them without your nose in the jar.
Don’t like Yankee and want a candle that smells amazing, try LULU candles that are sold on Amazon.
I think the best buy are the Village Candles. The two wicks burn evenly, and you’re not wasting money. They have wonderful scents. I never buy Yankee, waste of hard earned money.
Have you ever tried Tyler candles? Was just curious. I have seen them but dont know how they smell or if they burn good.
Village candles are lovely….Try Madison Valley Candles. Madison reminds me of the old Yankee candles strong scent more than just about any other candle out there, a fair price also. Madison uses soy wax, which is so much healthier for you and your family to breathe in. Bed Bath and Beyond produce beautiful candles too.
I KNEW there was something wrong with Yankee Candles the last several years and I’m glad to see that everyone else noticed it too!!
Hey! An industry person told me that Yankee Candle puts all their scent in the upper portion of the candle. It throws better scent. That is why you see them only burning the top half of the candle. I would love to know how they mix their wax and fragrance to do this, but the cat is out of the bag!!!
It’s true, I’m down to 12 I have, just ordered another brand. It’s sad! I’ve lived yankee so well over 30 years!
I know I’d never pay yankee prices. I buy all my yankee candles on ebay and at tjmaxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods. $12 for large jar.
I just recently got a Sonoma candle (tobacco pipe and vanilla scent) lit for 5 min and had to put it out because it is extremely overpowering scent. Never thought they would have such great candles but I’m using a candle warmer now to dull it down a bit
This was the first result searching for Yanke Candle and overhyped, lol. I bought my first small Yankee candles this week and… they hardly smell anything? I could sit right next to it for and hour and don’t feel any scent at all. Wtf? I have bought candles from Dollarstore, H&M and Ikea that are faaaar better than this. Talk about ripoff.
I buy bath and body 3 wick candles when they go on sale. I can get them for 12 dollars, and they last awhile. Some of them the sent is so strong, I blow them out after awhile. The candle called Winter is my favorite this time of year.
I love the smell of the Bath and Body Works 3 wick candles. Only problem I have with them is that they should be 2 wick candles and that way they would last longer. With 3 wicks at that size they burn way too fast, hence you go through more. But I agree they smell good.
Its not only their candles,their tart warmers,shades,they are just terrible everything is metal glass what happened to all the pretty stuff they had.The bears collection,children collection, The tart warmers,big and small look like they belong in a office no warmth,no love put into them .I have over 300 hundred tart warms from when Yankee candle when they had pride in their in their product .If you read the description of a large candle its like 6 different layers of scent .If I buy balsam and cedar I want all the same scent .Then they came out with strong scent candles .Hello people are not stupid .This is the way they use to smell like .I have about 800 tarts the old tarts smell amazing. Then you buy a new tart no scent at all .And I don’t understand how can you come up with new candles ,But you don’t have unscented tea lights for tart warmers .I don’t buy electric warmers because their ugly is dont want to spend 40.00$ for a metal warmer YANKEE CANDLE GET YOU STUFF TOGETHER BECAUSE THEIR ARE ALOT MORE CANDLE COMPANIES OUT THEIR NOW THAT ARE STRONGER,CHEAPER .YOUR NOT THE BEST COMPANY ANY MORE
It is such a shame that this great company is losing its customers. In former years I couldn’t wait to see what cute accessories were coming out each season and holiday and then suddenly there were no more nice accessories and items replaced with metal stuff. The pretty designs on glass shades is just a plastic film that adheres to the glass and if you wash it eventually it will come off in areas like the borders or edges of the glass item. Very disappointing! It took me a while to see that the nice ceramic items are not coming back and then I found out the company was bought out and that’s when the changes began. The quality of everything they sell has gone downhill and it does not look like it will get better. The Boney Bunch line had a lot of collectors who mobbed the store every year when the new Boney Bunch came out for Halloween. No more. Once you lose your followers they do not come back. Last year I went to their store to see what great Halloween items came out and nobody was in the store! What happened! Where were the collectors that formed a line at the door an hour before they opened for their big Halloween reveal? Gone! Nobody in line! No excitement!
Right next door to YC is a competitor candle store! Walk by and no customers are at Yankee and there is a line of customers outside the competitor’s store and they usually are so busy you have to stand in line to get checked out.
We used to go to the Yankee Candle store because that brand name was “special” and going there was an “experience”. No more! And their candles are in WalMart and other stores so no reason to even go to the Yankee Candle store. It is obvious the new owners do not care. These people have also bought out other popular brands and customer service is terrible. It would not surprise me if they close a lot of the Yankee Candle stores and even if Yankee Candle doesn’t exist in a few years. The competition has what Yankee had at one time and Yankee Candle customers are leaving for better candles elsewhere. Plus competitors are coming out with attractive accessories. Still there was nothing nicer than the adorable seasonal accessories Yankee Candle had in the past. It was the accessories that brought me to the store and then I bought the candle that I needed for the accessory. I have a few of the old Balsam & Cedar that still smell! New candles don’t. Such a shame!
Couldn’t have said it better myself. The yankee candle store Already closed in Tanger outlet Riverhead Long Island. They said it was the rent.Sad that American made company going down the drain how come the people see it .They just don’t get it .I’ve been collecting their stuff for years . I have tart burners big and small every season every color. Candles I could light up the neighborhood .Very disappointing
I have saved some tart burners too but things got out of hand with my penchant for decorating for the seasons. I have to do some serious paring done. My car has never seen the inside of my garage! I am parting with things slowly. By end of next year I should have cleaned out a lot of my Yankee stuff not to mention Bath & Body too. I have so much Christmas stuff. Truth is I do not “need” any of it! Now we are told that the burning candles are filling our homes with toxic stuff unless the candles are soy based. Just another thing to worry about and if Yankee is filling their candle jars with toxic stuff that is another reason to stay away.
I agree. Yankee candles have no scent throw, in my experience. I love Walmart’s Better Homes and Gardens and Scentsationals wax cubes. I’m recently noticing that they aren’t as strong as they used to be, though. I’ve been using them for years, and it seems like at least the last 6 months, or so, they are weaker than before. Does anyone else notice this too?
Yes I have noticed! Really like the sugared lavender, it reminds me of a sweet smelling pipe. But the last few time I bought the cubes, I noticed the scent didn’t last. I just hope Bath and Body don’t start doing this to their candles.
Thanks, Dana. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one.
I took advantage of Bath and Body Works candle sale and FINALLY I can smell the scent of candles again. NO more Yankee Candles in my house even though I have some that have not been lit. I will never purchase Yankee again.
Lol, I hope we didn’t just jinx the Bath and Body candles.
Sadly they have as well. BBW is receiving the same complaints, although not as bad as the Yankees. I’m having bad luck with all the brands I’ve been trying. Pretty bad when you have to go back to using febreze which always have a strong throw. You just keep telling yourself I got a bad batch, buy more until you finally realize you need to stop wasting money on coloured wax.
Hy all from the UK, being new to candles i bought a 6 small glass bundle from YK and lit a candle each night since. It’s white tea tonight as I type annnnd we cannot smell a thing. The past 2 were of blanket & vanilla yet also non smell existent. Well i was so shocked i researched this and found you. I have 3 left but from what you are all saying fragrance has been long lost for a while
Sadly. Just wanted to share &, hope to find some better candles in the UK.
Kringle candle is good. It is the founders of Yankee. It’s what they were 20 years go.
Bath and boy works also makes really nice ones. If you are into more specific scents spite side is nice, but a little pricy for candles- but the quality is great. I really like their wax melts- price is similar to other quality brands and they give good scent throw.
They are both having Black Friday sales right now.
I invite you all to come check out my brand. Better than Yankee and Bath and Body Works. Plus natural burning too. You shouldn’t have to pay a lot of money for a candle you can’t smell. corneliushardy.com
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I agree there is really no scent in the Yankee candles. i thought it was just me. I’m done paying their high prices !
The one I have now that is a Yankee Candle is called Caramel Apple Cake and it has the tin lid. I bought it 2-3 yrs ago. It is at the halfway point and when I light it, it still smells amazing. I can smell it all through my apartment. I have had people come over and think I was baking something. And I would just point to my candle. I haven’t bought one recently as I was using some smaller ones from Bath and Body Works to place in front of my moms urn. She and my stepdad both passed away 2 yrs ago with 19 days of each other. So I was using the smaller BBW candles up first. But this Yankee Candle is my last one and still smells great. Not sure where to go from here. I don’t buy light scents like Linen, Rainy smells or Lavender scents. They normally don’t burn very well out of any candle. I go for the more rustic, sandalwood, cedarwood, vanilla, caramel and sometimes fruity scents. Floral scents can get lost when burning, depending upon which one you get. Someone told me to try Tyler Candles. So unsure what to try. BBW 3 wick candles are great. They would last longer if they were 2 wick though. That is where they get you buying more since they burn so fast. But yes they have fabulous scents! Suggestions anyone about another good reasonably priced candle? Anyone try Tyler candles?
Thanks
Omg YES! I thought I was the only one! I definitely notice how the Better Homes & Gardens wax melts are so much weaker now! I stocked up on some a couple of years ago and repurchased the same scents recently. The old cubes I bought could easily fill my entire apartment with strong fragrance. Now the scents don’t last as long and aren’t nearly as room filling. I will no longer be stocking up like I used to. I may buy just a few here and there.
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Thanks for your safety tips. However, the link you provided has Yankee Candles as a recommendation on it. Lol
I thought it was just me. Couldn’t smell the wax melts that had been burning for hours, they were brand new. Asked my husband and there was no throw two rooms away. So I decided to research and found this post from years ago. I’ve visited their Flagship store in Deefield MA. I won’t be purchasing YC again, and will be looking for and reading about alternative brands. Their scent just isn’t there anymore like it used to be, and I’d been purchasing like – forever. No longer.
I agree. I literally put in google search “Yankee candle tarts scentless” to see if it was just me. They jack up prices and reduce the scent. I’m no longer wasting my money until this company goes back to a better product.
I just got an order from Kringle literally today (founders of Yankee candle). They are fantastic. Their sample size candle (I wanted to test them before committing to larger sizes) were 12 for $24, and with just one the scent filled my entire room in less than 5 minutes (18x 26) and I can smell it in my dressing area and into my attached bath. I am impressed. They are what Yankee used to be if not better, plus the scents are a more modern take on the traditional scents (they do have a traditional line too) be it you prefer the masculine, sweet, outdoorsy, fruit, florals or a combination of them. I found several that I love already. I did get a pair of large jars in the scents only available that size, and my husband took them for his office as they are VERY nice masculine scents.
Hasn’t the company been sold? As a former Yankee candle dealer, I agree with your assessment. The quality of Yankee candles has really gone down hill. I have heard that the son of the original Yankee candle owner has started his own candle company that remains true to the original Yankee candle quality. Have not researched that to verify it.
His candles are sold under the name of “kringle”. You have to get them from his site or Amazon. They have a special for the Christmas holidays right now.
The Yankee Candle Company was bought out by Rubbermaid and I think they reduced the fragrance and are in it for the $$$$. Consumers know better and can speak up against this move with their wallets.
I’ve been burning candles for 20+ years and I was always a loyal Yankee Candle customer. Their scents always filled my home with such amazing and strong scents. They have really taken a downhill spiral over the years though and spending $30 for a candle with ZERO scent is no longer in my budget. I’ve done a lot of research and have tried many brands over the past couple of years and have found Village Candles, DW Home, Bath and Body Works, Country Candles and Kringle Candles all to be AMAZING with wonderful throw and a wide variety of scents. Yankee better wake up and realize that their customers aren’t going to spend their hard earned money on garbage anymore. Too many options these days.
The Kringle candles are wonderful! They are available at the Kringle flagship location in Northfield, Mass. Also have a store in Downtown Springfield (Massachusetts) located in the shopping area of the MGM Springfield Casino (if you show your casino perks card, you get a discount plus present your receipt at the card window to get points added to your card). Not sure, but I believe there is or was a 3rd Kringle store in the Stamford Town Center Mall in Downtown Stamford, CT.
DW Home all the way. Great candle. Try Pine Needles. Not Fresh Pine, but Pine Needles.
I don’t know why, but this just brightened my day. I visited to get an honest opinion on what a few candles my niece is selling for preschool fundraiser. Not to worry, they are selling other overpriced items that Yankee Candle has added to their line, so I won’t be surprised if I shell out some major dough on the other things. I just wanted to say it made me laugh. You are saying exactly (including the other polarizing mention) what I think, but am too lazy to argue with people who not only have closed minds, but I seriously wonder if they have minds at all. Keep rocking it Candle Girl!
So many products have changed because of being sold. Loved Philosophy perfumes, always got complements. Was sold to Coty, and they ruined the perfumes I bought. But the kicker is that the perfume was weaker, but they upped the price!
Yep they do suck and they have for years now. I stopped buying them when they went from $22 to $24 for the large candles. I too noticed that the scent throw was often non-existent. Also their accessories got cheaper and cheaper looking.
Then I saw that Jarden Corporation bought Yankee Candle in 2013. So apparently Yankee was messing with their product line so as to pump up their bottom line in preparation for selling the company! It was around this time they started selling Yankee Candles at Wally World. Yikes, that can’t bode well.
To make matters worse, Jarden Corporation was bought by Newell Rubbermaid in 2015! Seriously? Newell is a big conglomerate that owns many name brands (Elmer’s, Papermate, and Coleman to name a few).
It’s a shame but it happens so often these days. A company with a nice product line is acquired by a larger company and its downhill from there.
It’s pure greed……Whoever is overseeing the Yankee candle line at Newell Rubbermaid should be fired immediately as he or she is destroying the Yankee Candle brand name. Newell Rubbermaid’s substantial investment to buy Yankee Candle is being pissed away.
Yankee candles are worthless. There is a new generation out there that have no idea how amazing they once were. It is too bad they are still able to live off of the quality they once had. They were expensive 30 years ago, but 1 candle would make a room smell so great. I just wish people would stop buying them…they truly are worthless.
glad I’m not the only one that thinks they suck now. used to give them for gifts but haven’t bought them since they got bought out… whoever bought it TANKED on the scent
Yes, I agree. I was so in love with yankee. I am a slow learner – took me a while to figure it out. I wasted quite a bit of money before I got it. So disappointed…not sure what brand to trust. I miss my candles. I wish the message was out there…seems like they are still selling.,,,obviously living off of the magnificent reputation of years past.
I jumped ship! I’m all done with Yankee candles! I recently purchased from Kringle candle. The son of the man who invented Yankee candle. Michael Kiddredge. I got one from the country line. There’s two lines Kringle all white candles and country. I burned warm apple pie from the country line. Omg it’s Yankee candle from the past! I’m could smell this outside my door! Give them a try! You won’t regret it!!
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Finally a place to post my complaint about Yankee Candles. I will never buy another one even though I was a huge devotee of these candles. The change seemed to come on gradually (surprise surprise, maybe they think we are to stupid to notice?) But recently I did an experiment. I bought 2…1 large and one small of complimentary scents and lit them both in my bathroom. No appreciable fragrance unless I stick my nose near the flame! I’m done…moving on to a competitor!
I thought the problem Was my aging nose! TG I was wrong. Such a shame, I was a loyal customer for over 20 years. No longer to I get pleasantly smacked in the face when I walk in the door by the incomparable fragrance YCs USED to emit!
She is right.they are so weak.remember when one could almost scent your whole house.
Same here never again will I buy Yankee Candle I had not bought them for years because of the price could not afford them anymore I seen them at Walmart and I was excited as quickly as I was excited I was very disappointed picture of the big ones in my bedroom can’t smell anything unless you got right up on them never again Yankee Candles they suck
Give Kringle Candles a try! Kringle is owned by the SON of the original Yankee Candle owner. You won’t be disappointed – omg, it’s like having the old days back again when the scent of a candle would fill the room!
Yes, haven’t had good luck with Yankee Candles for the last few years. Love Sun and Sand, smells great in the jar, but no smell when you burn. I have been getting Bath and Body candles when they are on sale. Fragrance is really good, some are even strong, you need to blow out after an hour or so. But also much cheaper then Yankee.
