Melting Every Candle From Bath & Body Works Together

- Hello friends and welcome to another video! Today, I'm going to melt one of each Bath & Body Works

candle

s into a Franken

candle

. - That's right, bad makeup science is evolving into... bad science, I guess. So I previously mixed

every

beauty guru's eyeshadow palette and

every

Sephora lipstick, to find the average or most marketable eyeshadow or lipstick shade with generally pleasing results. And then, of course, my little eyes have been looking for something else to mix in. And seeing as it's the holiday season, the first thing that came to mind was Bath & Body Works, who go crazy during the holidays with their seasonal candles.

Now, Bath & Body Works has been around for a while. In the early to mid 2000s, they were especially known for their

body

sprays, of which I had many. But over the years, their candle set has become one of the most well-known parts of their brand. With the help of the demand they create with their big Candle Day sale and the seasonal limited edition candles they release, people are freaking out about Bath & Body Works candles. Az4Angela: I look around, there's hardly anyone in the damn store! *exhales loudly* Saf: And I'm not immune to this. I also love a good three-wick burner, and they have such a large inventory of candles that they really have something for every nose.

So I was thinking, if I bought one of every candle Bath & Body Works sells, especially now that they have both their inventory of regular scents and their holiday scents, could I create the ultimate mega layered candle in my wildest style? Dreams? Something that

works

for all seasons, like Christmas in July? Well, there's only one way to find out. Alright! Let's do it! We're outside Bath & Body Works right now and we're going to go in and try to buy one of every candle fragrance they sell. Now, looking at the website, we notice that they have several listings for candles with the same name.

Alright, they both say Mahogany Teakwood. So before I bought any, I wanted to see if they were actually different scents or just the same candle with different packaging. I think they are the same. So I guess we only need one of these. So, that's candle number 1. With that figured out, I pretty much went to work grabbing candles. And unlike lipsticks, candles are big and heavy. Then my bag started to fill up quickly. I'm just covered in candles. Can I give you this bag? Tyler: Yeah. - So after sweeping the store and going from rack to rack to make sure we had at least one of every scent available in this place... (Safiya jumped) Oooh!

Alright. ...we leave. But even though we had what seemed like a ton of candles, we soon realized we didn't have as many as we had counted online. In fact, I'm pretty sure we only have about 60 candles here. Oh! 55. 55 candles. Which is actually about half of all the candles we need. So we're going to have to fill some holes. Now, when we brought our candles home, we compared them to the list of candles we found online and quickly noticed that a good number of the candles we had purchased in the store did not appear on the website at all.

And on top of that, most of the ones not listed were limited edition Christmas candles. So, I ordered all the remaining candles that were available online and then looked for another Bath & Body Works to see if there were any holiday ones that weren't in the first store. Saf: Lucky for us, they had plenty of Christmas candles. But, unfortunately for us, many of the Christmas candle names sound very similar to each other. But we ended up finding 27 more candles that we hadn't found either in the first store or online. So I'd say it was a success! And adding that to the 55 candles from the first store and the 35 candles ordered on the website, we ended up with 117 different candles.

There were one or two that were sold out online and probably a couple that we didn't even know about and couldn't find, but I would say we bought almost every candle available at Bath and Body Works. Pretty close. Okay, these are all of our uncovered candles. Safiya: No cover? Just to, you know, see what I'm getting into. I mean, with all of them open, I get so many different aromas in my nostrils that it's hard to think. It's a little harder to say here, but it smells like Froot Loops here, I think. And based solely on the fact that it smells a little different as I move, I don't think we'll be able to determine what the final scent will be from this alone, so I think it's time to start figuring it out. how exactly we are going to melt them all

together

.

So I'm going to categorize these candles into scent families based on which ones I think go

together

. They also list the fragrance notes for each candle on the bottom of the jar and on the website. But for my purposes, I'll group them subjectively. And once they're all sorted, my process is basically to take a melon baller and scoop out a little bit of wax from each candle to put into our mixture. And hopefully, a tablespoon of over 100 candles will gather enough wax to make one candle! The Frankencandela. The

works

of Frank & Body. Safiya: Also, this hot plate is not turned on.

I'll put all the cold wax in first and then melt it. So our first category of aromas is food. Not Christmas foods, more like brunch foods. And I'm going to start with this: French baguette. This is our only single-wick candle, because it's the only one we couldn't find in a three-wick candle. Others are available in the smaller jar but I like the large ones. Oh! That smells wonderful! It smells like a toasted croissant. Okay, then I'm going to start collecting. This one has the smallest surface area to pick up, so it could be difficult. Saf: Oh my god.

