Now that Christmas is over, now would be a great time to shop for next years Christmas candle. They are all marked down now... and this one could be had for the low, low price of $4.80. That is until it sold out. I only bought this one as a backup because I figured this would be the year I would finally burn through Nest Holiday. Which is a really great holiday candle. It is every holiday scent stuffed into one candle. The ultimate Christmas scent. I don't like many from Nest but that one is good. Otherwise, I love a good Christmas Tree scent and I see these online at Nordstrom all the time. So I figured I would give it a go. Illume is not my favorite brand...but I figured it's time to give them another try.
Illume claims:
What it is: A wintry, woody votive candle presented in a frosted glass vessel and an illustrated keepsake box ready for gift giving.
Fragrance story: A quintessential classic, with notes of rich oak moss, cinnamon and eucalyptus.
Style: Woody and aromatic.
Notes:
- Top: oak moss
- Middle: cinnamon
- Base: eucalyptus
- 2 3/4" x 2 1/4"
- 25-hour approximate burn time
- Vegetable-wax blend/fragrance oil/cotton wick/glass
- Made in the USA of imported materials
This is mostly a tree scent- with a few other Holiday smells thrown in- like cinnamon. It's similar to Nest Holiday but not quite as crisp. And not as big of throw but the candle is smaller. Although it is small it does eventually fill my living room which is great. Some votives have horrible throw and only scent the immediate area around it. It can take a little bit of time to build up thought.
It's a very nice scent though and it also perfectly captures the scent of Christmas. If I had to choose though I would go with Nest Holiday over this one. But if I wanted something small just to burn through the holidays and not break the bank- I would get this again!
I haven't had any issues with this little candle at all. No sooting but it does burn pretty quickly so I felt I did have to stay on top of trimming the wick. It's supposed to be a vegetable wax. Not sure if it's paraffin free- candle brands never state that for some reason.
It's very festive and comes in the perfect packaging to gift. It comes with different sayings on it so you have options. Mine says "Peace on Earth". I just picked one.
There's not much else to say about it except it's a nice and probably the first candle from Illume that I really enjoyed!
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