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My grandma's trick for making cheap candles smell like a $30 one, and I can't believe it works
I was helping my grandma clean out her attic in Waco last month and she had this box of plain white pillar candles she got for like 50 cents each at a garage sale years ago. She told me she never buys fancy scented ones anymore because she just rubs a little bit of vanilla extract on them before lighting. I kind of rolled my eyes but tried it that night and wow, the whole room smelled like a bakery for hours. The trick is you have to do it right before you light it, not let it sit, or the alcohol dries up and you lose the smell. I've been doing this for about three weeks now and my $4 box of candles smells better than the $28 jar I used to buy at the mall. If you use almond extract it smells like marzipan, which is a little weird for a living room but great for the kitchen. Has anyone else tried this with other extracts or is there a better way to get the scent to last longer?
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paige5141mo ago
My friend uses orange extract, smells like a creamsicle.
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