Boyfriend Holiday Scent Controversy!
I am addicted to the smells of Christmas: Pine, gingerbread, roasting chestnuts, burning wood in a fireplace—I love them all.
But my fiancé, it turns out, hates scented candles. "I'm getting a headache," he whines strenuously every time I burn one. One by one, I've had to replace all my favorite candles with sterile, fragrance-free versions. My "holiday" collection sits abandoned, tossed aside next to my too-tall-to-walk-to-work-in heels.
But this is a story of compromise, not blind capitulation: I've stocked my bathroom with Philip B Nordic Wood body wash and Philosophy Sage lotion. Both are pretty and subtle on the skin, give me my holiday scent fix, and don't give Brandon a headache.
—Dawn Spinner, associate beauty editor
December 07, 2007
I feel your pain! My husband hates candles. Have you tried an oil burner? I find that by filling one with water and adding just a couple of drops of scented oil, you get the same room-scenting effect and no headaches.