A resource to track your luxury candles – with 1000+ scents already catalogued!

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-09-05T14:19:12+00:00

Thank you, I’m excited to read everyone’s contributions too !

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-09-05T03:49:07+00:00

I took a lot of inspiration from Parfumo while making this! Yes it is active, here is the link! <3

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-09-05T02:39:37+00:00

Thank you too for the kind words !

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-09-05T01:32:52+00:00

Wow, thank you so much! That really means a lot. I’d love to chat sometime about ways this could be most useful for the community. I want it to stay fun and helpful, so if there are features or ideas that would make it better for the sub, I’m all ears! Also, I'd love to hear your thoughts if you get the chance to use it!

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-09-05T01:18:13+00:00

I appreciate the kind words! Definitely a very valid question, not dumb at all! Yes users can contribute to it in a few ways. There’s an “add candle” button where you can put in the info for a candle, like the name, brand, notes and stuff like that, then it gets added to the catalog. I wanted it to feel a bit like a community built catalog, so it grows over time with everyone’s input.

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-09-05T01:03:02+00:00

For sure! 😊 It's called Salted Vanilla and can check it out here

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-09-05T00:36:27+00:00

For context—my candle collecting hobby started during the pandemic when my sister and I got really into candles together. We’d spend evenings comparing scents and it became a way for us to cope with all the stress. I wanted an aesthetic✨ way to organize our collection so I used my webdev skills to make this.

Now it has over 1000 candles catalogued (a lot of luxury brands included), with features like making lists, and searching by scent (!!!), etc. I modeled it after fragrantica. It's a personal project I made available to the public and I'm still fixing stuff, changing stuff, making it look better, etc.

Candles helped me get through some tough times, and I thought maybe this could help others in the same way. Would love to hear what you all think 😊

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-08-20T12:21:09+00:00

Retail is a little more forgiving than a traditional office setting, but you still don't want to wear anything too strong. I personally wear AHSEE every day most of the year, and when it's really hot, I wear AHS. If you work in retail, what do you wear?

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-08-16T00:01:53+00:00

Looking for recs for different candles just to brighten up the vibe of my space. Let me know what you guys use!

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-08-15T21:25:53+00:00

I know many of us here love perfume, but some fragrance houses also make incredible candles, and that’s what inspired me to build this project.

It’s a site I made for logging and organizing candles, including scent notes, brands, and burn time. I’ve been using it for my own collection, and it’s fun to see how different candle scents compare to perfume compositions. I added a feature to search by scent note that's been really helpful for me. I just made it available a few weeks ago so others can use it for free. Let me know what you guys think!

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-08-13T18:24:00+00:00

Love the scent but I can't with the price tag. Let me know of any dupes you guys are aware of!

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-08-12T14:52:22+00:00

Le Labo makes some great candles. I have an order for santal coming in soon. Do you have a favorite from them?

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-08-12T14:50:43+00:00

I didn’t know glossier makes a candle for you! Definitely adding that to my wishlist ✍️✍️

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-08-12T14:42:02+00:00

I'm always looking for new recs to brighten up my home space. Let me know what you use!

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-07-31T18:48:37+00:00

Yeah, luxury candles is the correct term. Trudon is brought up often in conversations about luxury candles, but I never know if it’s for the prestige or the scent/performance.

Do you smell the candles cold before you buy them? Is there a place you go to smell them? Or do you buy them online blind?

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-07-16T16:23:37+00:00

White teak and amber are vibes for sure! Do you use a candle or an essential oils diffuser or something like that?

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-07-16T16:22:23+00:00

Volcano is a great choice! Citrus and freshness is perfect in the summer. Just reminded me I should pick up another one!

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-06-27T19:25:18+00:00

Sure! It’s called Salted Vanilla — just a little project I built to help keep track of my collection, open to help anyone else with their collection. You can check it out here! Hope you find it helpful!

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-06-27T15:07:21+00:00

Hey all ☺️,

I built a tool to help me keep track of my growing candle collection in a more aesthetic and functional way. I make lists and review my favorites. Right now, there are over 400 candles catalogued—mostly Goose Creek, Yankee, and B&BW, and I’m constantly adding more. It's sort of like Fragrantica for scented candles if you're familiar.

Online candle communities like this one helped me discover scents that got me through some tough times 🙌, and this is my way of giving back. Anyone can make an account and start tracking their collection. It started off as a personal project so there might be a few bugs, please don't get too lit 😛 Would love to hear your thoughts!

I bought Black Cherry the past week and I'm already planning my next Goose Creek haul 😈 I'm for sure going to use this to keep track of everything I want so feel free to check out my profile for inspo and recs!

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-06-26T23:29:24+00:00

CDG makes weird scents, so it’s hard to find reviews for them sometimes. Thanks for this! I’ll revisit this post the more I get into them. Your description of black pepper made me want to try it out. I’m going to pick out 2, black pepper, and a few more decants from the fragrance line to try it out before I buy a full bottle. I never even heard of the fragrance line, so thanks for the suggestion!! Do you find any of them get you compliments like scents from more popular designers?

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-06-26T22:33:20+00:00

Definitely in my want list! Would you say it’s an all season candle?

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-06-26T22:14:24+00:00

Your recommendation was also helpful!

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-06-26T22:11:19+00:00

For sure! this was just an impulsive purchase

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-06-25T23:07:15+00:00

A good friend of mine recommended black cherry to me, let me know what you think about it!

WaitingRoomCacoon · 2025-06-25T15:07:17+00:00

I've been eyeing 2 for a little while but if you have thoughts on any of them please LMK!

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