I love candles. Some might say I’m a bit obsessed with them. It’s true that I love how candles fill my home with lovely fragrances. I also find watching the flickering flame very relaxing and soothing.
Another thing I am equally obsessed with is decorating my home for the various holidays and seasons. This time of year (Autumn) is my favorite. I love fall fragrances. Right now I have a pumpkin spice air freshener that is helping to fill my home with a pumpkin scent.
When it comes to candles, I would never say “no” to a review. The same applies to any type of holiday decoration or home décor for the holidays/seasons. Imagine if you could get both in one product?
Let me introduce you to Nose Best Candles.
Nose Best Candles is taking your traditional candles and putting a spin on it with their new Halloween collection, available online on starting September 15, 2023.
Poured and made at their brick and mortar store in Brooklyn, NY, Nose Best Candles stands out with their sex-positive branding, digital speakeasy that comes with each and every candle (which is a curated Spotify playlist and cocktail recipe), and you can feel good knowing it’s made with 100% soy wax, cotton core wicks, Phthalate free, and no Mutagens or Carcinogens.
Did someone say “Halloween?” Candles, Halloween, cocktails, music… it all sounds great to me!
Nose Best Candles was kind enough to send me one of each of their new Halloween inspired candles to review. I received the following;
- Bone Daddy – Lavender and Ember – The soothing scents will tame your senses while The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack elevates your spirits.
- Witching Hour – Apple Harvest and Birch – Filled with the scent of Macintosh apples and paired with a Hocus Pocus-themed soundtrack.
- Midnight Viewing – Cyprus and Sage – No Halloween is complete without a Rocky Horror Picture Show viewing and sing-along!
All of these fragrances are superb. I love them all. If I had to choose my #1 favorite, I’d have to say it’s Bone Daddy. Bone Daddy reminds me more of autumn. It doesn’t smell like lavender to me. Maybe it’s the ember that I’m really smelling, but the scent reminds me of fall. When I smell it, I envision a huge pile of colorful leaves, and what it would smell like if I jump inside of it. I know people are thinking “dirt” and “rotting leaves.” That is NOT what I am smelling, but it IS an Earthy scent (to me anyway).
When I smell Midnight Viewing, I think sunny, breezy days with a touch of cold in the air. I can see myself walking down a path in the woods wearing a cardigan and scarf. It has an Earthy scent too, but it’s much lighter and brighter than Bone Daddy.
Witching Hour is also an Earthy scent. I can smell the apples. It reminds me of apple picking. It’s not overly fruity, nor is the apple that strong. It makes me envision me and my family apple picking, then taking the apples home to wash them and get them ready for pies and other sweet treats. Mmm… Yum!
On each candle you’ll find a code. Use your phone’s camera to “read” the code where you’ll be taken to a page that lists all the candles. Simple click on the candle you have and you’ll find a cocktail that suits the scent, as well as a Spotify playlist that would go great with burning the candle that you have.
I didn’t want you to see everything (you’ll have to buy the candles to see it all), but here are some screen shots from my phone t give you an idea of what you can expect when you visit the site through the candles code.
The cocktail recipes and play lists are not exclusives to just the Halloween candles. ALL of Nose Best Candles come with a code for a cocktail recipe and matching play list.
The candles smell great even when they are not lit.
I find that the candles have a decent throw. I burn them in the kitchen, on the counter, for the most part due to the fact we have eight cats and our cats are fascinated by the flames just as much as I am. On days they are sleeping and not in sight, I will burn candles on the television stand in teh living room so I can enjoy the flames.
Our living room is open to the dining room and hallway. Those rooms are open to the kitchen. Only the bathroom and bedroom have doors and are closed off from the rest of our home.
When I burn these candles in my kitchen, I can get a light whiff of them in the living room. They definitely smell better in the room that you are burning them in.
They do burn clean. You can tell that just by looking at them. You don’t see all the smoke and soot like you do with other candles. Seeing as how I care about what my family (and cats) breath, I appreciate that about these candles.
If you would like to learn more about Nose Best Candles, check them out at NoseBestCandles.com. You can also check them out on social media. Their links are found on the bottom right of their website.
Nose Best Candles also sells incense, bundles and more.
Candles make GREAT gifts. Candles from Nose Best Candles would make a great gift this holiday season, especially “Secret Santa,” hostess gifts and small gifts for people like the mailperson, hair dresser and more.
Kimberly
*I received free product samples in order to do this review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own and not influenced in any way.