I haven't had any good experience with inexpensive candles. They don't smell good. Actually, they don't really give out any scent at all. Just a candle burning away uselessly.

I'm the same way about not liking a lot of light. Especially overhead lights. I'm constantly turning them off after someone leaves them on.

Lord knows that crap is only good for burning up anyway. Blech.

Certainly one pays for quality, like in everything else. I've bought good candles and I know there's a difference. I like the light and the bit of odor; it's just me and a cat. Plus, I'm hard of smelling. :)

I buy cheap ones. the expensive ones are overpowering and generally just too sweet and icky. You just gotta be careful -some cheap ones smell like toilet cleaner

scored a goalie stick for $3.50 today. Hector doesn't need any more sticks, didn't have a measuring tape to tell if it was his size paddle, blade curve looked a little too much but hell, $3.50 -beat up sticks sell for $30 and this one is autographed by someone and clearly hasn't been used since that happened when it was fairly new. Turned out the paddle was exactly the right size for hector, as was the angle of the blade, and the curve is something he's been looking to experiment with.....

We have a shop here called Dusk which sells all that candle type stuff. Some is ok, some I don't like.

My favourite candles to burn are some small ones which were limited edition of my favourite fragrance by narcisso rodriguez. I'm nearly out of them now, and I stocked up.

I make my own candles from old hockey tape (microwave it to melt it), bacon fat and a little salt. I uses twisted tape for the wick. I have used (jockstrap) cups as a mold, but only as a joke. I usually use disposable drinking cups.

(It's a fantastic fundraiser, makes people laugh, but they can't help but buy.....)