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What’s the Best Car Freshener? Your Questions, Answered
People ask us about the best car freshener all the time, and the honest answer always starts with a question back: what…
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How to Get a Candle to Burn Evenly (and Stop Tunneling)
You buy a lovely candle, burn it a few times, and then notice the flame sinking into a narrow well with a…
General
Synthetic Essential Oils? What the Label Really Means
Search for synthetic essential oils and you will find a muddle of product pages, forum arguments and confident claims. Let us untangle…
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Silent Scent: What to Know About a Quiet Diffuser
A diffuser that gurgles or hums in a silent room can ruin the very calm it was bought to create. If you…
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Lavender Candles: Why People Love Them and How to Choose One
Lavender is probably the most popular calming scent in the candle aisle, and it is easy to see why. It smells clean,…
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Do Candles Purify the Air? A Straight Look at the Claims
It is a claim you see on labels and social media all the time: burn a candle, and your room gets cleaner…
Fashion
Petitgrain: The Green, Woody Citrus Note Behind Many Colognes
Citrus lovers often assume that every citrus scent comes from fruit peel. Petitgrain proves otherwise. Petitgrain essential oil is crisp, green, a…
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Fir and Grapefruit by Barr and Co.
With the holidays just, a short way off in the future, they’ll be here before we know it. Sometimes it makes my…
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Fragrance Review: Trapp Orange Clove
I didn’t even have to take this one out of the box before I noticed the sweet juicy orange and spicy warm…
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Vintage Christmas Fragrance: Votivo Joie de Noel
Votivo Joie de Noel Holiday Candle I lit this candle in the kitchen and sat down to work. Thirty minutes later, wrapped…