L’Occitane makes lovely scented candles. I actually don’t think candles are tested on animals, but I still like to support L’Occitane’s cruelty-free ways, and there are few places with better candles!

I picked up the mini trio of candles a year ago (unfortunately they’ve since been discontinued, though sometimes you can pick them up on Ebay). The trio had a Rose scented candle, an Orange Blossom scented candle (since discontinued), and a Vanilla scented candle (since discontinued). Each candle burns for approximately six hours and uses 100% cotton wicks.

I really liked the Rose candle — as I described in a previous post, L’Occitane rose fragrance is a soft, fresh, delicate rose fragrance — it doesn’t smell harsh the way essential oil of rose does. I will definitely buy a large version of this. I kind of liked the orange blossom candle scent — it smells nice, though nothing compared to actually being in a grove of orange trees, which is what I was hoping for. I also kind of liked the vanilla scent — it smells nice, but again, not really like a fresh vanilla bean. I was not disappointed with any of the candles, but while I will definitely buy the rose candle again, I probably won’t buy the Orange Blossom or the Vanilla candles again in the future. Overall, all three of them smelled so much better than many scented candles I’ve bought — I don’t usually spend this much on candles, but these are definitely worth it!

So I will probably buy more L’Occitane candles in the future. It looks like L’Occitane now has an assortment of candles in a number of fragrances: lavender harvest, verbena, lavender amber, honey harvest, green tea, L’Oranger, Rose et Reine Fruity Rose, clementine, chocolate fondant, amber, apple pie, marzipan, sweet cherry, candied fruit, and cinnamon orange. I’m really tempted by the Dessert Candles Set which is a large tin of apple pie, chocolate fondant, rhubarb compote, and marzipan candles, the Home Fragrance Candle Discovery Set with creme caramel, gingerbread, pumpkin chestnut, violet fig, amber, and liquorice wood candles, and the Cherry Blossom Floating Candles, which are pink floating candles in cherry blossom scent. Those look really beautiful.

I did a quick search on L’Occitane candles on MakeupAlley (if you register there you can read lots of great cosmetics reviews). A few L’Occitane candles were reviewed by MakeupAlley members — candied fruit had the highest ranking (4.8/5), then creme caramel, then clementine, then verbena, then green tea (3.0/5). Obviously, all of these reviews reflect numerous people’s highly personal tastes, but I think it’s always useful to see what other people think of these candles.

The L’Occitane Mini Trio of Candles is available on Ebay for $15.50.

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