Just want to get the word out NOT to buy Yankee Candles….I loved buying these as gifts, and now I need to find something else to give. These candles are no longer a treat, or special at all.
JanH,
You sound like a candle lover & are one that gifts the #1 gift giving item, candles. Have you tried Gold Canyon Candles. I don’t think you will be disappointed at all!
You should try gold canyon candles, pretty sure you wont be disappointed by them
Yes bed bath candles smell Awsumn,but I never see their candles anymore,did they stop making them?
Yes, I usually get mine online. Most of the time I can get the medium three wick for 10-12 dollars on sale. But they also have in their store.
I get on bed n bath online n all I see is yankee candles,if u see them online can u send to me please,if u forget no problem ,linda
No, I get Bath and Body. Not Bed and Bath. And I just ordered more. Right now they have their 3 wick candles on sale. Some are $10, some are $12.
Like most others in here, I’m so glad I found this post! To sum it up… YANKEE CANDLE SUCKS. I really started noticing this a year or two back with their webpage believe it or not.. not the scents of the candles. I used to love going to their site during Halloween and Christmas and seeing all the pretty candles and all the box sets and I started noticing there were fewer gift sets and less appealing as well. But mainly I would notice that the pictures on their website were harder to see (even after enlarging for details) & just very boring & generic looking. Which finally had me looking today for reviews about the company & their candles. After I read they were sold and resold within the past couple years or so it all made sense! Thank you for sharing, cause I was beginning to think it was just me. Lol
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OMG they are so bad now, I used to spend all kind of money, Yankee Candle , but there is no scent, any more.They were the strongest smelling candle around, the company was sold and kept the Yankee Candle name, but the scent is so weak or no scent at all.
Just want to say….you read my mind. I thought it was me. Thank you for giving me permission to not second guess myself.
I’m burning 2 of the French Vanilla in my room now, and noticed there’s no smell at all which prompted me to look online to see if anyone else was having this issue.
I literally bought 6 online since I can’t find this scent in the store. Can you return after you just started burning?
Agree 100%, So disappointed with My Life’s A Breeze Yankee Candles and Beach Walk, I Bought The Large Ones, Put Two in My Bedroom, because the one was not hardly Having any Type of Scent, Guess What They Both Suck,and so does beach walk, and The Wax melts are not much Better, Had not Bought Yankee Candles for Years, saw Them at Wal-Mart, Great Price, I grabbed Them, The Yankee Candles are Not Like They were 10 to 15 Years ago, NEVER Again will I waste my Money On Yankee Candles, THEY SUCK!!
Yes, you can return but only for an exchange. I recently returned 6 candles, all of which had zero throw, and exchanged for 6 others. Sad to say that the new ones I exchanged for aren’t any better. I have been purchasing Yankee candles for the last 20 years and have found that in the last year or so the quality of them have gone from 5 stars to 1 star. Very disappointing.
I just bought 12 yankee candles , the small jars. Lit 4 of the same scent all at once practically no throw. I am so upset….these candles use to be so amazing. I have given up….no more Yankee products for me. Have noticed this for about 5 years! I just kept going back like a fool.
The new owners of Yankee Candle have decided profits are more important than product quality and customer satisfaction. Most long time Yankee Candle Fans have figured out that we are getting the royal saft from the new owners of YC, and will never, ever, buy another YC from these clowns.
Try my candles! I put double the recommended scent! Look me up on Facebook “Get Lit By Tiff” I have some great prices too! Promise you won’t be sorry! I use a blended wax as well so you get the best burn every time and I always test my candles before I send them out.
Tiffany, To say you put “double the amount of scent” is not a fair statement. Wax , weather is soy, paraffin or a blend, will only hold so much fragrance. State the percentage of fragrance used. Paraffin will hold about 6% and will show bleeding in anything above. Soy can hold up to 12 but you’re nose isn’t going to notice a difference between 10% and 12%. 10% is standard. I’m sure you’re not using 20%. Yankee used to use 6% throughout the candle. A Paraffin candle requires a 2nd pour. What your getting is 6% in the 2nd pour(which is the fist 1″ of the candle). The remainder of the candle gets 3%. That’s why it smells good in the store and for the first 20 min. of burning. After that…just junk!
Agreed. Over scenting / too much where it doesn’t not all infuse can actually cause them to explode if they are jar candles, or just weep if they are not.
I make candles, and most candles that claim “double the scent” actually have double the standard amount, which is 6% per pound. Many waxes will hold 12%, including the paraffin wax that I use. If paraffin candles are cooled correctly they do not require a second pour, and even if a second pour is used, the same amount of fragrance oil is used in both pours. One just saves a little bit of wax from the original pour and then adds it after the candle cools. So no, the top 1″ does not have more fragrance oil in it. If one is wanting a highly scented candle, they should buy a candle with two or three wicks. The candle will burn faster, but the fragrance comes from the burning wicks and the melt pool in the jar.
As a candle lover and having bought Yankee Candles for over 30 years, I can say unequivocally that you are 100 % right! It’s a shame that more people do not know NOT to buy Yankee as it is just like burning a lot of dollar bills! WAY too much money for just plain wax. I have switched to a phenomenal candle company called Goose Creek that I guarantee will not disappoint anyone!!! The throw on most scents is between an 8 – 10 AND you can usually get them on sale for $9.99. These candles can also sometimes be found at Gabes, Tuesday Morning, Macy’s backstage and a few other places. And they also have the huge 60oz candles for a lot less money than other companies.
Wow, I tried Goose Creek and they were Terrible ! They only burned good on the first burn. Then any subsequent burning, the flames were So tiny that they died out on their own, like the wax would not burn away fast enough and the wicks “drowned”. I tried Carrot Cake and Pumpkin Pie they were lousy and they had no scent either. Which scents did you have success with ?
I ordered several Goose Creek Candles after all the rave reviews and I am sorry I did. The scents are cheap but the worst thing about them is the wicks. If you trim them to 1/8 inch for a proper flame, the wick drowns. If you leave enough wick to keep them lit, the flame is large after two hours producing much soot. I do not like Goose Creek Candles at all.
Yes I agree about the Goose Candles too. It’s like everything anymore, prices go up and product goes down. Same with perfume. Loved Amazing Grace, and now you put it on, and within an hour you cannot smell it. Oh well, at least I am saving money, not buying anymore.
Oh my!!! I love goose creek!!!! I have over 70 candles. The scent throw is fantastic in my open concept home. I will never purchase yankee candles again.
I thought the same thing about Goose Creek, hahahaha! Someone told me they were amazing and like a fool I bought TWELVE large jars!!! They SUCK!!! Barely any smell at all and they burn super dirty! Like, my jars would all be black and when they were burning – you could see the black soot coming off the flame. Yuck. Don’t be fooled by the price point. They’re awful…you get what you pay for…garbage. Also, don’t be fooled by the online reviews. The company pulls all the negative reviews off their site. Shady business to say the least.
I love Bath and Body 3 wick candles. I wait till they are on a good sale, and get a bunch. I will admit,I did get a couple that did not burn nice all the way down, but it was very rare.
A lot of the village candles really nice 2 wick pool out quickly and some strong scents try these
Susan, I recently stumbled on to the Goose Creek candles and love them! The throw is everything and then some and they are affordable in price unlike Yankee Candles. I found them online and took a chance so pleased with these and have already given as gifts to friends. Will be buying more for the upcoming holidays!
I just ordered goose creek candles after hearing such high praises about them. They suck! I burned one yesterday (ghost treats) and I could not smell it at all. After an hour I went outside for a bit, came back in thinking I would smell it. Nope. After 2 hours of burning, my girlfriend came out of her closed bedroom and asked why I hadn’t lit a candle yet (I do this first thing every morning). I pointed to it and she said “oh please don’t tell me it’s from that new company you tried”. It has ZERO throw. I lit Apple Cider this morning hoping for better luck but same. I’m sitting right next to it. I have been having mixed experiences with BBW candles being inconsistent so tried these. Nope, never again. At least BBW will exchange if you get a bad one.
FINALLY. I had heard about how great YC were fro years. I decided to break down & break my bank account for one. After research I found that a certain one was their strongest. I like strong candles. But more so, I like to smell them on any level. Worst purchase ever. I burned it 24/7 until it was gone without blowing it out. I literally nearly burned my nose hairs trying to find the fragrance. Wrote a review and received another one as a customer satisfaction attempt. So, I chose another scent that was suppose to be a “strong” one. Lemon Lavender? Ha. Same darn experience. I’ am bewildered how they are staying in business with the quality or lack of they pass off at a whopping $28 for a ball of wax. How can anyone leave an honest positive review for that company? I think they are taking advantage of their reputation. I cannot speak to how they got it because I just bought my first one this year but they suck. I’m sure they will blame all the “lack of throw” on covid. They are a waste of time.
You are so right. I stopped buying YC becuase they have no scent…the sad part is they put my favorite local company out of biz about 8 years ago – Salt City Candle Company – who had amazing candles. YC moved into the malls and killed the small local business…and then within a few years I noticed the decline in the quality of the YC candles. I thought it was just me – or that I was getting old stock, but nothing I buy has any scent. My last purchase was in August when I bought a Fall candle – paid $ 28 – lit it twice and threw it away becuase there was no scent. AT ALL. Can’t believe they are still in business.
Patti isn’t it disgusting what the new owners of Yankee Candle have done to the once great Yankee Candle. As a business owner myself, I know the one thing you never do is screw your customers, as that’s all you’ve got. Unfortunately this is exactly what the new owner of Yankee are doing to all of us former Yankee Candle lovers. It’s only a matter of time until they go down in flames. You simply cannot burn your customers with almost zero scents in a majority of your products, ”Yankee Candle”, and think you’rey going to get away with it and survive as a company. Mark my word, this company is going down in flames sooner rather than later.
I just don’t understand why you would ruin a good thing like that clearly every one loved them! I had a friend I cannot even count the number of candles she had from Yankee! It’s just to save a few dollars and you ruined your entire brand, I guess they do not see it that way because they are still making money. They are thinking of the dollar rather than the quality of the product. I just recently burned a Yankee candle i have had for years nothing no scent at all , flowers in the sun nothing smelled like wax . The original owners should never have sold, I understand that’s everyone’s dream to be acquired one day well some, my legacy would matter more!
The only Yankee candles that you do get a good throw from is Tuscan vineyard, midsummers night,cherry blossom and white strawberry Bellini and honey lavender gelato as these ones are strong but a lot of Yankees don’t have much scent in them
I am replying over a year later but I have to disagree. Midsummers Night Dream was my first and only purchase and I couldn’t smell anything. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. Zero.
this is very true. i’ agreed with this..
When I first purchased a Yankee Candle a few years back I loved the candles! I purchased the Yankee Color Me Happy scented candle and there was very little fragrance. So disappointed. Bath and Body Works here I come.
I agree 150% My mom was a Yankee devotee which made me on by proxy. But I started noticing the smell of their candles was getting weaker and weaker. Blueberry muffin and honey Clementine were my two favorite scents I used to be able to burn them in my bedroom on the 3rd floor and my husband could enjoy the scent on the 1st floor. Now honey Clementine doesn’t even smell the same and the throw is none existant. I found a local company on esty The purrrfect candle company their scents are fantastic and a portion of their proceeds go to our local shelter. I will never give yankee another dime.
I agree 150% My mom was a Yankee devotee which made me on by proxy. But I started noticing the smell of their candles was getting weaker and weaker. Blueberry muffin and honey Clementine were my two favorite scents I used to be able to burn them in my bedroom on the 3rd floor and my husband could enjoy the scent on the 1st floor. Now honey Clementine doesn’t even smell the same and the throw is none existant. I found a local company on esty The purrrfect candle company their scents are fantastic and a portion of their proceeds go to our local shelter. I will never give yankee another dime.
Has anyone tried Kringle Candles? They are made by the original Yankee Candle founder and his son not far from the original Yankee plant. Looks like they have a Kringle and Country line of scented candles. The containers look the same as the original Yankee ones, the prices are not quite as high as Yankee, and I’ll bet the candle scent and throw are first rate quality like we remember Yankee Candle way back when….I think I’m going to try 12 Daylights of Christmas to get an idea what Kringle offers. I like that there’s not eighty-kazillion scents to ponder (which I think is part of Yankees problem).
Kate, if you try Kringle candles please let us know what you thought. I’ve been pondering purchasing a few candles from Kringle also.
Thanks:–)
Brad
I don’t understand why original owners of Yankee sold it to open another candle company they should’ve just kept it on and sold their Kringle and country range with Yankee company
I watched a video last year and the lady from Yankee admitted some have stronger throws than others and they might start putting a rating for the throw on the candle. I brought one back for exchange, didn’t smell at all. I only buy on sale. A great and cheap ($5.97) large jar alternative is from Walmart. The Better Homes & Garden brand. Not the Mainstays. Just as good as Yankee.
Yes, Yankee is a joke now. I remember when they were a big deal, only sold at upscale stores. It was a treat to buy one. Not anymore. Also have you noticed they are advertising on tv? Must be hurting to spend that kind of money. Going to Bath & Body from now on. Good luck Wal-Mart dumping all those low scale candles!
Couldn’t agree with you more. We should all probably be thankful Yankee Candle went up in flames. After I spent months trying to figure out which were the best alternative Candle companies to Yankee I learned so much about candles I did not know and I’m betting most people don’t either. The wax that Yankee uses in their candles and many other do is highly toxic and has petrolium byproducts in the wax. If you check and wipe your celling after burning a few Yankee Candles you will have black soot all over your white towel, nasty…..you and your family are breathing in that stuff. From now on I will only buy candles made from one hundred percent soy wax. Bed Bath & Beyond has soy candles which I highly recommend as well as Madison Vallet Candles which are like the old Yankee’s with the great scent but they only use safe one hundred percent soy wax also. Anyway Yankee Candle bites the big one. I feel sorry for anyone who hasn’t figured out how much they suck know and is wasting their money buying their candles which smell decent in the store but are all mainly scentless once you are at home and light and Yankee Candle. I’m not really sure why the new owners of Yankee would be so foolish besides greed or overpaying for Yankee and now having to rip off people to re-coup all they paid for Yankee. So sad!!!!!!
I didn’t know anything about this until today. Did some research and I’m going to give the Madison Valley candles a try next time I order some. They have some really great reviews! Thanks for you insight!
They do NOT use petroleum byproducts that are toxic that id IF you did the research like you said you did. You WOULD KNOW THIS!!!!
Check your ceiling the next time you burn a few Yankee Candles all the way down. I recommend that anyone who burns Yankee Candles on a regular basis check their ceilings directly above your candle and outwards. You will find black, “BLACK SOOT” all over. Wipe your ceiling with a white hand towel or paper towel and then ask yourself, “is this what I want to be breathing into my lungs?” Petroleum byproducts or not, no one should want their families inhaling that soot.
Amanda, Their candles are paraffin, which is a petroleum based and considered to be unhealthy across the board. That’s why so many candle companies are going with soy and vegetable wax over paraffin.
You should also ask yourself then, what are these companies using for fragrances? Are they phthalate free ? The FDA does not require them to tell you!
100% soy wax candles also produce a soot when you burn them. People tend to believe they do not, but they throw a white soot off rather than a black soot that you commonly find with a Yankee Candle. This is why you see it when wiped with a towel. To prevent a high soot, you should trim your wicks down before burning your candles and mid way through your burn when you notice a “mushroom head” on your wick. That is carbon build up that will produce even more soot!
You should do more research lol…
The “study”, conducted by “Drs” Masoudi and Hamidi that stated ‘soy candles are healthier than paraffin’ was funded in whole by a grant from the US Department of Agriculture entitled “Soybean Candles for a Healthy Life and Well Being”. They provided no data for review, and their “conclusions” are based on unsupported, pseudo-scientific claims. An authoritative study was conducted in 2007 which found no appreciable difference between soy, paraffin or any other type of wax. In ten years they will tell us that soy candles are absolutely horrible for your health and that they cause brain cancer – but for now, soy bean production is over 4.39 billion bushels yearly, so you can bet your bottom dollar they will keep pushing the soy wax.
