Food Scented Candles or the Latest Form of Self Tourture

I will never understand the need for deliciously scented candles. Warm apple pie, cinnamon bun, banana bread, brownies, you name it someone has produced it in wax form ready for you to set fire to it. They sell these candles with the idea of filling your kitchen with these comforting and enticing food scents, without all the work of actually cooking.

There's just one problem here; smelling a cinnamon bun has never really done it for me. If I've ever walked passed the Cina-Bun shop in the food court at the mall without stopping, it was certainly by no choice of my own, or against my better judgment. In other words, scent is only a lovely aspect of eating. If eating food were listening to the radio then scent would be the commercial telling you what song is coming up next.

In fact, I believe that the effect scent has on us is a product of evolution. We smell delicious food, our mouths water, to aid in the actual eating process, we eat, we're happy. Tell me; is this some ancient form of Chinese torture? Why on earth would anyone want to get to step two: mouth watering and then cut off the process?

I wonder if anyone out there has thought to market these food scented candles as weight management products. Can you imagine the infomercial for that? Not to mention, if you slap the words weight control, weight management, weight loss, or anything to that effect you can immediately bump the price up by at least 15%. Light a candle; get none of the calories, none of the satisfaction and way more frustration than if you were just starving yourself alone!

I think I'm going to start selling some food scented candles of my own. I'll have it all, just like those big name candle people. You'll be able to buy my candles in courses; I'm talking breakfast, brunch, lunch, diner and dessert, maybe even mid-afternoon snack.