Saf: Oh, there we go, there we go! Tyler: Oh yeah! Saf: Okay, next I'm going to use this as a giant toothpick to get the wax out of the melon. Because it is not stuck, but rather has wax. And with that, we have a blown candle, hundreds to go! Well, about a hundred or so. Alright, let's start getting into our rhythm here. You know what I mean? Let's start collecting. Saf: Let's start... dancing! I raise my leg like... like a stork. Saf: That's how I play. So in this food category we have 10 candles, most of which are generally sweet.

And most of its aromatic notes have to do with vanilla, sugar, sea salt and different fruits. That is, peaches, lemons and all kinds of berries. And although I would say that many of them have similar notes, they have different levels of boldness. Tyler: What is that? Saf: Ah! (disgusted noise) I feel like there are like two buckets of candles. Like candles you can stick your face in and candles that stick your face in. Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Like this Banana Split Milkshake candle is almost offensive, but it's not even the meanest of the bunch. Well, this is a Blueberry Maple Pancake candle, which smells a little like a blueberry punched IHOP in the face. (Tyler laughing) Saf: Yeah.

And the smell gets stronger when I dig it out with the melon baller. Saf: (overwhelmed) Ooooooaaahhh! That's a strong question. Mr. Grinch. And then this is the last food-scented candle, at least until we get to the seasonal ones. And this one is called Georgia Peach. (Southern accent) There's been a murder in Savannah, Georgia! I know no one in Georgia talks like that anymore... Saf: But I'm really just referencing The Office right now. So, with all that wax collected, let's take a look at our concoction so far. Oh! (Saf laughs) Right now, I pretty much only smell blueberries, but we'll see what happens in the next few hours.

Next, we'll move on to what I would call the "spa scent" category. And I would generalize them by saying: It seems like it would be nice if someone sprayed it in your face. So an important staple for the notes in this section are flowers, plus the somewhat ambiguous fragrance of water, which I think fits the spa theme, as well as a hint of citrus. And I think overall these leafy, floral spa scents are a little less spicy. They are more of a fragrance than a smell. And I think maybe because of their subtlety, some of them really strike chords of nostalgia.

Like Villa Bergamota. This one smells like the Colonial Williamsburg gift shop. And White Tea & Ginger, which smells like... ...my doll when I was 5 years old. Saf: Yes, definitely! (laughs) Very good. So, checking the pot again... Hmm. MMM. It definitely smells a little more floral, but I still smell the blueberry. Am! I swear! With a touch of lemon or something. Alright. So after this category, I have three candles that smell like Abercrombie & Fitch. They are all like a variation of teak wood, which must simply mean the smell of Abercrombie & Fitch. Oh yeah. That's Abercrombie. I know this smell well.

It haunts me in my dreams. I just listen to loud house music and smell this aroma. They also have this one called Mahogany Teakwood High Intensity, which is for when you want to smell like you walked into Abercrombie & Fitch with your friends in 2007 and never left. And then the next category is six aromatherapy candles, with two eucalyptus candles in the group. And after all that, our concoction smells like... blueberry. (laughs) With a pinch of soap. So I'm not sure if any of the therapeutic elements of these candles will make it into the final blend. I don't know if anyone can really relax when they smell that blueberry.

So our next category is summer. So I'll start this round with Margaret Island. There are 18 candles in this category and, in fact, a good number of them are named after drinks. Now we have a whole separate alcoholic drinks section below, but I would say they are like SUMMER drinks. And in terms of aromas, coconut, as well as other fruits such as mango and pineapple, are well represented. There are also some candles with general ocean scents and a variety of woody scents. Ocean Driftwood smells a little like Hollister. I guess the teak wood smells like Abercrombie and the driftwood smells like Hollister.

I will say, though, that I think most of the candles in this section smell pretty good and make our mix smell more like coconut. This may be because there are a lot of tropical candles on top, so we'll see when it melts who actually comes out. ...on top. Next, let's move on to the alcoholic beverages/New Year's category. So first up in this round is Champagne Toast. What does it smell like... I think I've lost the ability to smell. He says it's supposed to smell like champagne, berries, and tangerines. I smell some berries. But it's almost like berry Tums.

On top of that, I would say that candles in this category should smell like party drinks, cologne, or perfume. For example, the most popular notes are champagne, fruit, manly scents such as sandalwood, driftwood and leather, and perfumed scents such as patchouli, amber and peonies. The party dress really smells good! Unfortunately, it seems that after about 50 candles, my ability to smell is fading a bit. In The Stars smells a little like a party dress. Now I think I forgot what Party Dress smells like. Can I get high from this? (Tyler laughing) Saf: Okay, and this last one in the holiday category is called Black Tie.