Personally I like them.
Thanks
Mark
Yankee candle are candles without any smell at oll!!! I bay 4 Yankee candle, luckily the small ones in a Yankee candle shop in Heusden the Netherlands. I realy hope that shop wil go bankrupt verry soon. The owner of the shop don’t answer the phone, she knows she is selling rubbish!!!!
Yankee candles don’t smell like they used to
The small ones are 3.7 and cant expect to smell up a lrg room those are like for a bathroom..
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I just bought 12 yankee candles at $10.00 each of the large size at an outlet mall. Lit the first one absolutely no scent (grapefriut and ginger flower scent). The smell of the candle before it was lit smelt great . Once they are lit no scent. I’m glad I only spent $10.00 each and not $28.00. I WILL NEVER BUY YANKEE CANDLES AGAIN THEY REALLY SUCK. I just hope the other 11 candles I have will have some kind of scent. Bath and body works have the greatest smelling candles. Will always buy my candles from them .No More Yankee Candles (even if tbey are giving them away for free.
A very wise decision as Yankee Candles are truly the worst now. The company who purchased Yankee Candle from the original owners has destroyed a once iconic candle and brand. The new owners are clearly are more concerned about profits than anything else otherwise they would not have decreased the scent levels to next to nothing. I’ve called Yankee candle or the new owners to complain about a vast majority of their candles having no scent once lit and they swear they have not changed the formula from the original Yankee Candle version. They insult all the old candle fans intelligence by trying to convince us of lie. Shame on you!!!
Even the wax melts at Big Lots (a brand called Living Colors) are better than Yankee, and seem to be a softer, vegetable-like wax. It’s pretty pathetic when a revered candle brand like Yankee feels that they have to sell their candles at Walmart! I actually have a few Yankee American Home (discontinued line) candles that I purchased at Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, and they’re stronger than the first quality Yankees. Since I’ve gotten into essential oils, I don’t burn candles as much, but like to have a few on hand, and want some that are decent quality. Yankee no longer does that for me, and if I’m going to spend $20 plus on candles, I want to get my money’s worth. For that reason, I’ll just go to Ollie’s, Big Lots, Bath and Body Works, Marshall’s, Ross, or Walmart to get my candles and tarts, use my coupons, and get more for my money!
I’m so sorry Yankee Candle burned you. They know good and well the product their peddling today has zero comparison in quality to the original Yankee Candles. I’ve conforonted Yankees customer service department and managers about the candles being terrible these days multiple times. They swear they haven’t changed the formula and even have a stupid form letter trying to explain away the lack of scent we are, “all” smelling. They think we are stupid and are just going to believe their BS excuses for the Candles smelling like nothing these days once lit. I have two words to sum up what’s going on,……you overpaid for your acquisition of Yankee Candle. The new owners are now being forced to cut huge corners to make a profit and to do this they have severely reduced the amount of scent they use in each and every candle except a very few scents. They are also flooding the market with Yankee Candles which are sold everywhere now. Their greed will catch up to them sooner than later and at that point Yanke Candle will go bankrupt and cease to exists.
I’m glad to learn I’m not the lone ranger out here who is disappointed in Yankee Candle scent throw…or lack thereof. I read a lot of comments online about people who like very light barely-there scented candles and tarts. I don’t get it, but to each his own. If I wanted candles that you hardly notice, I’d save myself a lot of money buying the unscented and enjoy the ambiance of the candle, but I’m one who loves highly scented anything…tarts, shampoos, body wash, detergents…you get the picture. Anyway I burn tarts in my home, in almost every room except my kitchen and as a scent maniac I’ll honestly tell you, some of the best scent throws and strongest aroma, not to mention they last a couple days longer than the expensive brands, are the wax melts I buy at Walmart. Yes I said it. I spent the extra buck 50 for Yankee brand the other day because 2 of them smelled amazing in the containers. Got home, tried them out and a few hours later? Nothing. Not unless I went right up to the burner with my nose an inch away from it. No more buying Yankee for this one. Thanks for the post and for having the guts to say what you think! I think the powers that be at Yankee Candle are paying too much attention to the purists who don’t want too noticeable of a scent cuz it aggravates their respiratory system or whatever…because back in the day when I used to break the bank around the holidays buying up their big jar candles? They smelled wonderful, and they were strong..like one big jar candle would make my whole apartment smell like heaven. Now they’re not the same and just costly.
I really hate the “some people like a weaker throw” excuse. I mean, there’s nothing wrong with wanting a weaker throw, but there are lots and lots of brands that make candles that smell really nice and have a weak throw – and cost a lot less. If I’m going to spend the kind of money that Yankee Candle asks for a candle, then it needs to have a good strong throw. They don’t, at least not anymore, so I don’t buy them anymore. If YC is really so concerned with the people who want a lighter throw, they could introduce an entire separate, less expensive line of weak throw candles instead of ruining their good ones.
I don’t know if it is because they like a weaker throw. It may be a weaker, lighter scent. But the throw is important even if that is the case.
I purchased Bath & Body Works Autumn Day and it is a light, almost delicate scent but the throw is far ranging. My husband is burning Leaves and it is heavier and spicer with an excellent throw. I can’t understand why anyone would not want a candle with a decent throw irregardless of how light the scent may be. A candle is useless if one has to be almost on top of it to smell anything.
How right you are……I love Nest candle’s & Madison Valley who is very reasonably priced and offers a superb product. Bed Bath & Beyond is also very good as you mentioned.
make your own, duh. yankee candles are puke-smelling poisonous garbage. you people actually pay to breathe in cupcake-scented paraffin soot and carcinogens?
seriously, why would anyone buy a yankee candle when you can buy soy wax, wicks, and essential oils on Amazon for much much less than the cost of a few brand name candles?? making candles is so easy any stay at home mommy dummy can do it. and it seems every stay at home mommy dummy DOES do it. everyone has a few glass jars and empty metal tins lying around to pour the melted wax into. and if you absolutely have to have them colored, just take a few of little timmy’s broken crayons. voila, you are now a yankee candler.
(the original owner of yankee candle literally started out selling melted crayon candles, and the quality hasn’t improved much since then.)
Agree! Yankee Candles are now the worst of the worst. I don’t understand how a multi million dollar company who bought Yankee would knowingly fool with such a succesful brand. When they changed Yankee’s scent formula they wrote their own demise. Yes Yankee Candle sales my still be steady, but that’s only because you can find them everywhere now. Eventually, and sooner rather than later, Yankee’s customers are all going to realize this is no longer the same Yankee Candle it once was. Yankee candles still smell good in the stores, but once lit your sure to be disappointed as there is minuscule to no scent throw anylonger. Also Jackson is right about the petroleum oil based Yankee Candles. They are toxic for sure. If your lucky enough to still own some old Yankee Candles by all means use them. After a few days of burning take a damp white cloth and wipe your ceiling above where you were burning your Yankee Candle. You will be shocked by the amount of black soot the Yankee Candles leave behind on your ceiling. Just think you and your family are inhaling this stuff also.
I just received my order of Yankee Candles. I love the smells of Autumn! What a disappointment…what happened to America favorite candle? I am so disappointed. I have 4 large candles burning and nothing. I had a cheap cinder apple candle that I was burning that I was given for my birthday last year. It was better than all the Yankee Candles together. I see this original blog was from 2 years ago and I am not the only person goggling this issue today! I am so sad that they have done this to the Yankee Candle Company. Your candles aren’t worth the high price anymore. If you want people to come back and purchase the candles again you had better start making them the way you did in the past. You can’t ride the shirt tail on the old reputation for long.
You’re a loser!
If you really made candles! You would know you absolutely never use crayons! For coloring you can only use dyes made for candles.
Oh you make candles? It’s that easy you did not know a crayon can never be used it will clogging up the wick While your scent is trying to get through. Nothing but candle dye can be used period! If you have ever made a clean burning great smelling candle, you would not say it is that easy! Especially in pure soy! Insult to real candle makers, you have no idea how much testing goes into making a candle! You need to test every single scent, to see what wick will work the best, it takes a long time to perfect your craft! So no not every stay at home mom can do it ! A lot more than a broken crayon and a wick ♀️ Try it tell us the results.
Soy wax and paraffin both emit carbon when they burn. It’s the nature of the beast. Both can soot. Essential oils can be toxic when burned, especially to pets, and crayons can clog the wick. Making candles is not as easy as throwing a few ingredients together. It takes a lot of testing to get a quality candle. The size of the wick depends on the size of the container, the type of fragrance oil, dye, and the type of wax used. If one uses a wick that is too large, the container can become too hot and burst, or the flame can become too large and cause a fire. Candle making is as much science as it is hobby, and one needs to do some research before jumping into it. You’re dealing with an open flame, and it is nothing to mess around with. Safety is key.
Glad to hear I am not alone in this. Reviews across the web plus even on the Yankee Candle website testify to the deterioration of a once great candle company. I love fall and Christmas scents and I stocked up at their outlet near me. Waste of money. On each and every one–too light a scent, not much throw and they simply don’t last as they once did. Plus not any great sales either. Walmart candles beat them–how pitiful is that! I can still remember when Yankee sold the Housewarmer Candles (I think that is the name). Would scent the whole one-story house and seemed to last forever. Guess when they changed hands those candles went by the wayside.
Last year I discovered Bath and Body Works. They should add “candle” to their name because IMO they have some of the best candles I’ve ever used. Lovely scents, great throw (even my husband noticed and he is usually not very aware of these things) and they almost always have some sale going on. I signed up for their email and received some great online only specials (though they do have retail stores too). Goodbye YC, nice knowing you.
My husband and i literally just had this discussion which led me to this article. I have been buying bath and body works/white barn candles for 2 yeara and they fill our entire home with scents that you dont even go nose blind to. This weekend we took advantage of yankees 2 for 36 sale and the candles smell amazing, until you light them. We have even left them burning whilst doing things in the yard for hours and still smell nothing when we went back in.
One has to wonder why YC was allowed to deteriorate to such an extent. I understand they were bought twice: in 2013 and 2016. It seems the latter was the year that complaints starting appearing about the quality of their candles. The amount of fragrance must have been drastically reduced, or else something else changed which affects the scent (or lack of).
I am looking at six candles I recently purchased from Bath & Body (all different scents for fall) and can’t wait to sample them. I don’t dare visit their store as it will probably empty my wallet LOL. So sorry that YC fooled you too 🙁
As a once long time Yankee Candle user, I too have just discovered Bath and Body Works candles. They are incredible. We are using their Pumpkin Marshmallow Vanilla and it is probably one one of the best candles Inhave ever burned and the throw is great!
Actually heading back their this afternoon to grab more fall candles. Sorry Yankee Candle. Your product just isn’t worth it anymore.
I would also recommend that you sign up for their emails, some of which contain online deals only. And it’s great to find out about the new scents as they become available. I want to try the Slotkin candles but with a limited budget at present, I need to keep an eye on spending. However, the deals have been so great at Bath and Body Works that I have sent in an order almost every week. Have yet to be disappointed. My single wick throws out a scent that not only fills the bedroom but can be detected even as one is approaching the area.
P.S. Bought the Pumpkin Vanilla in a very nicely designed jar and it just smells soooo good. Have to try the one with the marshmallow as well.
If you like their candles check out homeworx by harry slatkin. The candles at Bath and Body works are his formulas. He sold to them years ago and started his own brand again.
I gave up on Yankee candles too. Lily Flame candles are fabulous and Fairy Dust has the most amazing scent. It’s my fave scent of all time (smells like real fairies!)
That’s great! I’m glad you’re enjoying them!
No only are they less scented BUT the old large candles had a burn time of 110-150 hours, the new large jars have a burn time of 70-90 hours but are the same price!! Rip off! ** I’m in Australia & the large cost $49.00 AUD**
Since Yankee Candle was sold… Their candles suck!! They are making a fortune off of people with their cheap, Low quality candles with no scent!! I switched to Scentsy tarts and the smell is amazing!! Also Thompson’s Candle Company is one of the Best. Even the cheap Better Homes smells better than Yankee Candles.
I just bought 3 Autumn Dusk Yankee Candles. I opened each up and found they hardly had a scent to it. I thought maybe if I burned them I would be able to smell them. Nope. I called Yankee Candle and told them my problem. They said to take it back to a Yankee Candle Store. The nearest store s 45min. from my house. It wasnt worth the gas and tolls.
I have been a Yankee Candle die hard fan for over 30 years. Such a shame that their quality has gone down the tubes. I will not order anymore Yankee Candles. I’ll have to find an alternative. Good bye Yankee Candle! Thanks for the memories.
I think the only reason people still buy Yankee Candles is because of their sales they run, where you can buy candles so cheaply online etc. But it’s throwing money away unless you just want the ambiance from them. I really think Goose Creek and 1803 Candles are so much more for your money. I’ve heard high raves about Homeworx candles by Harry Slatkin on QVC. I have not tried his new line yet.
Never ever would I buy theses candles, they have no smell.
The new personalised ones are a gimmick
I purchased the reed at xmas last year, they ruined my bathroom, where the reed dropped onto a white high gloss top.
The Company was not interested.
They might be toxic, but just as bad, they are CROOKS. They run “sales”–then cancel your order without even bothering to tell you. Then, when you complain, they say ‘oh, we’re so sorry. We’re going to fill your order for free’. THen they cancel THAT order without telling you. When you email them and say LEAVE me alone, don’t bug me again, don’t claim you’re going to do something and not do it–they resubmit that SAME order, AND THEY CHARGED ME FOR IT. I emailed them again to tell them they need to learn how to read, quit emailing me, and I had better not be charged for their latest “order” (which they only had part of anyway–yet they continue to run “SALES” for these items they don’t have. Next thing I get—a REFUND. Yep, they charged me for their “I’m so sorry you’ve had all these problems so we’re sending you free candles”. Uh, free candles? NO CANDLES and they had to reverse the charges I HAD NEVER AUTHORIZED. Absolute crooks. I’ll be sending this whole nighmare email string to the BBB, along with the charges and reversals for the order they were sending me “FREE”. Crooks, absolute crooks
Now here we are in spring of 2018 and the Yankee Candles really suck for scent. The labels even have been sheared down to a slit. Sad that people could change the downhill blowout of Yankee candles without fragrance, but they just choose to buy buy buy. Read review on their site and most complain about this too.
So I’m not crazy!!! I burned a yankee candle I had saved for several years. A fruit fusion, because I hoarded them when they were discontinued. I lit the fruit fusion from about 5 years ago and then a week later lit a new sea salt citrus and WOW what a huge difference in scent. The fruit fusion scented my entire house in a half hour, the new citrus sea salt literally had no scent while burning. I burned the sea salt citrus all day and it never gave a scent off. I would even go outside and weed for an hour to see if maybe I wasn’t noticing it, because I was used to the level of scent after a while, but no. Nothing after coming back in after a while. Looks like it’s back to my cake candles. Strawberry short cake cake candle. One of the greatest scents ever in my opinion. Maybe yankee candle will realize it’s multi million dollar business went out the window once they decided to cut their quality for the bottom line. Good bye yankee candle!
Yes, I also hoarded a bunch of candles that I got when they were having one of their big sales, but terribly disappointed when burning them and they have no scent, and often they don’t burn good – the wax does not burn evenly across the whole jar, does not liquefy good, and the flame almost dies out !!
Please tell me, what Brand is the cake candle that you mention ? It sounds really good. I’m definitely looking for a better brand now than Yankee.
I agree with this fact. Proof is in the old candles.
I agree, they use paraffin and are toxic!
lol natural paraffin isn’t toxic dumb dumb
Yes very toxic indeed. Try taking a damp cloth to your ceiling after burning a few large Yankee candles in the same spot, it’s disgusting what you will see, black soot! This comes from the petroleum based was Yankee Candle uses.
