10.02.06
Fall in to the Perfect Mood with Candles
It’s here. Fall has arrived, and with it comes cooler air providing relief from those record-breaking temperatures that gripped so much of the country this past summer. It doesn’t take more than a few cool nights in a row to remind us that one of the things we love about this season is burning candles. This fall we can set the perfect mood by choosing the right aroma.
Before we consider color or sound let’s talk about aroma. The scents we smell around us have a profound effect on what we feel. Depending on the scent you choose, candles can change your mood. You may find yourself feeling energized, romantic, motivated, relaxed or a number of other states.
When choosing candles to burn during this season consider what fall means to you. For some of us, we have never lost the energy we felt about fall as children. There’s a change in the air from the final stagnant hot days of summer to a crisp alive sensation. Halloween is on it’s way and there is a palpable excitement in the air. If this sounds like you, you can enhance that mood by choosing spice-scented candles. Some spicy candle “flavors” include cinnamon chai, ginger bread and spiced plum.
For others, fall is about warmth; sharing time with friends and family; and eating good food. If this is your idea of a perfect fall you can choose candles that warm these crisp fall days. Luckily, these days there’s no shortage of yummy food scented candles. What comes immediately to mind in this category is vanilla bean, rum raisin, caramel, and of course pumpkin butter.
Perhaps you are looking for neither the excitement of fall nor the warmth, but rather you are like many who find fall a time of deep reflection. This comes as no surprise and may even have deep ancestral roots. Traditionally fall is a time for harvest and setting in stores for the winter. Though the world of spring planting, summer care and fall harvest are distant to many of us it is impossible to shake those natural rhythms, but then again who wants to. There is something comforting in that state of being so why not encourage it. If when you’re ready to sit back and reflect this fall, you want to set an air of clarity consider scents like apple wood, juniper, or fireside. If, on the other hand, you want to reflect with smoother and mellower scents consider coffee scented candles like amaretto latte, and in another room light a biscotti scented candle.
Whether you are the excited type, the warm, family friendly type or the reflective type, this fall you can further accentuate the mood you’re creating by adding the sound of a crackling fire. Don’t have a fireplace? With WoodWick Candles, that’s no longer a problem. If you have never lit, or even heard of a WoodWick Candle you probably will soon. The beauty of these candles is that they have an organic wooden wick that sounds like the popping crackle of a fire. So, go ahead - light a candle, and create your perfect fall day.