And it smells... also like a party dress. (Tyler laughing) Saf: I'm confused. Well. With that, we finish with the New Year's celebration, the alcohol category, and move on to the more seasonal candles. So I'll go for a quick walk to clear my nose and then we'll move on to fall candles. This section has 10 candles, and I would say the overall vibe is things you would smell, eat, or use around a campfire. With common notes such as cinnamon/clove, wood, sugar and a little pumpkin. They're kind of like the candles Bath & Body Works is probably trying to sell before it's too polite to blow out Christmas candles.

It's like the candles of early November. Saf: Exactly. This one smells a little like Michaels, like a craft store. Tyler: Oh yeah. Saf: I just want... (the candle defends itself) OHHH! Exploded. I'm sorry. I got too excited. And as for how our blend smells after the fall aromas, I think I'm picking up on some of the teeth left behind. Although I still smell many more fruity aromas from before. So we have cloves and fruits. Take it as you like. Next is our winter category. which I sorted by taking candles that were definitely seasonal, but not specifically Christmas themed.

I would say they fall more into the snow, frost, and forest category. Tyler: A walk in the woods in December. Saf: Yes. So, this group has 12 candles and they are generally supposed to smell of trees, such as cedar, pine and fir, as well as spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. There are also some citrus, berry and plant notes. Plus a super sweet hot chocolate candle that doesn't have like any of the other notes we mentioned. Oh, this one is bold. But it's definitely wintery. (overwhelmed) Oooh. Ooh-hooh. (the candle resists) Wow! Saf: Everything is fine. Saf: Sparkling Woods just came for my wig.

Saf: I know. I wonder... what will be the wig of 2019? My money is in merkin. Wow! My merkin! It has flown!Well. And with that, we're done with the non-denominational winter scents. I will say that some of these upcoming ones aren't necessarily "denominational," but I feel like they're more specifically geared toward Christmas, whether it's with their packaging or their names. First of all, we have general Christmas. Well. Right off the bat, something I'm really excited about is how many different colors there are in this stack. I feel like we could use a little sprucing up! A little spice!

This is Cherry Frost, but you know what I mean. And beyond the colors, this category of fragrances is quite characterized by a large amount of vanilla. And once again, trees. The cedar wood and balsam stand out. It smells a little like a Christmas wreath. They also use the descriptors "frosty" and "snowy" a lot, but I'm not sure what exactly that means. Additionally, a good amount of this packaging is holographic. The thing is, I know Cristine sent Bath & Body Works a cease and desist for trying to take some of the holosexual brand off of her. So... I'm going to say they probably got this from Cristine.

Moving on... This one is called Merry Mistletoe. In fact, it smells like Indian food. (Tyler laughing) Saf: It smells a little like tamarind sauce. Saf: It also smells a bit like mint chutney. Although I find that often those two things are together. So...maybe I'm smelling a vibe of both. And then to top off our penultimate category, we have Frosted Coconut Snowball. A lot of words. That could mean a lot of odors. Saf: Oh yes! I've never had one of those, but I've always wanted one. Now I want that and Indian food. Alright. So that was the general Christmas.

It smells...essentially like a psychedelic lemon bar. I think some of the tree scents are starting to read "lemon." Does that make sense? And I'm definitely smelling some sugar. That's where the lemon bar comes into play. Now, onto the final category: Christmas food/drinks! Christmas groceries. This is our largest category, with 24 candles. And the aromatic notes are basically ingredients for Christmas desserts. Like vanilla, sugar, cinnamon, caramel, orange, ginger and my favorite, mint. Like here we have some mint chocolate. Saf: Right? I wonder how she knows. Tyler: It smells like mint ice cream. Saf: It tastes pretty good.

Saf: Yes. Do you want some? Saf: Don't eat candles at home, children. Do as I say, not as I do. And in addition to having some delicious ones, this category also has some iconic Bath & Body Works candles. Ah! So next we have Winter Candy Apple, which I'm pretty sure was one of the candles that scared the lady at Bath & Body Works. - I don't know. I've been busy babysitting bitches all damn day! Saf: Oh! Saf: I'm not sure that was the case. (Laughs) It smells a little like juicy juice or fruit roll-ups. But listen, I understand.

It's the beginning of the thing. Know? They said there was stock and then there wasn't. I also couldn't believe that had happened in Appleton, Wisconsin. - Appleton, Wisconsin, I want everyone to know... This happened in Appleton. Saf: Overall, I'd say these Christmas food scents are pretty hit or miss. Not all of them are bad, but they are all pretty strong. So if it's not a scent you like, you're out of luck. Kind of like with our final candle: Hot Buttered Rum. Ooh. It smells a bit like a root beer candy flavor. Saf: But sweets. Tyler: Yeah.