Yankee Candles suck the big one these days. A vast majority of there candles offer little to no scent, and or scent throw once lit at home. Yankee Candle is knowingly scamming people out of their hard earned money these days. For the last few years their candles smell good in the store when cold, but that’s it. This is all so sad as the new owners of Yankee Candle had a gold mind in their hands. All they had to do was follow the formula, but they Became greedy, very greedy and cut corners and will ultimately pay the price. You can only burn people for so long before they catch onto to the fact that their being ripped off. Shame on the new owners of Yanke Candle who I believe is Newell Rubbermaid, shame on you :-((((((
I’m so glad to see this post! I saw how popular these candles are. I bought a coconut beach candle last week. It smelled good in the store. But when I lit it at home it had virtually no scent! What a waste of money! To see so many people have issues with this brand makes me glad it’s not just my sense of smell. Wak-mart candles have always worked so well. I’m sticking to those.
Lol, I also thought it was just me when I suddenly could no longer detect Yankee Candles scents once at home and the candle had been Lit. It’s truly disappointing what the new owners of Yankee Candle have done to vast, vast majority of the Yankee scents which all used to be so amazing whether you liked a particular scent or not. It’s so insulting when contacting the new owners of Yankee Candle and they give you this BS story that it’s our scenes of smell and or the environment as to why we may no longer be smelling the Yankee Candles as we once did, it’s truly laughable. Then they take it a step further and try to claim they haven’t messed with the original scent formulas at all when they clearly have. Try Madison Valley Candles or Pure Integrity as they are both excellent. If you don’t mind spending a little extra money Nest Candles will blow your mind.
I’ve been reading this long column review and just want to Thank You all contributors to the Forum. I’ve been buying hundreds of dollars for YC each year for many years. I’ve felt the same like many of you: no scent on YC any more. At first, I though maybe just my own sense of smell but, by reading the reviews, YC quality has been bad!!!
I still have a lot of big jars buying from big sale in my basement. I don’t save the receipts and have no way to return!!!
I’ll go to Walmart now to try it’s candles.
I’m such a fool. Yesterday while shopping at my local Super Giant grocery store I came across a new candle section. I noticed they were now carrying the famous Sun & Sand by Yankee which was my all-time favorite. When I lifted the lid to smell Sun & Sand again, there was that smell that took you to the beach every time. I immediately said to me, can it be? Have the new owners of Yankee Candle Newell Rubbermaid finally come to their senses and gone back to the old Yankee formula that had much, much more scent in the candles? I took the chance the answer was yes as I was so drawn in by the smell of Sun & Sand as I stood there smelling the candle in the grocery store. Well guess what it’s the following morning and I just fired up that fantastic smelling Yankee Sun & Sand Candle I bought yesterday in Giant and the candle has been burning for well over two hours, and there is almost zero smell. I asked my son when he came running down the stairs whether he could smell anything thinking maybe it’s just me and my sense of smell is off today, and “no Dad I don’t smell anything, why are you asking?” Well, folks, there’s another $22.00 down the drain. I will move the candle into the small powder room bathroom to see if the scent is any better, but I’m not holding my breath that it will be.
I agree that their new formula smells great cold but produce almost no scent throw at all. My 2016 Berrylicious smells fantastic and my new 2018 Berrylicious smells almost like nothing! Wow so very disappointing.
I have a collection of the old Yankee Candles. The ones with the wide table or Country Kitchen. (over 600 now). Those are the ones with fragrance and throw. The ones with the “new ” label have gone down the tubes. .
No they haven’t do some research….. when they took the company over the goal was to lower by 500 million they have achieved this goal!!!! They get away with lying to people not telling people what their candles are even made from, nobody wants to steal their secrets their candles are crap now! I recently watched a video of how the candles are made the only show clips obviously the only test they ever mentioned was a employee pulls a wick to see if it’s stuck in place GOOD JOB YANKEE KEEP THOSE CANDLES COMING people are still buying why not right? Most of their products come from China, they can deny it its true! So basically you pay 30 dollars for a candle that cost them maybe maybe 4 to make, the average Mom and pop candle store make way less from their candles one , they actually use the amount of fragrance that is supposed to be added to a candle! Two they are not buying their products from China most are supporting American farmers the wax is not cheap .
Amen……It’s only a matter of time before Yankee starts its downward slide, and it will happen.
LFool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. I’m done being fooled and my bet is so are a lot of other people. Shame on you Yankee candle for your greed.
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO GETS IT ! Fool me once shame on you twice shame on ME ! Instead of calling cooperate complaining STOP ✋ BUYING THEM BOYCOTT !!! Stop crying you’re giving them no insensitive too change buying these garbage candles up at these prices, ridiculous prices i will add . Yankee candle is just a name i understand to some people it means something,obviously you mean nothing to them ! If they valued their customers and their hard earned money they would not continue to rip them off ! Anyone who has ever worked for any type of big cooperation knows you mean nothing to them, I personally will never buy another Yankee candle in my lifetime
I bought a 3 wick daisy Yankee candle, the odor i really cannot even explain .. almost like cat spray I will not buy again. Smelt great in the store lighting it a complete different smell, made me sick it was so horrible.
Ordering just 4 4oz fragrance bottle’s cost about 50 dollars plus tax , I use a little more than one ounce per pound, I would love to know why when there are so many more options of more quality! Every one still buys from Yankee. Take a chance on eBay on Etsy no I’m not listed on either, I know in a small business you care more you are putting the best product out usually not even covering your cost .
After purchasing more Yankee Candles that either smelled like nothing or very little I’ve had it. I wrote Yankee Candle a letter and here is there lane mostly form letter reply when anyone complains about no cent. Don’t be fooled by this response as Yankee knows their full of it and they defiantly know the Yankee scent formula has indeed changed over the years, and there is, “ZERO” doubt about this fact.
Thank you for being a valued Yankee Candle® guest and taking the time to contact us. We have not changed the formulas in our candles. We are know for our fragrances and are not sure why the store manager would have said that they were changed. We have not changed any of our scents.
What you are asking is really an age-old question relating to the science of smelling and the art of fragrance. The answer is not really in the percent of fragrance that is in a candle, because we use as much fragrance oil as we can to make the scent smell as true-to-life as possible while delivering a candle that will burn properly from the moment you light it until the end. The answer is multi-faceted.
There are some scents that are just naturally stronger than others (think of a bouquet of flowers, chances are the lily will be the scent you smell above all others). Sometimes there is a scent that is more difficult for one person to smell while others smell it very strongly (cinnamon is a perfect example of this). Regardless of the strength of the fragrance, our bodies will become accustomed to something we smell regularly and we will no longer detect it (think of your own cologne or even shampoo that you don’t really smell on you but others can). And, lastly, other environmental factors will impact the strength of the scent – the size of the room, other odors present, air flow, temperature, etc. The good news is that we listen to all of you and we continually make improvements to our products so that we will always strive to deliver the kind of fragrance you want!
Sincerely,
Carolyn M.
Customer Loyalty Team
http://www.yankeecandle.com
(877) 803-6890
My all-time favorite Yankee Candle® is
♥ Lilac Blossoms ♥!
I received a White Gardenia as a gift! I lit it for 3 hours and thank goodness my son blew it off because I forgot it was on! That’s how nothing it smelled. If yankee candle can’t make gardenias smell, I don’t know! Never again will I be buying them!
I can’t blame you as Yankee Candle has lost their mojo. Keep in mind that Yankee Candle is under new ownership & they have entirely f’cked things up. The new owners have put profits ahead of quality and customer satisfaction. I have spoken to them verbally about the lousy quality of their candles these days and also written them. Each time I get back a bunch of BS excuses from their customer service department who have been coached on what to say about all the complaints. I couldn’t imagine working in Yankee Candles customer service department these days. I couldn’t imagine fielding all the complaints I bet they are getting every day. It’s frankly sad what the new owners have done to a once fantastic company. Yankee Candles were once so amazing. Now there are very few scents that offer an excellent throw wherein the old days all of Yankee’s candles could be counted on the offer great scent throws whether you like the smell or not.
I feel ya! I have about 300 candles. I know, (HOARDER ALERT). I like to think of myself as a collector. I only have 1 Yankee candle left. It’s the Vineyard scent which I admit smells nothing like a vineyard, but more like a piece of grape bubblegum. I still like it and find it to have a decent throw. 9 out of 10 candles are a bust from them. I’m digging candles from Nest, Voluspa, Trapp and Pure Integrity these days and I’m not dissapointed!!!
The scents are definitely gone when the company got sold. I think the customer have been sold out. I go to Bath & Body but Walmart has some amazing wax cubes labeled Better Homes and much cheaper. I am most disappointed in the candle accessories that always drew me into the store. When i bought accessories to decorate for the season I then bought the tarts, candles, votives to use with the accessory. Now the accessories are metal junk, gone are the nice ceramic pieces that were so lovely, whimsical, adorable. I have written to YC many times telling them they should check eBay to see that their accessories are now collectible and if they would take a hint and bring back some nice decorative accessories their business would draw customers. They never reply. I know it is useless but sometimes I just have to vent. While they are losing their candle customers their Boney Bunch isn’t drawing the crowds any longer either. Their employees have told me that Boney Bunch Never goes on sale because they don’t have to drop prices. Well, just check their website and many Boney bunch items are on clearance because they have lost their customers. No more long lines at the store waiting for their Halloween reveal. Nobody cares any more and they don’t get it but worse they don’t care. I will not be surprised if they start closing stores and filing bankruptcy. It is really sad!
You summed things up perfectly regarding what’s happened to Yankee Candle. I’ve never been so obsesivly angry with any company as I am with Yankee. I’ve been a loyal customer for decades and used Yankee Candles for all three of my childreens benifits all through their school years. Yankee was a big part of our family over the years and brought so much joy to our family and so many others. No more though and I was so angry when I dropped hundreds and hundreds dollars at the end of their great run trying to figure out why the candles no longer smelled the way I always remembered. I letterly have dozen and dozens of partly burned non smelling completely useless and pointless Yankee Candles boxed up in my basment. I should probably just throw them out as there truely useless unless the power goes out for lighting. R.I.P Yankee Candle as you have obviously chosen profits over keeping your customers happy. You can only fool the people for so long.
Greeting, I really laughed when I read you feel like your a candle horder with three hundred plus candles on hand. My wife calls me the candle whore, so don’t feel to bad, Lol. I’m impressed that you have a stock of 300 candles. I’m no where close to that with roughly one hundred candles on hand. I can only imagine what my wife would start calling me if I had 300 candles on hand like yourself, Lol…..hey like you I love candles and have one burning every day, all day, without fail.
So yes like everyone else I agree that a vast majority of Yankee Candles have zero to little scent throw anylonger. It’s so sad to as they were such an amazing company and amazing candle maker back in the days. I remember I would fire up a Sun & Sand by Yankee in the old days and my entire open concept first floor would smell simply amazing. When guests walked into my home back then they would immediately say what is that amazing smell. No more though! I ask friends when they walk in now when I have Sun & Sand burning or just about any other Yankee candle whether they smell anything and they sadly say no, nothing!!! I wrote an angry letter to Yankee Candle a few weeks ago and their chain letter they had pre-prepared basically said I was getting used to certain smells or scents with their candles and that’s why they don’t smell as strong anylonger. I get the whole tempature and humidity thing, but this reply from Yankee was a crock. You and I as avid candle fans know when something has changed… see Yankee’s letter below….a joke!!!!!
Thank you for being a valued Yankee Candle® guest and taking the time to contact us. We have not changed the formulas in our candles. We are know for our fragrances and are not sure why the store manager would have said that they were changed. We have not changed any of our scents.
What you are asking is really an age-old question relating to the science of smelling and the art of fragrance. The answer is not really in the percent of fragrance that is in a candle, because we use as much fragrance oil as we can to make the scent smell as true-to-life as possible while delivering a candle that will burn properly from the moment you light it until the end. The answer is multi-faceted.
There are some scents that are just naturally stronger than others (think of a bouquet of flowers, chances are the lily will be the scent you smell above all others). Sometimes there is a scent that is more difficult for one person to smell while others smell it very strongly (cinnamon is a perfect example of this). Regardless of the strength of the fragrance, our bodies will become accustomed to something we smell regularly and we will no longer detect it (think of your own cologne or even shampoo that you don’t really smell on you but others can). And, lastly, other environmental factors will impact the strength of the scent – the size of the room, other odors present, air flow, temperature, etc. The good news is that we listen to all of you and we continually make improvements to our products so that we will always strive to deliver the kind of fragrance you want!
Sincerely,
Carolyn M.
Customer Loyalty Team
http://www.yankeecandle.com
(877) 803-6890
My all-time favorite Yankee Candle® is
♥ Lilac Blossoms ♥!
I have to say that I buy a stock of yankee candles every month, large candles, melts and the new ones. I usually stick to the same fragrances which throw out a lot of sent, I am in the UK. My taste is blossom, black cherry, midnight jasmin you get the picture.
Same here. There are some great webpage that rank the strongest throws. Those are my go-tos and I love them!! Balsam + Cedar, Berrylicious, Lavender, Yes!!
Shirley, I have just purchased a Balsam and Cedar large pillar candle that was on sale on the UK Yankee website. Despite having three good reviews (genuine?) mine has virtually zero throw and is barely discernable cold. Is it just pot luck whether you receive a Yankee that actually has any fragrance?Can Yankee do anything more to drive away their customers? At least it’s good to know I am not alone in being seriously disappointed in the loss of a once great candle brand.
In the UK Yankee appear to pay very very very little UK tax …….. DISGRACEFUL …. I like to call them Scankee Scandal. You can look them up and their financial scandal at Companies House in the UK
thax for letting me know guys and im from the uk and im not falling for it. i buy the naturally infused candles for 5 dollars at dollar general and they throw out a lot of scent. Even in a large room and even with a cat in the room!
“Scankee Scandal” Lol!!!!!!!! That is hilariously clever 😉
Thank you for this review. i have had similar experiences with the last few I have got. It’s disheartening when a product that was once glorious has changed for the worse. We bought a sparkling cinnamon for the holidays it has no throw. I thought maybe it was room size. So I brought it to work to put in the tiniest bathroom ever. Even with the door shut, It still has no smell. I’m glad it’s no just me. Thanks again.
I stopped buying Yankee candles years ago because they no longer had that amazing throw that they were famous for. Then I discovered Woodwick candles and absolutley loved them!! Cinnamon chai was my all time fav scent.
To my utter disgust, I discovered that Yankee bought Woodwick; I feared that the beautiful Woodwick essence’ would be compromised and I was absolutely right!! I walked into Yankee and they had a ton of new Woodwick scents, but no Cinnamon Chai. I asked the manager and she said the scent was considered seasonal!! She could see how disappointed I was and went in the stock room and brought out 2 Cinnamon Chai’s. I was elated….elation turned to utter disappointment, the once beautiful scent that filled my house from top to bottom was gone. I am beyond pissed off about this. Now, I am on the hunt for a great candle line…if anyone knows of any, please let me know. THank you!!
Bath and Body works blows Yankee Candle out of the woodwork..No black smoke…and the wicks burn beautiful….Most importantly the scents are amazing…I have Bern a YC fan for years but when my walls..blinds and floors were becoming black I figured out the issue…They changed their formula and glass materials …I will never buy another one again…Bath and Body Works has my business…
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Shelly, sad isn’t it…….The money I’ve wasted over the last few years on Yankee thinking it was me at first when the smell didn’t seem right anylonger. After almost a few hundred dollars down the drain I went online to see if others were experiencing the same issues with non smelling candles from Yankee Candle and sure enough there were hundreds if not thousands of complaint. Hey do yourself a favor and try Madison Valley Candle or Pure Integrity Candle. These two candle makers are highly rated if you check them out and let me tell you their candles will make your entire first floor smell simply glorious like Yankee’s once did. I wasted lots of money on so, so candles after leaving Yankee, but Madison Valley & Pete Integrity are real, real winners. Let me know if you ever get a chance to try something from one of these companies and whether I was right or wrong about each having super high quality candles.
