Candle Shelf Life
Do Candles Expire? Burn the good candles! When I was planning the launch of Whiskey & Woof, I was interviewing a graphic designer who wanted to move into the luxury space. We were getting along well when she told me she had used the same Yankee Candle to scent her apartment for ten years. It had never been burned and she opened the jar for half an hour to scent the room when friends were coming over and then she would replace the glass top on it. My lungs felt a sympathy pang. I could only imagine what she was smelling and what she was putting her friends through. After ten years, the condition of a candle is likely to...