Blue Hydrangea and Patchouli

Yesterday I mentioned that you should always wait to burn a candle a second time before you mark it up as a waste of money because it doesn't throw.  This one is a prime example.

Last spring I scored a Blue Hydrangea during some glitch sale.  I've always wanted one but already having a regular hydrangea I always opted to find other candles to buy that didn't fall in the same scent range.  I finally decided to order one because so many people raved about it and I loved the color and the label.  I was so excited to burn it that it was the first one out of the box that I lit right away.  However, I was so disappointed when I couldn't smell it at all.  Nada.  Nothing.  So many people said theirs had a great throw and yet mine seemed to be lacking any scent at all.  After a couple of hours I blew it out and decided to try a different candle.  My disappointment was so great that it took me several months before I decided to try it again.  That last comment was totally sarcastic.  I don't really take myself that seriously.  I was honestly too busy burning other candles that this one just got forgotten.

Anyway, I pulled it out again this morning and after about half an hour I was pleasantly surprised to realize that I could smell it a little bit.  An hour later I could really smell it.  And now that it's been burning and has developed a full pool it's throwing like a champ.

The scent is really lovely and it is different from Hydrangea.  Even though it says "Blue Hydrangea", I can smell green notes in it and I feel like this one might be a cross between Hydrangea and Greenhouse.  More strong on the Hydrangea than the Greenhouse but that green note is definitely there.  I'm enjoying it very much today and I'm so glad I gave it another burn.  So the lesson of the day is that sometimes it takes a burn or two before a candle really gets going.

Mini review; Patchouli
Yesterday evening I burned my medium Patchouli jar after I blew the BPT out.  It produced a nice pool (I always use my self-crocheted candle cozy and an Illumalid) and I was surprised that the throw wasn't very strong.  I could smell it and it produced a nice licorice/cinnamon scent but I could only smell it in wafts when I was sitting in my chair.  I couldn't smell it anywhere else in the room.  Later in the fall I will give it another go.  I'm sure it will do better.  Patchouli is an unusual scent so you really have to be accepting of it in order to want to own one of these candles but it's really nice for a fall scent, especially a Halloween one.