I purchased a number of Yankee Candles of various scents during the holidays in order to have nice smells throughout my home. I ended up throwing them all away because not one of them had any kind of throw. With some, I could literally place my nose directly above the candle and smell nothing but burning wax. I didn’t bother taking them back to exchange them because I figured that I’d end of with the same situation — a bunch of candles with no noticeable scent. So now I buy my candles from Bed, Bath and Beyond or Walmart. I will never again buy a Yankee Candle.
I won’t give Yankee Candle one more dollaf of my hard earned money. Your a smart guy for doing the same. I asked my wife in the car today why a big company like Yankee who had such a amazing reputation would ever risk that by changing the formula of their candles? She replied greed has no bounds and as you may or may not now Yanke has been sold several times over and maybe for to much money and this is the new owners idea on how to save money. The bottom line is you don’t screw with your formula when you have a pot of gold, but that’s exactly what the new owners of Yanke did. Corporate is having their store sales reps if customers ask what happened to Yanke candle that they lowered the scent levels as people were complaining it was bothering them. Of course this is the biggest BS story ever as most people loved Yanke for the strong smelling candles. I’m not sure if you knew this, but Yankee recently bought WoodWick Candles which we started ussing after Yanke went bad. I sincerely hope Yanke does not also ruin the WoodWick line of candles also.
Bath and Body works blows Yankee Candle out of the woodwork..No black smoke…and the wicks burn beautiful….Most importantly the scents are amazing…I have Bern a YC fan for years but when my walls..blinds and floors were becoming black I figured out the issue…They changed their formula and glass materials …I will never buy another one again…Bath and Body Works has my business…
Seei just bought a wood sick candle, Sand and Driftwood …… i noticed woodwick offers mostly “warmer” scents….. like fireside and bonfire, or driftwood, sandalwood, etc…. I’m more of a coolecooler scent fan…. but I wanted a crackling candle, and woodwind was the only brand that offers this now (my favorite crackle candle used to be the midsummer night black candle) Which is no longer avaiable in crackle, Only in a regular candle. I wasn’t particularly in love with the Sand and Driftwood scent I bought from woodwick line, but i liked it enough. I burned it for the first time last night, and I have to say, I’m pretty impressed….. I have an open apartment, and the whole house smelled like the candle….. it was a medium sized piller. BUT I dont think I love the scent where I’ll buy it again. If only YCs candles smelled like what they say……
I have had the same minimal scent experience with Yankee Candles. I am a big Village Candle and have been for 20 years. They burn a bit slower than Yankee Candles and are around $17.99 for a large candle.
The Pumpkin Spice and the Balsam Fir are very strong and as far as I am concerned the most fragrant for the money.
Thank you! My experience with Yankee was BY FAR the worst of all scented candle purchases I’ve made over the years. And I’ve tried quite a few brands.
I also find that the $4 Walmart scented candles perform substantially better than Yankee.
I will admit that they Yankee Candle I purchased years ago DID have a rather strong and pleasant scent (Pink Sands, for anyone who is curious).
But that hardly mattered since it only burned about 1/4 of the way down before becoming completely useless. I tried every YouTube trick I could find for digging out the wick or melting off the topmost layer of wax with a torch, but NOTHING was effective.
I too paid just shy of $30 for the stupid thing, never bought from them again and never would. Biggest rip off ever.
On the other hand, the three wick scented candles from Bath and Body Works are (in my opinion) the very best out there.
I’ve never found another brand that burns as uniformly, has no wick malfunctions, and fills the room with scents as pleasing as theirs.
Just my two cents. Great and honest post.
I spent a sizable amount on Yankee wax tarts, and there is almost no scent at all! Never will I buy Yankee products again! When they first came out they used a different wax for their tarts and they were awesome and lasted for days, but since they started using that crumbly wax, they suck! Expensive and useless and very disatisfied!
Amen to that! I have one burning right now and the throw is fantastic. They need to add “candles” to their name so more people can discover these. They have great sales too.
I heard that Yankee Candle was bought out by another company and evidently, they went cheap! They WERE the best, NO MORE! Everything said in this original post is accurate. I have recently discovered Crossroads out of OH and also (is it “dw home”?) These are very rich smelling candles and they are my new favorites. Forget about Yankee. They may look nice but so what if you can’t smell them!!!
You heard right. Yankee Candle was bought out by WoodWick, who also has a very subtle and barely-there scent.
Actually, Newell Corp (Rubbermaid) owns Yankee Candle and Newell purchased Woodwick, spring 2017 due to Woodwicks outstanding sales. Newell owns a massive number of big household name products, such as Calphalon, Lenox, Sharpie, Elmers, Goody, etc… Look them up. Wood wick was an excellent candle prior to the purchase. The scent has been poor for almost a year now. Yankee Candle has been awful far longer.
You have that backwards
Actually Yankee Candle who is now owned by Newelll Rubermaid were the ones who bought WoodWick Candle. Let’s keep our fingers crossed the Newell Rubermaid does not mess with the WoodWick scent formula’s like they have one hundred percent done with a vast majority of the Yankee Candles. There remain a dozen or so decent Yankee Candles for scent throw, but well over eighty plus percent of Yankee Candles now have little scent and scent throw to zero believe it or not. Newell Rubbermaid has gotten greedy and this will eventually catch up with them, it’s sad!!
You are correct.
What the heck…..it’s so sad frankly…..How can anyone be so stupid as to fool with a gold mine formula which was the old Yankee. Look if your profits were beginning to be to small it would have been better to raise the price a bit on Yankee’s or even cut a few once’s out of each candle, but my God don’t screw with the recipe as that’s what made Yankee’s great. Whenever I confront managment or sales reps in Yankee stores about what happened and why is there now so little if any scent in your Yanke candles? The employees have been trained by corporate to say to many people were complaining about the candles being to strong and adverse reactions, so we had to tone it down. This of course is total and complete BS as the vast, vast majority of the old Yankee candle lovers loved the strong great scents more than anything. Rumbermaind must know about all the complaints. They are flooding the market with Yankee candles in hopes that the sheer volume of sales will make up for the hardcore Yankee fan base they are loosing and quickly. I have a pretty good site that rates Yankee’s by scent strength and the rating are pretty acurate. I’ll try attaching a link. It’s sad that there are so few really strong Yanke candles anymore.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7dnexdtmsbqp5jt/YANKEE%20CANDLE…ANDY%E2%80%99S%20YANKEE%20CANDLE%20SCENT%20THROW%20%28STRENGTH%29%20GUIDE.pdf?dl=0
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The price of the candles are much more affordable, and burn times for them are up to 40 and 80 hours, for the 8 and 16 oz jars.
I am a yankee fan, but have stopped buying because the cost of the candles are just too high in my opinion, and I have had some that don’t really give off much of a fragrance when others are better priced and smell great. Yankee Candles are beautifully packaged, and a great company to go visit and shop, but I usually end up leaving empty handed.
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I disagree. There is definitely a scent from the last couple Yankee Candles I burned. A nauseating cheap wax smell. Nothing else, really, just the disgusting cheap wax. I’m done.
I had the same issue. It would not have been so bad if I were just left with a wax scent throughout my rooms but instead it smelled like you said – cheap wax and in my case a nauseating chemical smell. I wouldn’t even burn my the rest of my tarts just hoping for a bit of scent because the smell of the wax and chemicals was just too overwhelming.
Here’s more fuel for a well deserved fire: I ordered the 5 for $8 MEDIUM candles TC was running on special a couple of days ago. Just got notified they didn’t have the stock to fill the order and would refund my money. Went to the site and low and behold!!! they ARE in stock, but at a higher price!!! The sale price was no bargain-they are crazy if they think I’m paying MORE for them!
What with the much too evident declining quality and horrible customer service like this, I am so through with this company. Yankee Candle is just not worth it anymore. There are waaaay too many candle manufacturers that make just as good if not better candles. And I know I’ll be happier too with the money I’ll save in the long run.
Here’s more fuel for a well deserved fire: I ordered the 5 for $8 MEDIUM candles YC was running on special a couple of days ago. Just got notified they didn’t have the stock to fill the order and would refund my money. Went to the site and low and behold!!! they ARE in stock, but at a higher price!!! The sale price was no bargain-they are crazy if they think I’m paying MORE for them!
What with the much too evident declining quality and horrible customer service like this, I am so through with this company. Yankee Candle is just not worth it anymore. There are waaaay too many candle manufacturers that make just as good if not better candles. And I know I’ll be happier too with the money I’ll save in the long run.
I also have lost all confidence in Yankee Candles. I bought 6 in October because I had a coupon, none of them had a strong scent. Such a waste of money. I thought I was crazy, I would ask friends who would come in if they could smell the candles, they would say faintly. I’m done buying Yankee Candles and will go back to Village Candles which you can purchase in most grocery stores. I have better luck buying the Better Homes and Gardens or the Mainstay brand tarts and get more scent out of them.
Keep in mind that though Yankee Candles are $28 regularly, if you burn them and don’t like it, you can bring it back or exchange it, as it is said in the policy.
Though, as a worker of a Yankee Candle store, I agree with you. They suck for much worse reasons than just their candles though.
You are soooooo right !!! I just spent a lot of money for 5 candles. I’m so unhappy!!! No scent at all!! The one wick burns awful. I wrote an Email to the company but no response yet !! Done buying there candles 🙁
Honestly, emailing corporate won’t get a thing done for you. They’re horrible.
I literally tried to call them because one of the assistant managers of our store (our store manager was clustering to a different store, so wasn’t around often) was harassing me and sabotaging me. He would white-out any personalized I did, and take credit for my sales.
He said that I was fat and ugly and that to look more professional for the company I should look up models in work attire on the internet.
Anyway, I tried to call them and as soon as I started talking about what was happening in our store, they hung up on me and wouldn’t take my call after.
He’s caused 4 other assistant managers to quit, and several associates. Including myself, as of yesterday, since our store manager (despite not being there) stands up for him and backs him up on anything he does.
— previous Yankee Candle worker who gave the hint about their 100% satisfaction policy —
I’m glad to see you are a Yankee Candle employee and agree on the same issue. My hubby bought me 3 candles from this store for my birthday and when I lit the first one (lemon scent) noticed that it didn’t have any fragrance…none at all. I left it burning for a few hours and nothing. Even the hubby agreed that there was no fragrance. I then decide to return all 3 to the store because why would I waste my time in burning the others. Once at the store the clerk is selling me some BS story that apparently I didn’t cut it using a wicker trimmer and maybe that’s why it didn’t give out any fragrance. She also went to mention how I am turning off the flame wrong (I used the lid of the candle to turn off the flame, as I have always done with the candles from bath and body without an issue). She continue to belittle me and tell me how I’m doing it wrong. Seriously how wrong can one be while lighting the wick. At the end of the day I couldn’t return because I didn’t have the CC that was used when the candles were bought. I told her I will take the candles home again and light them all up and see if I get any fragrance from any of them. Once I got home I lit up the the next (Macintosh) and still there is no fragrance. I will definitely head back to the store to return all 3 again. Very disappointed on their latest candles. I will continue with other brands that actually give fragrance.
You were right to call that BS.
Do you know what trimming the wick actually does? It just keeps the soot down (which in a way, does help the fragrance kind of). But it would have absolutely nothing to do with the first lighting having no fragrance. That is, unfortunately, part of their brand.
And while putting out the flame by putting the lid back on isn’t suggested (as sometimes it will give you a little smokey smell added to the fragrance when you light it), it still should not mess with the fragrance.
If they try to argue with you on refunding then next time, call corporate while you are in the store and complain that the store in [enter city, state, etc here] is NOT FOLLOWING THE 100% SATISFACTION policy. That will get them jumping to help real quick.
Because even if they were right (they aren’t) the store will get trouble if corporate is called and a customer is unhappy. We are expected to have happy customers more than we are expected to tell them “No” about something.
Though, I’m not sure what type of candle you got before, but they will always suggest the Large Tumbler if you got a large classic jar candle.
Which, it does pull out the fragrance faster since it has two wicks, but it is still very light.
All in all, honestly, you’d do better to stick with Bath & Body Works, or even the new brand that is cheap but strong scent and long lastig that they sell in TJ Maxx.
I’m sorry you’ve had such a hard time. Hopefully you can get a refund and all will work out well!
I should also say that since Corporate is also likely to brush this off, depending on who is there and the day lol, that’s why I mentioned calling in-store.
As soon as they realizing you’re talking to corporate, they’ll be worried.
Bring it up at the counter as well, if they refuse your refund.
I have also found that Bath and Body Works candles are not throwing a strong scent anymore either! Very discouraging especially since today is their once-a-year candle sale. I’m not going to bother. I think I will try the $5 Walmart ones instead.
Yes, I agree with you. I have got a few candles from Walmart, the Better Homes & Garden brand, and they burn clean and have a pretty decent scent ! Try their FreshCut Fraiser, yourhouse will smell like a Christmas tree. The 13oz size is under $5, and the 18oz is like, $6. The Fresh Orchard Apple is awesome too. I’m just about Done w/ Yankee, and I tried Goose Creek and was disappointed as well.
Went into a Yankee Candle shop a couple days ago to purchase my favorite Christmas candle, Mistletoe, and it definitely was not the same candle as past purchases. Different green and the strangest thing was all the cracks running through the candle, some very large. Most every candle I picked up had these cracks. What’s the deal with that? Didn’t buy anything!
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The loss of quality over the past few years has been staggering. I placed a large order with Yankee Candle a few months ago with the intent of having everyday tarts to burn and also to stock up on Autumn and Holiday scents. I opened my go-to scent, Sage and Citrus, and it crumbled into dust. The scent is practically non-existent and that goes for all of the other scents I purchased. I should have figured it out last year when I bought a large jar candle for Christmas and the formerly strong scent which would fill the room was barely registering.
I believe they’re now owned by a NY based company which also owns the Rubbermaid brand. How appropriate as the candles now smell like burning wax, chemicals and, oh yeah, a hint of scent. Way to ruin a former family-owned business. I’m done and this was most definitely my last order with Yankee Candle.
Well, my sporadic experiences have been confirmed by the posts on this site and I cant say I’m happy about it. Actually, I’m nearly devastated….
I have been a huge fan of Yankee for about 20 years, yet the candles I’ve purchased over the past 2 years have been disappointing. Maybe 1 in 4 are good scent throw-wise, but the others are beyond pathetic. I complained to Yankee once and they happily sent me a replacement, which I was delighted with, yet following purchases were a let down.
I was considering making a holiday candle purchase but thought I’d verify there wasnt a blog site filled with comments from consumers with the same issues….needless to say, I will not make that (quite pricey!) purchase.
I was unaware the company had been bought out; I will definitely contact Yankee and let them know about this site and about my personal dissatisfaction and concerns. Maybe they’ll make some changes and we can all return to loving the product as much as we once did!
Happy candle burning, my friends.
This is so true! I gave up on Yankee Candle several years ago. I think this used to be a business that had good ethics years ago & then was bought out by a company called Jardin Corp in 2013. May have had another company buy them out prior to that because the scent had been going downhill for quite a few years. I switched to Woodwick & just loved the scents & the crackle. But sadly, when I tried buying more candles this past summer I noticed a weaker scent. I tried different stores & it made no difference. The scents are extremely weak & there is more of a waxy scent like Yankee Candle. I did some digging & it turns out Yankee Candle Corp bought Woodwick (Smith Mountain Industries) this past spring 2017. So who owns them now? Well, it’s no longer Jardin but a company called Newell Rubbermaid! The same people who make sharpie markers, Rubbermaid & other household items. Yikess!! They purchased Woodwick because their sales were outperforming their own. Duh! I would like to meet the genius who couldn’t figure out why that was happening?? Cut quality… lose sales! They bought up the competition & I for one, will not be adding my dollar to their portfolio by buying a poor quality product! I’ll stick to supporting small businesses.
