Apple Scented Candles

If you're a long time visitor to CandleFind, you know I haven't written a review for a while.  After finding Christina and seeing the awesome reviews she could write for your enjoyment, I let her take over the candle reviews so I could spend time on other important CandleFind things.  Anyway, I'm back and rarin' to go!

Since apples and Fall go hand in hand to me, I thought an apple scent review would be really helpful for all of you.  When I was a kid, my mom used to take my sisters and I to an apple orchard in the Fall where we bought their freshly picked apples and their own homemade apple cider.  I just loved being outside at this place...we played in the leaves while the clear, cool Fall breeze whirled the smell of apples around us.  It was the best! Whenever we went, it just signaled the beginning of Fall to me.  Ok...enough of my memories...back to candles....

Lately, my favorite candles are from Pure Integrity Soy Candles. Any scent I've tried so far from this company has been very authentic and strong.  The candles don't tunnel if you burn them correctly and most importantly, I don't think they bother my allergies and asthma like some other candles do.Since I've been on a Pure Integrity kick, I was talking with Jeff, the president of the company, a few weeks ago.  He was telling me that his all-time favorite candle scent is apple, which is why there are so many apple scents available on their site.  They have 5 total apple scents! I've never come across so many apple scents on a candle site until now.  Anyway, when Jeff told me about his apple candles, a light bulb went off in my head.  I thought it would be fun to try all 5 scents and write one big old apple review for Fall.  So, that's what I've been doing lately...my house has been smelling so "appley!"

Normally, I would never choose apples as my first scent of choice when buying candles.  I'm a big bakery fan and just love Vanilla and Cookie type scents, but I figured I should branch out so I can be a more well rounded candle expert... lol!  (I'm no expert...just a candle lover like you!)

The 5 apple scents from Pure Integrity that I've been burning are: Hot Mulled Cider, Macintosh Apple, Apple Crisp, Hot Apple Strudel and Apple Spice.  Do you think they offer enough apple scents? :-)

How Did My Apple Candles Smell?

To kick off my first apple scent review from Pure Integrity, let's take a look at the description of Hot Mulled Cider from their web site:

"A spicy bouquet of fresh mulled macintosh apples with a touch of cinnamon and clove.  A wonderful warm reteat on a glorious, cool fall day."

The most accurate thing in this description is the phrase "warm retreat."  Ahh...this scent is SO comforting to me. It just warms me from the inside out.  It smells EXACTLY like a soothing cup of hot mulled cider.  The description from Pure Integrity says a "spicey bouquet."  I can smell the spices a bit, but they do not dominate this scent by any means.

This candle has a strong scent throw.  To my pleasure, it filled my whole medium-size family room.  The other day I was burning it for several hours before my husband came home from work.  He usually NEVER notices a scent that I'm burning unless it's really strong, but he did notice this one.  He mentioned later that evening about smelling something good when he came home.  I was glad he spoke up because after being in the house all day with a candle, I start to get immune to the smell and it's strength.  I was also happy about his comment because he comes home through the front door and I was burning this candle all day in the back of the house.  That just shows you how this warming scent can makes it's way through the air!

Even though this scent is such a warm and comforting retreat for me, I was having a hard time picking out the individual "ingredients" in the scent, so I searched "hot mulled cider" on Google to see exactly what's in it.  I noticed that the recipe includes brown sugar. Now that I know that, I can definitely pick it up in the scent.  I think the brown sugar contributes to the oh-so warm feeling I get from this scent.  To me, out of all the apple scents from Pure Integrity Soy Candles, this scent is best one for creating that cozy Fall feeling in the house!  This would be a very appropriate scent to have burning during any Fall or Halloween parties you plan on having.

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