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Champagne Lights Midnight Romance Candle Review

Posted on July 14th, 2009 in Bedroom Bling, Reviews

While I’m not generally sensitive to smells, I’ve never been a huge fan of scented candles. Don’t get me wrong, I love candles, but I prefer them non-scented.

That said, I wanted to try something different, and so I decided to test one of Champagne Lights supposed ‘Pheromone Candles’.  Pheromones, you ask?  Pheromones are chemical signals that are given off by some kinds of animals (and a great many types of insects) to trigger a response in other members of the same species.  There are many types of pheromones, but I would assume that the type Champagne Lights had in mind were of the sexual nature.  That said, there is absolutely NO evidence anywhere what products claiming to contain pheromones will actually influence human behaviour at all.  It’s a fun thought, but it just doesn’t work.

My first thought when I caught a wiff of this candle was “Wow, they are using the pheromones from a 75 year old lady”.  It smelled like older lady perfume.  Perhaps I’m in the minority here, but when I think of my grandma, I don’t think sex.  The smell was a turn-off, although I liked that this isn’t a standard wax candle.  The wax is actually in the form of tiny beads, with a wick in the middle.

This candle is very long-burning.  I lit mine and then ignored it for over 2 hours and there had been very little reduction in the wax.  Another plus was that the scent really didn’t spread into the room, so I can still use this candle without worrying that my bedroom will begin smelling like Eau du Great Aunt Mary.

I haven’t tried any of the other scents, but I’d pass on the Midnight Romance, unless you’re into that sort of thing.  Also never fall for the ‘pheromone’ selling point, it’s crap.

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