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How to choose wedding candle scents?

Those brides who opt for scented wedding candles often have a hard time selecting just the right wedding candle scents. There are so many types of wedding candles and wedding candle scents to choose from that it is easy to become confused. However, if you are planning a wedding, just follow these tips for selecting the right fragrance of wedding candles for your big day:

1) Choose a scent that compliments the scent you will be wearing. If you have a favorite perfume or fragrance that you will be wearing, consider finding wedding candles in a similar scent. Read the packaging of your perfume to find out what the dominant notes are and then find candles to match. For example, if your favorite fragrance is freesia with notes of vanilla, look for freesia wedding candles and add a few vanilla candles as well. Your wedding candles will surround you with your favorite fragrance.

2) Choose a scent that symbolizes something. Flowers have long been associated with secret meanings. Some of these meanings are very romantic. You can easily choose a favorite emotion that you want to express and then match your wedding candle fragrance to that meaning. For inspiration, look at the following list of what different flowers symbolize:

Acacia – Friendship, Secret love
Almond — Hope
Alyssum — Beauty
Amaranth — Unfading love
Beech — Prosperity
Calla — Beauty
Camelia – Excellence, Loveliness
Chrysanthemum – Love, Truth
Forget me not — True Love
Heliotrope — Faithfulness
Honeysuckle — Devoted affection
Lemon Blossoms — Fidelity
Lilac — First Love, Youthful Innocence
Orange Blossoms – Purity, Loveliness
Pear — Affection
Rose — Love
Sweet Basil — Good Wishes
Violet – Faithfulness, Happiness
Water Lily — Purity of Heart, Freedom

3) Choose a scent that compliment your flowers. If you will have roses featured prominently among your wedding flowers, opt for rose wedding candles. If you have gardenias, opt for wedding candles scented with gardenia. Your wedding candles will reinforce your flowers and make their scent carry more. Don’t forget that complimentary does not mean matching. If your wedding will have lots of flowers, you can pair like fragrances together for richer, more complex scents. For example, if you will have exotic flower such as jasmine at your wedding, you can opt for exotic scented candles in fragrances such as gardenia or honeysuckle. The fragrances will play off one another, creating many layers of scent.

4) Choose a favorite scent that means something to you and your future spouse. Did your spouse ever give you a specific flower in a bouquet? Find that fragrance in wedding candles. Did you go together on a special date associated with a specific fragrance? Look for that fragrance for your wedding candles.

5) Simply sniff test until you both find a fragrance that pleases you. There does not have to be any rhyme or reason to the wedding candle scents you choose. You can simply try several wedding candle scents until you find one you like. There is certainly no rule that states that your wedding candles have to match any scent or symbolize anything, so go ahead and opt for any scent you like. It’s your big day – you can even opt for an entire rainbow of scented wedding candles to light your way into your new life together.

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