I’m another truly feeling ripped off ex-Yankee candle lover! I used to buy them in the US to take home with me to Switzerland. Later, thankfully, I started finding them in department stores in Zurich. I had different scents for every big room. Usually one was lit on the main floor and filled the whole house. If I lit the bedroom candle – same thing. They were amazing! After I moved bed to Canada, I tried them twice – and NO SCENT! Yesterday, in a Premium outlet mall in Ellenton in Florida, I spent almost 60 US dollars!!! on Yankee Candles. I told the sales lady about my no scent experience and she ASSURED ME! no no, these have scent. Well, well, I came home yesterday and lit one and guess what ANSOLUTELY NO SCENT! Country Kitchens apparently smell like NOTHING! So, I googled and found this and thought I’d add my experience. I checked the receipt and it says no refund – so I’m driving over an hour back to Premium Outlet Mall and giving them back! Sales lady can figure out what to do with them and her conscience. And…. as protest I will never shop at a Premium Outlet again! They should check that they don’t allow stores to cheat!
Dishonesty and tolerance for bad business conduct should not be tolerated!
Anyone know of a replacement for the years old orchard pear candle I just used up from YC?
Many large candle companies put a scent shot on top. The candle is lightly fragranced all the way through then a heavy dose of scented wax is put on top.
The industry standard (for small mom and pop companies) is ounce of fragrance per 16 ounces of wax. The large companies don’t do that. Typically small companies add more fragrance to their wax.
Quit buying from the large companies and find a small candle company to try. We’re out there! We get the name big box companies give our craft!
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TR, nice post
You’re correct! That is standard 1oz per pound, most small candle companies probably add more! For a really good cold and hot throw.
Great comment tr !!! We are definitely on the same page ! Knowing the cost of the fragrance, Definitely not cheap a quality fragrance!!! So we are adding this… A huge company like Yankee candle cannot do the same! I would always prefer to give my money to a small business with integrity!
A bit of news I got from an insider in the fragrance business; YC doesn’t do any quality test beforehand. They insisted use sales to determine whether a particular scent is good. I was the hugest YC fan until I heard this. I still buy their candles, but only once in a while.
Interesting Indeed…..You wonder whether the new owners of Yankee fully understand what’s happened to the quality of their candles over the years & how customers are reacting. My personal opinion is that they really don’t care as long as they keep gaining market share which you see their trying to do based on how many stores carry Yankee’s now. At some point they will completely saturate the market and the public will catch on to the fact that Yankee’s are just bad, bad knowadays. Then what??? They throw the once amazing company and candle to the side saying we’ve milked every last dime out of this company we can. We’ve done what we’ve came to do……sorry we fuc’d you Yankee fans, but we are more about corporate greed…….So sad…..
You shouldn’t give them your hard earned money. Save it for small batch/family owned candle companies 🙂
A bit of news I got from an insider in the fragrance business; YC doesn’t do any quality test beforehand. They insisted use sales to determine whether a particular scent is good. I was the hugest YC fan until I heard this. I still buy their candles, but only once in a while.
Not information on small candle companies, most i cannot speak for all will test every single batch! To see how clean they burn the hot throw, if the wick is producing to much soot, even if you have used that same wick the same wax ,but it’s a different fragrance test test test …….
Interesting…..thanks for the good information.
I’m not sure where you buy candles, but my Yankee store candles are FABULOUS. I have ONE burning in the kitchen and the scent spreads to the diningroom. I can’t say I have ever had the issue of a poor fraganced candle. Maybe you need to cut the wick down. Some people don’t and they burn tje wick and not the wax. Also, to the lady who got a headache from the smells, I have the same issue with certain smells. However, they are not always from Yankee. Certain smells period will cause a headache or in my case nausea. Vanilla, some musks, and apple scents triggger it. I wouldn’t blame it on Yankee! I can’t say I have noticed less fragance in their candles.
I totally agree with everything you said in your article or post. I bought a half dozen Yanke Candals roughly six month ago and I’m roughly a third of the way through trying each scent I bought.
Unfortunatly I don’t end up burning even a quarter of the Candace before setting it aside to never use again as it smells like nothing.
How much more can it cost Yanke Candace to make sure their blending in a more than adequate amount of scent or perfume???
It’s my opinion that after Yanke Candle has been sold over and over again as a company. After every sale it’s been harder to keep profits where they want them to be as as a whole.
So what I think the Yanke Candle company has been doing is cutting back on the amount of scent or perfume they put in their candles to save money. Unfortunatly it’s gotten so bad now that Yanke is ruining their reputation.
No one can hold onto being number one forever without putting out a good product, and Yanke candles have changed for the worse, and are no longer worth even $10 bucks at any size catagory if they don’t put off any scent. Hell why do we buy these Candle’s in the first place if they smell like little to nothing. I remember a day when my entire house smelled from a Yanke candle. I’d have a guest arrive at my house and the first thing they would say to me is what’s that great smell, no more though.
I’m personally done with Yanke and will never buy another Candace from them. We now use Woodwick candles and are pretty happy. I think woodwick Candales is the new Yanke.
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I thought I was going crazy….? Yankee’s smell was GONE!!!!!!! Finally took the initiative to research after numerous candles . Ahhhhhhh SOLD company and fragrance went right along with it over to Kingle.
TY TY TY
They burn to fast also
The Yankee Candles I have recently purchased have little or no smell. I was a huge fan and now I am looking for an alternative. Such a disappointment. I thought it was me until I found this blog. What a sham that this company feels the need to screw up a good thing.
Hi, I also want an alternative now, as I’m fed up with Yankee. Someone posted that Kringle Candle Co. makes Great candles so I went to their website and ordered a couple to try. They are called Country Candle and have the same label look as the old Yankee ones. And the son or grandson (??) of the original Yankee Candle company is with this Kringle Candle Co. (Yankee has been bought out by different owner now, probably why product is not as good anymore. ) These Country Candles have 2 wicks also. I’ve heard nothing but good things about Kringle so I’m anxious to get them and try them.
I actually live right next to yankee candle! I know lots of people who work there as well. When they sold Yankee the son opened Kringle candle. The problem with all of the new candles is that they have cut down the smells by over 1/3 to cut costs. The employees there tell me it’s crazy but it doesn’t affect business because yankee candle has such a well known name. Crazy, right? Even though it’s not the same quality it doesn’t even matter. Kringle candle is the place to go, much better quality.
That is very interesting information ! Well, even though Yankee is such a well known name that it’s not affecting business (or at least not yet), I’m sure that in time it will – because I am another person that is now fed up with Yankee because the candles have hardly any scent at all, and often I find that they don’t burn good – the wax doesn’t pool good. And, guess what: I ordered a couple candles from Kringle, burned one last night, the Chocolate Chip Cookie and: PERFECT ! It smells great, you can actually smell it from another room, the wax pools evenly and it burns and performs Perfectly ! I am now a Kringle customer, and hopefully other consumers will read this and try Kringle as well, I got their candles called Country Candle, and the style looks just like Yankee, but are 100% better.
I like Village Candles, a lot of the grocery stores sell them. Far superior then Yankee Candles.
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No it’s true even now I got so many candles last year during the sale over my favorites from Bath and Body works and I barely burned any so I took them back today a full year later and got 10 more new ones and these ones suck too 🙁 burning Honey Clementine right now which in the jar was soooooo fragrant and nice but I am getting nothing and it’s directly next to me….what a shame Yankee was mom and me’s thing growing up we’d save up for a Midsummer Night candle and would burn it maybe 1- a couple hours at a time and the house would smell for days.
Wow, I thought I was the only one having problems with Yankee Candles lately. They have very little scent, and I seem to be having a problem with getting them to burn good. Especially with the Small 3.7 ounce jars, the wax just does not seem to melt away or burn off fast enough and the flame is very poor, often pathetic. A tiny, tiny, dying flame that is struggling to stay alive, almost drowning in the wax. What a disappointment! I need to find a new brand !!
I’ve recently started ordering from “Candles By Victoria” and LOVE this company! Scent throw is amazing!!! There are over 1,000 scents to choose from and they will custom make a scent if you want. Only down side is it take a while to receive the order. Last time it took about 2 weeks. My current order will be 10 days by the time it gets here.
To say that Yankee Candles SUCK,is a bit of an understatement. The biggest retail screw job since the Pet Rock. I was born with an unusual gift. The gift of smell. Vision sucks, hearing sucks, but I can smell a joint burning, or a pie being baked, or vomit…from 100 yards. Yankee smells….of nothing. Wax perhaps on a good manufacturing day. I personally think that those at the helm should have their own YanLee was slowly dropped in their bodies routinely until they get it right. Anyone who attempts to dissuade this truth are for the most women , I would venture to guess, should be tarred anf feathered…..and run out of town in their doctor vans. The 60k van that is!! Not miles…price.Thank you for this forum. I wanted to kick the Yank’s add for at least a decade.
Glad to see I’m not the only one!
Every fall I stock up on Yankee Candle’s for the Holiday Season. I’ve never been disappointed until this year. I spent over $100 on candles and I’m about to return them all!
Pumpkin Spice Large Jar has NO scent. I emailed the company and they were nice enough to rush me out a second jar…. Guess what? NO scent on that one either. I’d give it a throw of 0 out of 10.
Pumpkin Pie Large Jar is so weak you have to stand within a foot or so of the Candle to smell it. I’d give it a throw of about 1 out of 10.
Pumpkin Buttercream Violas smell nice but you need to be right over them again. Maybe if I light 6-10 of them at a time my small room will smell nice?
Vanilla Bourbon has been the best one yet. I’d give it a throw of about 3 out of 10. Smells really good but NOT worth the price. Regular local $7 candles smell as strong or stronger.
Just started Ginger Bread Maple today. Smells good but another super weak throw. It’s only been burning about 2 hours but I’d give it a throw of about 2 out of 10.
I remember when Yankee Candles would smell up a whole room! Sometimes my whole house! The smell would linger for HOURS after you blew out the candle. Not anymore 🙁
I plan to exchange most of my candles and try one more time. I’ve heard Sugar Pumpkin Swirl, Autumn Leaves, Kitchen Spice, Apple Pumpkin and Maple Walnut have stronger throws. I will try them.
I haven’t tried my Christmas Candles yet.
This is the last time I’m ordering Yankee Candle. I could save money and buy the local candles or order the candles from the smaller Mom & Pop stores on Etsy. I’ve heard Tyler Candle Company is really good with scents too.
I agree with you…..we used to by a half dozen to dozen large Yankee Candle’s per year at $25 plus unless we had coupons. Over the last few years the Yankee Candles have seemed to be putting less scent into their candles. Once upon a time a Yankee Candle would have put entire house smelling amazing, unfortunatly this is no longer the case. We have stopped purchasing Yankee Candles as spending $25 plus dollars for something that smells almost like nothing is simply a giant waste of my hard earned money. We started buying Woodwick Candles and they smell amazing as well as filling the entire house with there amazing scents when lit. It’s always so fun when a guest comes over, opens the door to enter our home, and says what is that amazing smell. This was once what Yankee used to be like also, but no longer. Up until I found this web site I kept asking my wife is it me or do these Yankee candles no longer smell as the once did after being lit. Now I know it’s not just my sense of smell that may have been off after reading all these coments.
I agree! I noticed the same thing. One of my kids got me the Walmart Raspberry jar candle from Walmart for Mother’s Day. It was my favorite strong smelling candle to date. Now I just get all of mine there or I buy the Yankees for cheap at Home Goods or Marshall’s.
The son of the original Yankee Candle owner, Mick Kitteredge opened the Kringle Candle Company about 8 years ago, but I haven’t tried one of their candles yet. Has anyone else?
I was told that the original Yankee candle maker is no longer making them that there coming from China that’s why they lost their sent I used to love them I stopped buying them
They are not made in China, they are made in Massachusetts. However, the company has been bought and sold a number of times and each time with the need to increase income which in turn is a decrease in quality. A separate note is to let everyone know that YCC’s production facility in MA is poorly run and could be labeled a hostile work environment.
I drove to the Kringle candle store in Bernardston, MA yesterday and purchased several candles. I LOVE Kringle candle; their candles all burn very cleanly. Pumpkin Patch has a nice strong scent for the fall.
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Yes, Yankee Candles scents are most of the time lacking. Home goods sells a good line of good look No and price effective candles. Though if you are looking to Yankee Candle for a good but expensive buy, than turn to the WoodWick type. Spent like $30 something but the Oudwood scent was unmistakeable from the time you open it to lighting. But then again it will cost you the equivalent of a tank of gas in an SUV to get that scent and look you are trying to achieve.
I use to LOVE Yankee candle, but I would have to agree the throw is hardly there any more. When I first started buying them they were $21 for the large jar. Now it’s $28! They go up a $1 every year and it’s just not worth it anymore. I generally use tarts and wall plugs, and I can hardly smell the wall plug in a small bathroom. I’m glad I found this page. I will be checking out your recommendations for a new company.
Although I am new to buying candles I have found that the majority of the big name brands do not produce a quality product. Every time I smell a Yankee Candle it gives me a headache and when burned it doesn’t smell. I switched from big brands and starting trying out small & local companies and find them to always be ten times better. One in particular here in Austin, TX that I really like is a called http://www.jamesthomascandleco.com. Every candle I have bought from them has been excellent. They also use wood-wicks so you get that cool ambiance of it crackling when burning and they have Mandles (men’s line) which is appealing to me.
To be honest the Only candles from Yc that seem to throw anymore are Autumn Leaves.. its my absolute favorite, As well as Midsummers Night…No wonder they are NEVER on sale.. It seems to be that way with their sales they Never add the good ones, The tried an true.. I just bought 22 large candles from their semi annual sale ((As they dropped price even farther to 6/48)) and of course Autumn leaves Was NOT a part of this sale, Nor wad Midsummers night….I picked up 5 Blueberry Scone and 5 Fluffy Towels each now burning but Neither give off much of anything, Plus the Blueberry is also now Tunneling.. Guess I will be returning these an exchanging.. Im waiting on my 12 large Pure Radience Toasted Almond, I Hope they are a Better quality and Throw than these two disappointments have been… 10 jars so far, what a WASTE of money!!
I agree-just bought a bunch and smell nothing. I stayed away from these candles for many years but I deceided to try one more time. NEVER AGAIN!!!! Going back to bath and body works!!
I havn’t had any problems with the throw of Yankee candles. Oh sure occasionally I purchase a weak scented one but more often than not I can smell the scent around the room. Some are even so strong they dont have to be lit to fill the room. There are definitely some scents at Yankee that are strong and wonderful. You need to stick with them. I usually buy(to try) new scents in the votive sampler size when they are running a 1$ sale on them. I then determine if they are worth spending the extra cash on the larger jar or tumbler type..Also, watch their sales..several times a year they run fantastic sales on the larger candles..Buy 1 Get 1. 10$ clearance..ect..Perhaps Yankee isnt the quality it was a few decades ago(what is?) but if you become familiar with their product and take advantage when you are able to purchase them cheaply, I think you would find Yankee candle more satisfying.
Sorry but I really don’t agree that if I can buy them “cheaply” that is a sufficient trade-off for a scentless candle. I have rather have one good candle for $28 than 2-3 scentless, big ugly jars of wax.
I’ve been a YC fan since the early 90s and I’m really disappointed with how much the quality has gone downhill in the last few years. Until now, I liked the fact the candles didn’t give off soot, burned evenly, and had great scent throw. I’ve burned through dozens of large and small jars, countless votives, and different YC lines all with the same consistency. About eight years ago I went on a YC buying binge on a discontinued scent I loved (White Birch) so much that it’s taken me nine years to finally finish that stash. (I did buy other YCs in the meantime but only when I’d find them through garage sales and thrift stores.) Finally done with that haul, I decided to buy a brand new YC candle last week. As I’m typing this, I’m watching my new glass pillar candle (Apple Pumpkin) burn aggressively and give off soot. I’m also surprised that it’s only taken 15 minutes for the wax to liquify a full inch and a half, whereas one of my my 2009 large jar candles would at most liquify at 3/4 inch with one of those metal candle grates on top, even after an hour of burning. The quality has definitely changed. I noticed the wick isn’t the same quality as the wicks I see in my older large jar candles (the cotton braiding seems too thick and without a zinc core to hold it upright), and the composition of the wax seems softer and less glossy (meaning lower burning point, aggressive liquifying and possibly contributing to the soot many others are complaining about). The burn is reminding me of the cheap dollar candles I’d buy at the dollar store when I was a teenager! This is ridiculous. The company has gotten so bloated in trying to come up with new and novel scents and shapes and sizes that it’s compromised the quality the founders were known for. So glad I found this site – I thought I was the only one who noticed YC’s slide in quality.
