Despite what the stores would have us think, it is a bit too early to be doing any sort of serious holiday shit, but I previewed this candle in ‘Mulled Cider and Fir’ and it’s a keeper. Carrying just enough fruitiness to signify fall, and only the slightest hint of fir to signal the onslaught of Christmas, it’s a lovely scent to offer the most teasing glimpse of what shouldn’t begin until next month at the earliest.
It set the attic scene for a rainy day of bleak dreariness, when a storm system set up residence for the entirety of a Saturday. A batch of cardamom and cinnamon rolls, from scratch no less, yeast-infections be damned, was in the oven, and the pictured candle was throwing light and pungent fragrance around the place. It made for a cozy picture on a day when coziness felt in short supply.
This was good practice for the winter to come.
