Scented Candles… they’re everywhere, some smell amazing as they are intended, some miss the mark but are still decent, and some are supposed to smell good… but don’t, seriously, how can you mess up pine?! but I digress, what if there are candles that are supposed to not smell good or smell strange ON PURPOSE? Well, you have The Stinky Candle Company the makers of candles that will get you thrown out of the house OR confuse the hell out of your dorm roommates. I want to thank Jeff and the other folks over at The Stinky Candle Company for sending over some of their candles for me to try out!
The range of candles and wax melts they have in their arsenal of scents range from pleasant to Jesus Christ What The F*ck Is Wrong With You?! with some “Huh?” scents mixed in there… I have scents from each of those categories. First the more pleasant scents. My favorite out of all the candles is the Wet Grass one, it’s hard to describe the scent but it’s actually a nice fragrance, it almost reminds me of a lotion or Mellon scent, to be honest. Next up is the Grandpa’s Pipe, a bit spicy more than tobacco (maybe because my Grandpa smoked Prince Albert).
Next up is the “Huh?” category of scents I have. The Whiskey candle has a spicy and woody scent that would make the Swanson in your family happy. Next up is my second favorite scent, Garlic! Not only does the scent invoke culinary inspiration, but it may also help keep some vampires away too! For the plant person in your life, there’s the Potting Soil candle. Those with green thumbs can agree that this candle smells like a freshly opened bag of potting soil for that “last plant” they just bought.
Now, we’re at the final stretch with some of the most fowl-smelling candles I ever had to smell. The scent was so strong that I could smell it coming from the box it came in! When it comes to which of the two is the worst, I don’t want to smell again fearing I’ll either destroy my nose OR lose my lunch. Possibly the strongest of the two is the Body Odor candle. The smell of this one was so strong I smelled it before I took it out of its packaging. Not necessarily the pungent odor of a locker room, high school hallway, Or Comic Con, but definitely a bag full of sweaty socks! Finally, we have Rotting Flesh. For some reason, I thought this was going to smell more like raw beef than anything but I took a deep inhale and it took everything I had left in me to not Regan MacNeil all over the place.
These candles have their uses I’m sure, depending on what candle you get and for what purpose, Stinky Candles are for people with horrible intentions as they can easily be weaponized for pranks. More creative minds will find uses to bring life to their haunted house, horror movie night, or tabletop gaming sessions. A unique gift for yourself or for someone else, Stinky Candles from The Stinky Candle Company live up to the name.
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