I just wanted to say that the wax in the pillars and tumblers is a different wax than the jars, that’s why it melts faster and pools out quicker. Jars are paraffin wax (stays more solid) and the pillars/tumblers are a vegetable wax blend
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Small Flame Candle Company offers quality hand poured candles, the scent throw is perfect and stays till the last drop of wax. They are also made with natural soy wax. http://www.smallflameco.com
Guess that’s fine if you live in Ohio, but their site has little or no information and apparently there is no way to order.
I hear you. The only thing that smells from yannkee candle is the $370.22 burning my wife spent Edinburgh, Indiana Yankee candle outlet. Gary
I bought a Candied Pecan candle and there is no scent at all. I gave up and switched to my trusty Cinnamon that I’ve bought through the years and throws a lot of scent. I can’t smell it unless I’m directly in front of it. The quality seems to to have gone downhill. I don’t mind spending more for candles that fill the house with fragrance but you can’t smell it at all even when you’re a few feet away. What a waste of money.
Not only do they lack scent they once had-the large pillar candles are a DISASTER. I bought some Feb. 6th online and burned them for a few weeks in my darkish office at home (the only light is at my desk (I don’t turn the overhead on) and the candles burned behind me. About a month later, I turned on the overhead light to look for something and my ENTIRE CEILING AND TWO WALLS were covered in black soot (I wish I could post a photo to show you how bad it was. I contacted Yankee Candle and sent THEM the photos. I got the snottiest reply from some a$$hole named Jim H from the “customer loyalty team” who not only implied that the damage occurred over a long period of time (had he checked my $487 order-he would have seen it was only 5 weeks ago!) but he ALSO implied that I didn’t know how to properly burn a candle and I need to keep the wick trimmed. No sincere apology, no offer to return and replace. I was FURIOUS and fired
back another e-mail. I received 3 more nicer replies from different people (including the manager) offering to tell me what I needed to do to file an insurance claim. That was simply adding insult to injury. The cost to re-paint my office (which I had just had painted 5 months earlier) was $540 and my deductible is $500. So I had to re-paint the room at my own cost and I’m stuck with 4 more of the large pillar candles I’m afraid to even light. I am SO DONE with Yankee Candle. The candles were okay, but the “customer service” (what a joke to call it that) SUCKS! I’m now buying from Gold Canyon.
Well there not lying to you you do have to cut the wick my daughter works there and schooled me and her mom just saying
I loved burning tons of candles, till I looked up and saw the large, dark sooty mess on my ceiling and walls. Now, it didn’t come just from Yankee Candles (I usually get the paraffin candles and use illuma lids on the jars) , I also burn Bath & Body Works (soy/veggie mix), Village (paraffin), Colonial (paraffin), sometimes Voluspa (soy) and rarely Better Homes and Gardens (paraffin). And on occasion, candles I find in Homegoods or Marshalls which could be either soy or paraffin. And all those candles contribute to the dark sooty mess on my ceiling and walls:(
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Have to agree with posts regarding scent throw. Have been feeling disappointed for a good while. Reading these posts tells me I am not alone. Hope springs eternal. And I stopped in a YC store today intending to buy 2 Pure Radiance candles. Only a handful were on the shelves. Found out that the Pure Radiance line is being discontinued. Replacing this soy/paraffin blend line of Yankee will be Woodwiick, as parent company of YC has bought the Woodwiick line. Hoping Woodwicks do not go the route of YAnkee and the lack of scent throw. I have been happy with the throw of most of the Woodwick scents I have tried. Time will tell.
Yankee bought out Woodwick? Rats! I’m sorry to hear that. I like Woodwick and don’t want to see them go downhill like Yankee has. Now the price will go up and the quality will go down.
Actually the company that owns Yankee brought out Woodwick. I’ve tried Woodwick and find them to be okay. No doubt Woodwick has a really loud crackling noise and some of the scents could be strong. What gets me is most of the scents seem common. The scents are not different or interesting. The strong scents are heavy and almost oppressive. Also, the flame on the candles could get really, really high, even after they’re trimmed. Woodwick does have the elongated candles with the ribbon wicks, which are nice, but still the same small scent range.
I prefer Pure Radiance over Woodwick. Pure Radiance won’t crackle as loudly as Woodwick, but the flame isn’t as scarily high either. Also, Pure Radiance had a large variety of scents, which were different and interesting. I’m going to miss that line.
I love this post! It mystifies me that Yankee has such a devoted following, considering that 90% of the candles and tarts I’ve tried from them have zero throw! Even if they were better in the past, how are people still going gaga for them?
I believe the fan base is like me; they remember the wonderful aromatic YC from years past and keep hoping the most recent one bought will deliver like it used to. It’s kinda like a hot lover (do I dare say?) but the candle has burned out. You keep hoping “it” is the same and you continue to do so until the realization hits. This sucks!!! No more!!! And you move on!! That’s what I just did.
I just bought my last 4 YC. Horrible! Need I say more?
I couldn’t agree more. I currently own close to 30 large jar candles. April showers is the only one that actally smells up the house. I am however stup I’d addicted to yankee candles and have a hell of a collection. They definitely not as good as it used to be.
I agree I purchased three large Yankee Candles this past weekend March 24, 2017. I hadn’t purchased any Yankee Candles in a long time however to my surprise when I started to burn one of the candles there was little to no scent/aroma to fill the room. I purchased the lemon and lavender for my kitchen and burned it for awhile but was not able to tell that I was even burning a candle. The Sicilian lemon was no better, no scent either. I will not be purchasing any more Yankee Candles. Very disappointed and out of cash for candles that don’t deliver.
Village candles which I can purchase at my local grocery store carry a stronger aromatic scent.
Now I only buy tarts or meltcups. The jars are too expensive for them not to have a scent.
Totally agree. Yankee Candles do suck. I sued to be an avid collector and couldn’t pass a Yankee Candle store. However, I started to notice around two years ago that the quality was deteriorating with many of the candles I bought throwing badly and many others burning irregularly. I returned severaI and pretty much stopped buying them but continue to receive a few as gifts and, sure enough, they have deteriorated even further to the point where they are practically unscented. The last 3 candles I have bought have been Village Candles, two of which threw brilliantly – Lemon Pound Cake and the rose-scented one. Hibiscus, however, was a dud. Still, two out of three is a better success rate than my experience with Yankee. Think I will try a few more of these.
I Googled for this topic because I wondered if others had noted the declining quality of Yankee Candles. My perceptions have been validated here. I am now enjoying WoodWick candles purchased at Kohl’s when I get a 30% off coupon 🙂
I got hold of an older candle of their’ s, “Cotton.” The throw is amazing. I think they got cheap with their ingredients and moved production to Ch in a. I have since switched to the Scentsy brand. Even contemplating making my own with ingredients from the source–India.
every sale I order Autumn Wreath and it never disappoints. Makes my home smell lovely. A few other scents I also get that fill my home with fragrance. Not sure what candles you guys are getting that so many of you are saying the don’t smell at all. Granted, i was disappointed by Cozy by the Fire when placed in a very large open area of my home…i didn’t fill the room with fragrance like the other scents do but in a small area like a bathroom it smells great.
I guess I don’t understand what you are saying — there is one scent you like and have good luck with, but when you tried another, the fragrance is so weak you can only use in a small bath…. Yes, that is what folks are saying — weak or no fragrance from almost all scents.
I’ve had good luck with the following:
Strongest throws–
Lemon lavender 2 wick large pillar
Turquoise sky 2 wick large pillar
Soft blanket medium jar
Lavender large jar
Medium to strong throws–
Apple pumpkin large jar
Golden sands 2 wick large pillar
Summer storm 2 wick large pillar
Sage citrus 2 wick large pillar
Pink margaritaville large jar
Dreamy summer nights small jar
Medium throws–
Warm luxe cashmere 2 wick pillar
Autumn in the park 2 wick pillar
The only ones that I’ve found to have Sub par throws (anything less than a 5/10)–
Tahitian nights small jar
Pumpkin pie large jar
I have personally had no major issues with YC.
Finally, someone has come out and said the truth. I never was a big fan of Yankee candle and before I launched my own company (shameless plug: http://www.itslitcandlesllc.com), I always purchased my candles from small candle companies. Even the target and walmart candles aren’t that great. Their flames are huge once lit, they melt too fast for them to not be 100% soy and let’s not even mention how unsafe they are environmentally. If you’re a big candle burner, breathing in those toxic chemicals most big brand candles are created with is not ideal. Thanks for this piece, it was much needed in the candle community.
I agree on everything said about Yankee… most people buy for the name quality has went way down! If you want a high quality candle, try a small company like on Etsy, I make candles myself I test every single one before I will ever sell one! I’m not one Etsy, no plug But it’s worth a shot … if you think they are overpriced they are probably underpriced, if you use high quality fragrance it’s not cheap! I’m also all about soy burns so much cleaner than paraffin holds no black soot ! Just my opinion
Kathleen i’m going to try one of your companies candles. A like a nice strong smelling candle with amazing scent throws…….can you give me a few recommendations?
All the best,
Brad
Unfortunely, the scents such as Sunset Lake, Meadow Mist, Mountain Lake and Winter Woods are all candles that are no longer carried in regular retail stores so I can only assume you got them from an outlet or repurchases a candle that had been exchanged by a previous customer. As a candle ages the scent throw decreases, and outlet candles can be several years old. There is also the issue of exchanging your candle, you can virtually exchange your burned candle for any other candle in the store to find one you enjoy. I think you will be hard pressed to find a customer service policy that is so accommodating. And you may not understand the difference between a $5 candle from Walmart and a YC large jar, but when my large YC lasts 150 hours compared to the average 50 hours you will get from other jars, I understand why they are worth my money. And needless to say, they are made in the United States, which is say is positive. Doubtful that Walmart or White Barn can say that.
Had lots of yankee candles over the years but stopped buying them as the scent is now a poor strength.waste of money!!!
I just purchased two Yankee Candles from a Yankee Candle retail store, not in a secondary type store. One is a latte fragrance and throws the fragrance nicely throughout a very large room, but the other is a mint fragrance and throws nothing…. just smells like a cheap burning candle with no fragrance whatsoever. I don’t care about a return policy because I don’t expect to have to return a YC , but rather expect to get the fragrance I paid for.
Yes, the YC exchange policy is excellent, but rather than lug heavy candle jars to some exburb mall, I would prefer to get what I pay for.
150 hours of burning scentless wax. I have Yankee Candles that are nearly thirty years old that punch you in the face with their scent. The difference between the $5 dollar WM candles and the $30 YC’s is that you can actually smell the WM candles.
I received some candles for Christmas. They are called ED on Air. They are by Ellen Degeneres. They come in sets of 4 for 19.99 and they really smell good. I would definitely buy them. I am a big Bath & Body supporter also.
I totally agree. The only two scents that have a strong throw are Layered Chocolate Cake and Salted Caramel. I have been utterly disappointed with the quality decline over the years. I would love to read the brands you think have the strongest throw.
Yankee, get your head out of your wax.
I agree. I complained to the company through an email and told them ALL of their candles have changed and don’t smell like they used to. I was asked for the name of the candle and its product number, etc. I had to tell them AGAIN that it is ALL your candles. I remember when lighting one of their candles, the frangrance just didn’t fill the room, it filtered throughout the house. No more.
Bath and Body Works candles, a “proprietary soy blend,” have strong throws. However, because they’re 3-wick candles, they burn very quickly — cleanly but quickly.
I have to agree with all of the posts. My beef is that the candles do not burn very well now either. In the past, all you had to do was trim the wick a bit, put a topper on, and the burning wick was absolutely perfect. Now, the wicks all but drown in the wax, and no amount of trimming or removing unused wax helps. I, too, have starting buying Better Homes and Gardens candles at Walmart, and they burn extremely well, exactly the way the old YC used to burn and at a significantly lower price. The fragrances aren’t as nuanced, but you can find enough lovely scents that you really don’t have to pay and arm and a leg any longer for the now inferior Yankee products.
I am so disappointed in this company. I understand the original creator of YC sold the company. These candles no longer provide the wonderful aroma they used to. They used to fill the whole house with such a pleasant aroma and that hasn’t happened for a long time. I gave these as a gift and the recipients must have thought it was a joke. I was embarrassed.
I purchased 8 woodwick from yankee candle, very disappointed. No smell, smoke terrible, jar is black from soot. Never again. Changed all there scents that do not smell like anything
I did kind of love the Pistachio Crunch Cookie scent Yankee released for the holidays.
BUT—You hit the nail on the head. I have made 3 large purchases recently and I simply can not justify the price:throw ratio any longer. I am sitting at my computer right now and I can’t smell the candle that is 6 inches away from me. In addition to that ALL of my large jar candles are tunneling. I trim my wicks and black smoke still billows. It’s not just the candles either. I ordered a ScentPlug Base and it’s is incredibly flimsy. I’d be surprised if it lasted a month. If I accidentally bumped into it while walking I think I’d snap it in 2.
Even with the discounts the price is not worth what you’re getting. I remember the days when getting and giving a Yankee Candle as a gift was thoughtful and a great gift. Now, I’m giving out my remaining supply to family and friends for free and they don’t seem to want them either.
I did branch out and buy from Mosley Lane. It’s been over a week and a half and I have heard nothing about my order.
I am willing to use Etsy but I am inundated by all the sellers and scents. I don’t know who to use and I’m tired of being burnt. I’ll take any and all suggestions.
For over 15 years I have purchased Yankee Candle! i remember the old days that a large jar would scent my entire living room! these days I only smell them when i put my nose to the jar! every year I say Im not going to buy any more but I get sucked right in! I have a very very large collection! everytime i complain. to Yankee they say nothing has changed! but its plain to see something has! I live in the UK and we have just had a massive price increase across the board! large jar now costs £23.99 we never get any Bogof offers! its about time I started saving my money!
With the semiannual sale and the cost being only ~10 dollars each with the 6 for $60 sale, I was very tempted to order at least one set of six, but, remembering how awful the previous ones I’ve gotten were, I changed my mind! The throw is awful on all six of the candles I bought over the summer, and the burn quality on some is poor too.
Everyone – what do you think would happen? All of their candles are 50% off almost everyday!!! Do you you think your gonna get the same amount of fragrance?
COST SAVINGS!!!!
Wake up, this isn’t the same candle you use to love. They have ruined this brand. Other candles on the market are superior for even less $$$. You don’t have to look far to find a better fragrance and candle burning experience.
I totally agree! Prefer the Bath and Bodywork candles as another US branch but my absolute favourite are from Sandy Bay London!
Wow I actually thought I made a good investment. NOT… Three YC are a joke 4 real
I recently bought a Red Apple Wreath candle in a column jar for the bathroom over the holidays and even at 50% off was a waste of money. I should have just bought a Febreeze candle, as they do smell nice. I don’t know what I was thinking, as YC has been a disappointment for a long while now. Hope springs eternal, perhaps. I still find their Pink Sands and Plumera scents effective, but the rest? Nothing. I’ve gone over to Bath & Body for candle purchases that have thus far been outstanding in carrying a lingering scent across rooms.
My question would be why doesn’t YC address the issue? I read nothing but disappointment over a once beloved candle and no one I know purchases them much anymore, but have gone to other companies with superior scents.
Dear Yankee Candle
I have been a customer of 4-8 large jar candles every year (Christmas Eve scent) for 25 years and the last 2 years have purchased
candles with a great smelling top interior, but almost no discernable scent with two burning in a 10×10 room.
I have no desire to return for an exchange, one NYE resolution is to stop being a Yankee Candle customer.
