Scented candles don't make your home smell "good" they just fill the air with chemicals you end up breathing in, amirite?

What? Smelling good =/= clean air. It's literally not the point of perfume smoke.

by Lopsided_Exam 3 days ago

Scented candles don't make your home smell "good" they just fill the air with chemicals you end up breathing in These two statements are not mutually exclusive. What if I told you all odor is chemicals in the are you are breathing in? Literally nobody thinks burning candles is "cleaning the air". Doesn't mean they don't think they smell good.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Right?! Air is 100% made of chemicals.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Isn't smelling just humans sensing the chemical in the air?

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Yeah, this is pretty much all smelling

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Shhhh, let them cook.

by Fluffy-Emu 3 days ago

But cHeMiCaLS!! My coworker loves to be afraid of everything he has decided has "chemicals" because he doesn't understand how chemicals work, so this may be a pet peeve of mine

by Anonymous 3 days ago

umm VOCs are pretty much harmful chemicals but okay

by Clifton96 3 days ago

Cooking food in your house also releases VOCs. What's your point?

by Anonymous 3 days ago

I think OP's point is that scented candles are intentional. People literally pay to put bad things into the air. With regards to cooking, the VOCs are byproducts or something else that is essential - cooking

by Anonymous 3 days ago

True, I ventilate when I cook. My point is lighting fragrance just to add VOCs feels unnecessary when opening a window works fine.

by Carroll12 3 days ago

Except it doesn't always. I live in a condo and the airflow is awful. I can open windows all I want but it just… sits

by Garfield52 3 days ago

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by Anonymous 3 days ago

I just inhaled some VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS from my asshole after farting. What's your point? If I open my window right now I'm just going to be inhaling VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS from the sulfuric well water all my neighbors are watering their yard with.

by pietrojacobson 3 days ago

... How is opening a window anything like lighting a scented candle? Also... Maybe don't talk about VOCs like they're the toxic bane of our existence. You clearly don't actually know what it is or what the risks may be.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

VOCs? Stfu

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Saying it's just chemical smoke is valid but saying it doesn't smell good isn't by any metric

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Not true, my sister's dollar store "summer breeze" candle smells like old sunscreen and buttholes

by Anonymous 3 days ago

That could be what the summer breeze smells like outside a Florida strip club?

by Anonymous 3 days ago

You may not be wrong

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Maybe because it's a dollar.

by Dorthacrona 3 days ago

I mean. It does smell good while it's doing all that though lol

by Anonymous 3 days ago

I only got one life, might as well enjoy it without fear.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Man I hate chemicals. It's almost like they are like, everywhere.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

You need to /s

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Doesn't everyone know this? How is this a hot take?

by LeastBarnacle744 3 days ago

You literally just described what smells are.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

If you trim and maintain your candle wicks and burn your candles appropriately, there is minimal smoke and no soot, only cozy light and wonderful smells to enjoy. Scented candles are actually one of life's underrated and inexpensive pleasures.

by Antique-Mobile 3 days ago

If you use a candle warmer there is no soot at all. You just have to get rid of the excess wax now and then.

by Zrunolfsdottir 3 days ago

Yes, but the cozy light of the flame is a major reason for burning candles.

by Antique-Mobile 3 days ago

Not arguing that!

by Zrunolfsdottir 3 days ago

Trimming definitely helps with soot but it doesn't remove the VOCs from the fragrance itself. That's why I'd still rather just air out.

by Carroll12 3 days ago

You aren't worried that every single plant outside your windows are spewing volatile organic compounds into the air?

by howelljarrod 3 days ago

Where do you think the wax goes?

by Flimsy_Holiday 3 days ago

Into the air, obviously. But like I said, if you maintain the wicks and burn for appropriate intervals, there is negligible smoke and soot involved.

by Antique-Mobile 3 days ago

Scented candles don't make your home smell "good" they just fill the air with chemicals you end up breathing in Those aren't mutually exclusive

by Anonymous 3 days ago

I don't think anyone is using candles to "clean the air." They do it to make it smell like the candle.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Im breathing in chemicals that smell good.

by Traditional_Fall7292 3 days ago

Chemical compounds in the air we breathe is what causes things to smell the way they do. You can argue they aren't great for you and don't clean the air, but they obviously do make your home smell a certain way and depending on your personal preference that is going to be good.That is what people who buy scented candles bought them for.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Worth it.

by otha93 3 days ago

No one is buying candles thinking that they are making a room cleaner, lol. Should people be mindful of what is being created or spread around when anything is burned in their home? Certainly. You can just not really care for candles, and that's fine. They're ambiance. To freshen the vibe of a room up a little bit, not literally freshen anything. I like to light one while I'm cleaning up around the house sometimes, or to have near me while I'm reading.

by NameNo 3 days ago

Oh no! Anyways..

by quigleychristy 3 days ago

we all die eventually!! i'd rather have the chemicals w the good smells while i got them

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Facts. I think they smell like migraine

by Anonymous 3 days ago

It's supposed to be sandalwood not SANDALWOOD

by sbotsford 3 days ago

The only problem I see with this is people who don't care about their pets. Gonna be hard to explain to the vet that you like glade plug ins when your dog is throwing up for "no reason".

by theoaltenwerth 3 days ago

I used to enjoy scented candles so much, especially around the holidays. But they started giving me horrible headaches. Now I limit them to vanilla scented and only when I can have windows open

by PhysicalStretch 2 days ago

That's a fact. Not an opinion. Seen somewhere that burning candles makes indoors air x times worse than some of the air of metropolitan cities

by minakoss 2 days ago

This is an unpopular opinion? All that crap candles and febreze stuff just masks the smell of your home or car with chemicals. You're breathing in cancer that'll hit you years later

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I'm gonna blow your mind here OP: Almost everything is made of chemicals. Water? Chemical. oxygen? Chemical. Your grandmas special casserol? Beleive it it not, chemicals. Smelling nice and clean are entirely seperate ideas that arent mutually exclusive.

by Caylakub 2 days ago

Candles are a major reason woman who dont smoke have high rates of lung cancer

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Jokes on you I live next to two methane flares and a highway so my house is already full of VOCs, at least the candles smell good

by Danielrosina 2 days ago

The real killer is that dihydrogen monoxide

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I agree my moms obsessed with scented 🕯️ yet the smell doesn't go away since all she did was cover 🆙 the 👃

by kellenwalsh 2 days ago

yeah but those chemicals smell gooood

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Totally right. I abhor scented anything. The only scents I use are 100% essential oils. Even laundry I do with pure lye.

by okonadaline 2 days ago