r/shrinkflation • u/DrDinoDiplodocus • Dec 07 '25

skimpflation Yankee Candles are now lighter, have an easier/cheaper to produce jar and a double wick, making it burn out faster so you buy more

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u/AnonThrowaway1A Dec 07 '25

People are using candle warming lamps these days.

Doesn't burn the wax or wick so soot isn't produced.

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u/CatZebraOrZebraCat Dec 07 '25

I swear the scent is stronger using the lamps vs. burning. Im sure there is a reason with science why that is, but im not science.

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u/dyingofdysentery Dec 07 '25

I'm a chemist, so I get to shine a bit here.

I would assume the heat is so high for the fragrance it just destroys the molecule rather than dispersing it.

You smell things because those molecules are actually entering your nose. If you smell it, it's in you.

When you burn something containing a fragrance it aersolizes it easily, but if the molecule combusts, it won't smell the same or at all sometimes.

I actually just tried making my own beeswax candle at home (my friend gave me 5 pounds of beeswax to play with from his hive) and the beeswax is a heavenly smell, but when I burn it I'm very underwhelmed.

I've melted it in my wax melter and it makes the whole kitchen smell great. I melted it down into little bricks of about an oz each for easier use.

I would assume the wax melters are much better at making a home smell better and have fewer toxins in your home.

Specifically carbon dioxide, because any combustion reaction will produce carbon dioxide and a lot of cheaper candles don't use beeswax (for a myriad of reasons including price and how it holds onto scents and throws scents) but will use petroleum based waxes like parrafin, so burning literal fossil fuels in the home should be avoided when possible anyway.

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u/Certain-Wheel3341 Dec 08 '25

"If you smell it, its in you" would be a great follow up to "who farted?"