Should you ever decide to return to the amount of scent you used in the ‘90’s,. let me know, I may return but
I will have to read great reviews at http://www.thecandlereview.com first
WOW I thought it was just me, I use to love Yankee Candles, one lit candle would scent the entire house, This past year, I cant even smell a lit candle unless my nose is in the jar, At first i thought it was a fluke or maybe the scent i chose but I just got 2 new ones for Christmas and it was a waste of good money, So disappointed
I had a horrifying experience with Yankee Candle tea lights about 2 weeks ago and don’t know if I well ever be able to light another one again. Scariest thing ever.
I don’t know about you all but my candle smells wonderful! The wick doesn’t crackle, probably why it was discounted…but the smell fills up a room and you can smell it from a distance. The company wouldn’t be in business if everyone’s candle did not smell. Just return it wasting time typing about it lol
I’m with others – thank you! I used to melt a small YC tart and the entire house would smell 3000 sq! Now I can burn a large candle and can’t smell it in the same room. This has been the case for years, and I keep telling myself I’m NOT going to purchase another YC, then I see them for $10 and buy another, only to be disappointed again!.
I just burned my first Bath and Body Works candle and found the same thing. ANY candles out there have a strong scent any more? 🙁
our own candle company is amazing.. the smell that comes from burning them fills the entire room. I love them and I tricked myself into thinking that yankee candle were the best on the market s I should buy them plus I had an amazing coupon. well needless to say im so unhappy with y.c!!! the approximate burn time is a lie. and I cant smell any of them!! I will stick to whats cheap and works the best!
Woodwick candles are awesome!!!! They burn clean, fragrance like hell, and have a cool crackling sound. They are the best out there at this price.
try candleberry but i too love bath and bodyworks x
I agree on everything said about Yankee… most people buy for the name quality has went way down! If you want a high quality candle, try a small company like on Etsy, I make candles myself I test every single one before I will ever sell one! I’m not one Etsy, no plug But it’s worth a shot … if you think they are overpriced they are probably underpriced, if you use high quality fragrance it’s not cheap! I’m also all about soy burns so much cleaner than paraffin holds no black soot ! Just my opinion
Kathleen, I’m glad you have been lucky enough to pick those very few Yankee Candles that do offer a pretty good scent throw still. Just be th careful as a full eighty percent plus of Yankee Candles these days offer very little to no scent throw. Once you get burned by Yankee which way to many of us former Yankee Candles lovers have with scentless candles you will understand. Trust me we’de All like nothing better to have Newell Rubermaid the new owners of Yankee to return the Yankee Candles to their past glory first and foremost by returning the amount of scent that was once in Yankee Candles. If Newell Rubermaid did this and stopped BS’ing all of us about nothing has changed with the scent formula of Yankee Candles we would all most likely return to being Yankee fans. Many of us are very passionate about this issue as Yankee has been a fantastic part of our families for facade decades and we feel as if we have almost lost a child with Yankee’s no longer smelling as they used to.
Exactly why i did not answer you ! I could see right away a troll …… almost sounds like you work for Yankee candle! And I’m absolutely not afraid to state my opinion about Yankee Candle! My opinion on who has a better candle on the market right now Pure intergrity candles, I don’t believe i seen anyone on here trying to change anyone’s opinion on Yankee candle , just giving their own! The Yankee candles i do still have just sit on a shelf exactly because they suck !!!!!! I’m so sorry my comment offended you …because you have such pleasant memories as a child ✋Troll someone else please
Also there are two Kathleen’s on this post! I have many Yankee candles, I also have been burned! I started making my own candles on the side to put money away for my nephews when their mother passed at 31 .. never tell how Yankee Candle is so close to your heart! Please do not troll people when you have no idea what you are talking about, I will put any of my candles next to Yankee any day! My melts are better because i use more fragrance not cheap fragrance i test them as you should! I do not care how many Yankee candle fans i offend , this was i thought i forum talking about candles until you tried to intimidate me took it to another level
Kathleen I feel really bad. The message you received from me was meant for another person you and I had both conversed with who was saying Her Yankee’s still smell great.
My deepest apologies for sending you a response that was truely meant for another young lady. Enjoy the rest of your weekend…….
I too have purchased several different scents this month that have little to no scent. YC has been running coupons for buy 1,2, or 3 and get the same amount free so I loaded up for myself and for Christmas gifts. I guess we know why they’re giving them away this month. I will be returning the ones I’ve burned and hope for a better outcome.
I thought i was going crazy, but i am also having the same issue and I am very dissapointed. I want my house to smell like cinnamon and so far all I smell is the match that lights it. I am very upset to spend that kind of money for NO scent. I have bought 4 candles in the last few months and none of them had a scent.
Wow, I see I’m not the only one having issues with Yankee Candles. I’d been trying out several different candles over the last year as I realized how much pleasure and relaxation it brought me burning them at home. When I first tried YC the candle scent was strong and enjoyed it so much….the large double wick candles. I then went and placed an order for half a dozen more, and a couple of months later a dozen more. However, the scent from half the candles seemed to be so much weaker than the first one I tried….one or two with seemingly no scent at all, but I didn’t think too much of it as I wanted to find my favorite ones out of the dozens of scents they had. Then, I started noticing that the wick burned much faster than the wax was evaporating to the point where the candle would burn itself out or maintain at such a small flame that there was no discernable scent being given off. I would have to pour out the liquid wax just to expose more of the wick so it could burn with a normal flame. So far I’ve again noticed that more than half the candles have been doing this. I then took a close look at one of the candles that was burning fine and another which was burning itself out. I noticed that the wick on the latter were very much finer in thickness. YC should really have a much stricter QC policy in place as these candles are not cheap. It looks like they have a defect in the wicks.
YC is now having a sale of 5 candles at $11 each, but I think I’ll pass. I’d found another candle place at the mall, but they don’t have as many to choose from, especially in a large double wick. But at least the scent was strong and wonderful.
Thanks for sharing. We own and operate a (small) candle manufacturing company here in Canada. It’s so refreshing to read this. Every store we walk into, we head straight to the candle isle to see what they offer. A lot of times, they are cheap candles both price wise and quality.
However, some candles selling for top dollar are not premium candles. We work hard to ensure the quality of all of our candles, they are all poured by hand in small batches so that we can maintain that quality. I just wish that more people would look past the name on the jar and understand the difference between and quality candle and something that has a premium price.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Your comment is refreshing! So hard to be a small fish in this big business, when you know your candles are better than more than half on the market! People just go for the brand name and pretty packaging.. low quality candles! I also hand pour and test every single one out of every batch , I’m sure the big name do not do that , they are going off their name, that’s all !
Kathleen, yes I agree with you. People buy many candles just based on the name. Yankee candle gets sooooo much of its business due to their name. Yankee candle is knowingly burning people knowadays though, and they know it. It’s so outrageous to spend $22-27 on a large tumbler candle that smells good in the store, but once fired up at home it had little to no scent or scent throw. It’s called greed…….You can only fool the people for so long though. Yankee is now relying on pushing their candles into as many stores as possible in order to get people who have not tried them to buy their candles based on theirname just as you said Kathleen. What the name of your candle company? Are you on the Web? Do you have a web site to view your collection??
Glad I found this site. Thought it was my imagination or losing my sense of smell but recently bought my favourite jar, Hazelnut coffee. I just love this scent, but to my disappointment I can hardly smell it at all. Not even when I put the jar up to my nose do I even get a slight whiff. And this particular scent was at one time really strong and permeated throughout the house. Not any more.
We can’t all be wrong.
I bought my first Yankee Candles over the summer, and I’m sad to say that they’ll be my last too. All my life I’ve loved candles, and finally I’m at a point where I feel okay to splurge on something nice that’s maybe a little overpriced. During the summer I happened to find an ad for YC, advertising 6 candles for $60. I thought that sounded like a decent enough price that I went for it, and also added on a couple more.
The first one I burned, Blue Summer Sky, smelled nice, but had such a weak scent to it that you couldn’t smell it very much, even in a small room. It burned nicely except for being fairly sooty. The latest one I’ve burned is Marshmallow Chicks. It has a nice vanilla scent but again, it’s so weak! And, even worse, it’s burning really badly and not pooling out. Wrapping foil around it helped, but I don’t feel that I should have to do that to make the candle pool, and as soon as I removed the foil it began to tunnel again.
It’s funny that you mention Walmart candles because these aren’t any stronger than Walmart candles, and in fact they are in my opinion much WEAKER than the Better Homes and Gardens brand candles. I can pay $6 for a large BH&G jar candle and it will have a stronger, longer-lasting throw than these $27 Yankee Candles! They are on par with the Walmart Mainstays brand, or possibly even worse. I thought maybe it’s because I bought them during the summer sale, and maybe they use “special” candles that have less scent to them so they’re cheaper to manufacture… but if that was their goal, it backfired, because I’ll never buy another Yankee Candle again!
Bath and Body Works candles smell really great, but they burn too quickly for my liking with the three wicks. For now I guess I’m back to BH&G and B&BW when they’re on sale, and whatever other brands I can find, because YC is not worth it!!
Just fought with them once again. I’m forever placing an order for scent refills that are on the list as being available and then being told they aren’t. I did just place an order for buy 3 and get one free which I’ve done in the past and I get my free extra ones – not this time – I ordered 6 because I wanted 8 so they gave me a credit for one and forget getting the extras I wrote and got back a sappy note but not my extra refills. Unfortunately I like the gentle scent of the one I purchase and those in the store are way too strong but I suppose I’ve learned my lesson and once my current scents are used up, no more purchases from Yankee Candle. They’ve become too self-important and no longer care about their customers.
I have recently purchased 3 large jars from Yankee ” Pink Sands, Honey Glow and Cupcake”. these scents were recommended to me by the salesperson as stronger scents. To put a word of fairness in the comments mentioned above, I felt that not all scents were terrific and certain scents like pink sands and honey glow were too overpowering for me as I got a headache from it. However, cupcake was just nice and very pleasant. In addition to these, I also felt that the reed diffusers were not worth the money as they only lasted for 3-4 days for me. I understand that the price could be a little steep but if they really smelled great as what they claimed then I would not mind paying. At the end of the day, consumers are free to make decisions on their purchases.
I agree! I used to be a huge YC fan, but I’ve been dissatisfied with the quality of the smells. I think they are making way too many different fragrances. I purchased a candle from Bath & Body Works yesterday so I will give it a try. Sorry to have to say goodbye to YC but at their prices I can’t waste any more money.
I’ve been pretty disappointed lately. Not only have I been having consistent problems with the scent of these candles but I keep getting problems where they burn black smoke. With one of them, I trimmed it down to the 1/4″-1/8″ recommended but it STILL burned black smoke… I had to toss it out. This current one I’ve been using started off with scent and then it seemed to disappear after a while. Then I noticed it started having a lot black smoke as well.
When I bought these 7-8 years ago I never once had a problem with black smoke nor was the scent as minimal as it is. I’ve purchased some cheap $6-8 candles from little shops and they smell a heck of a lot more and don’t have any problems burning.
Unfortunately, this may have been the last time that I’ve purchased Yankee Candles.
If you have a problem with a Yankee Candle, do not throw it out. I used to work for the company and they have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Even if you don’t have a receipt and the candle is already burned, you can exchange it. I just recently bought four and the three of them I burned have tunneled. And I know the correct way to burn it o ensure it doesn’t tunnel. I’m disappointed in the “quality” YC is putting out now and ill be returning these.
They don’t smell or fragrance a room. It’s not about if this is a good company with a great return policy or not. The candles are not the same as they once were for a lot more money. The large jar use to be $19.99 people, that was about 10 years ago and they were better candles.
Maybe the customer service has disappeared with the scent. I purchased a set of tea candles for the office and three or so had no wick. I emailed them expecting them to send me a couple replacements. Instead they directed me to return them to Amazon! Instead of popping $1.49 worth of tea candles in the mail they expect me to spend time and money packing up defective tea candles? Seriously? I’ll never buy another Yankee Candle.
I’ve been pretty disappointed lately. Not only have I been having consistent problems with the scent of these candles but I keep getting problems where they burn black smoke. With one of them, I trimmed it down to the 1/4″-1/8″ recommended but it STILL burned black smoke… I had to toss it out. This current one I’ve been using started off with scent and then it seemed to disappear after a while. Then I noticed it started having a lot black smoke as well.
When I bought these 7-8 years ago I never once had a problem with black smoke nor was the scent as minimal as it is. I’ve purchased some cheap $6-8 candles from little shops and they smell a heck of a lot more and don’t have any problems burning.
Unfortunately, this may have been the last time that I’ve purchased Yankee Candles.
I purchased a car jar and NOTHING. Nada. I think the older Yankee Candles are much more fragrant than the ones currently on the market. I’m always looking for something with a good throw.
Wow, I am so glad I found your blog. I used to buy yankee candle years ago and loved how the house smelled from them. So I recently bought a few to get back into the feel of candles for the winter, omg I can’t smell them. I was burning my French vanilla and thinking I can not smell this at all. So I tried a few others and not much smell, what a disappointment. I wasted money on these crap candles
I was starting to think I was losing my sense of smell. I bought several candles and tarts and they barely give off a scent at all. I bought a no name candle on clearance at a local pharmacy for a fraction of the cost and I can still smell it an hour after I blew it out. I will not be purchasing another Yankee candle again. Waste of money!
I used to love Yankee candle! However I have noticed the car air fresheners do not last as long as they used to, and candle prices are just way to high! That is when my friend Heidi told me about a local business called Lazotix Candles. Cheap, and soy wax! You should check them out!
I just received a HUGE yankee candle as a birthday gift and it gives off absolutely NO SCENT whatsoever. They will never again get my business. Absolutely ridiculous. By the way, try Bath N Body works candles. I recently decided to splurge ($12 for a 3-wick is more than I used to spend) but I will never go back to another candle. It makes the entire room smell amazing, it’s great.
I just googled “I can’t smell my Yankee Candles” and found your blog. You aren’t the only one who feels this way. I have bought several Yankee tarts recently and my wax cubes that I bought from Walmart are much stronger and I can still smell them hours after the burner is off. I put a Yankee tart in the small guest bathroom and I can barely smell a thing! What the? So disappointing.
Yankee candles all smell like cat pee no matter what the name. They are the worst and a huge rip off money wise
Thank you!!! I thought I was the only one. EVERY Yankee candle I have ever smelled has a pungent urine odor to me. My wife has to only light them when I’m not home, even then I can always tell by the urine scent they leave behind. Not all candles affect me this way, but all YCs do.
I thought that it was just me the Lemon Lavender that I used has a good smell but after it burns for awhile it smells live urine. It was one more that was the same way but I can’t remember which scent.
Yankee candles are the absolute worst! So glad you posted this! I only buy candles from small companies or from craft shows. Anyone who spends that much money on a candle that doesn’t smell like anything is crazy!!
Soy candles are the way to go! Clean and much longer burning. Scents are much better quality. Molly Rue Candles are beautiful!
where do you buy Molly Rue candles?
They’ve been going downhill for years. Not sure they’ll ever be worth it again or even in they care to. The tarts also have been cut in scent and don’t last very long.
AGREED!!!
Totally agree with you. I’m in the UK and had my first Yankee Candle as a gift back in 1985 what a candle that was, and the throw actually filled the house. Sadly Yankee Candle have changed hands now so many times 4, 5 or is it 6 since it was first established. Therefore with each take over they have decreased I believe the amount of scented oils put into the candles, cutting corners and still expecting the unknowing buyer to be the loser.
Yankee Candle are now so disappointing. I honestly don’t know why I continue to buy, faithful to the brand I guess, but that has to stop, as all it’s doing is filling the companies pockets and emptying my own.
I doubt you’ll get much of a roasting.
Thanks for the comment! It was hard for me too but I’m finally done with Yankee Candles. It’s time for me to move on!
How very true! I have become so frustrated with candles that promise the world and then burn without an real scent throw and leave half of the wax down the side of the container. I become so frustrated with being ripped off that I set up my own candle boutique and every candle I sell is tested by me before I list onto my website. Give the smaller artisan candle makers your money and let the big guys who cut corners to learn by their mistakes. Thank you for having the confidence to say it how it is.