Saf: That's a really weird and maybe random reference. Tyler: No way, Saf: Really? Tyler: I think so. Saf: Is that common? Let us know. Well. So we finally finished removing the wax from the candles. Now let me give my marijuana a little interstitial whiff, just to see what it smells like before it melts. Hmm. (Tyler laughing off-screen) Maybe like... peppermint sugar and berries. But I guess we'll find out what it really smells like after we melt it. However, I think my hands are a little tired and my nose is a little tired. So I'll call it a night and then in the morning we'll check back in and melt it down.

Alright. Then it's the next day and, due to daylight saving time, it's almost the next night. But anyway, we're going to melt. Oh. Oh! It smells like candy this morning. (Tyler laughs off screen) Good afternoon. Evening. What time is it? Now I'm going to turn on the hot plate to start

melting

the wax from below, so we'll see, I guess, from above if anything starts to happen. Well. So it looks like after letting the mixture melt for about 20 minutes, it's definitely deflated. Our wax mountain was a decent height and now maybe looks more like a lump.

Alright. So what I'm going to do now is bring this hair dryer. Just so we can heat up the top layers of wax because clearly the bottom layers are

melting

and the top layer is cooling a little bit. So, without the wax shavings melting, we are almost at our final Franken mix. Now, as we mentioned, we had 117 candles that were collected for this experiment. And all of those candles had a total of 385 fragrance notes listed. Saf: And the most popular notes overall were any variation of wood, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon, mint, orange, coconut, apple, clove and musk.

However, I will say that some scents are stronger than others. So even if they are listed less frequently, they may still appear. I'm looking at you, blueberry demon. It looks like a grape and malt liquor Jolly Rancher. Alright. So after drying your hair a little more, it melts into this dark, potion-like mixture. Saf: (creepy voice) Hello, Clarice. And now it's time to shape it into a sail. So I have a big jar of Frankencandle here and I have these sticky things as wicks. So I'm going to place three wicks there. And once we've done that, I'll tape the tails to the sides of the jar so the wicks don't fall out while we're making the candle.

Alright. Here we go. Now I think the only thing left is to pour the wax. Should I go for half? Saf: Okay, let me try. Saf: Ooooooh! It's enough? Too much? My goodness, that's a tall candle. Saf: Yes! Saf: Wow! Oh that's amazing! My God, it's already getting hard. Oh yeah! Yeah! Tyler: Is he getting tougher? Saf: Yes! It's already hardening, look outside. So I think our mix is ​​looking really good right now. That ombre is everything. You might even say it's... on? Saf: But it seems like it will take a while to fully solidify. So let's leave it here, let's leave this camera rolling so we can have a little time lapse situation, and then we'll trim our wicks and smell our candle.

Okay, here it is. There it blows, as some would say. I think in the end, she really dried down to like a dusty lavender color. Which is interesting, although I guess it makes sense to remember how many of those candles were blue and red. So I'll go upstairs to smell the candle. just because there are so many competing fragrances here. I also brought some coffee upstairs just because some people say smelling coffee is like a palate cleanser for your nose. This coffee is more than a year old, for sure. And after that, it's time to smell the truth.

Not bad. But it's hard to find a name for what I smell. I think it's berry, honestly. It has a light caramel aroma. I think it's like a sugary berry. Tyler: Okay. Saf: And that's my best guess. Tyler: You know what? Maybe it's stuck in my nostrils, but I smell a bit of that blueberry. Somewhere, deep down there. Saf: Now that we've both smelled it, I think we should light this sucker up. Well. It smells great when it's on. Tyler: Oh, yeah? Saf: I think it still smells like berries, though. Tyler: Okay. Saf: I'm becoming like a cozy, indoor berry cookie.

Tyler: Maybe a pancake? Saf: It's possible... the blueberry maple pancake ended up on top. But even if that were true, the Franken-Body Works fragrance definitely has some layers that are hard to pin down. And I really want to be able to convey that to you guys effectively. So I embarked on a scent hunt to get more opinions on our candle and share them with you all. I will approach strangers and ask them to smell my candle. Ha ha ha! This is not creepy at all! Tyler: It sounds sexual Saf: It sounds like a euphemism for something.

So from the beginning, we had people corroborate our guesses about what Frankencandle smelled like. - It's sweet, maybe something baked? Like a cupcake, maybe? Saf: Any background? Imagine you are a candle sommelier. - Maybe some fruity nuances, like raisins? Saf: Come in! With opinions like baked goods and fruit... Saf: Plus some Christmas nuances. