The Better Scented Candle: Yankee Candles Versus Partylite Candles

In recent years, candles have become a booming business. People use them to scent their homes, as decorations, and even as aromatherapy. Two of the best known and most expensive candle companies are Yankee and Partylite.

Partylite sellers are best known for coming to your home and selling their products at candle parties similar to a Tupperware or Mary Kay party. A consultant will demonstrate many of the company's candles and candle related items such as holders, wick trimmers, lanterns, chandeliers, and the like. The party's host receives free and/or discounted products based on the number of attendees and the amount of sales that result from her party.

Yankee candles are sold in retail stores, usually in malls. A select few businesses other than Yankee Candle stores, including Cracker Barrel and Bed Bath & Beyond, also carry a limited number of Yankee brand candles. Yankee candle stores carry not only candles, but candle holders, lanterns, wick trimmers, car air fresheners, and other related items.

Both of these companies carry candles in a variety of scents. Yankee has many more scents than Partylite, and the selection changes with every season. In addition to the standards, Yankee Candle carries very unique scents such as Iced Tea, Green Grass, and Sunwashed Linen. Partylite's scents tend toward the more traditional favorites such as vanilla, cinnamon, and fruit scents.

Both companies also offer candles in many different shapes and sizes. Traditional jar candles, pillar candles, and votives are generally available in each of the scents the company carries. I have noticed that Partylite's most unique shapes and sizes are offered in only a limited selection of scents. Shoppers who wish to purchase tea lights from Partylight are much more limited in their scent selection than that of Yankee Candle; Yankee's tea lights are much more varied in their available scents. Round or extremely large candles (such as three-wick candles) are even more limited. Yankee Candle does not offer all of its scents in these unusually shaped candles, but they do have a better selection than Partylite.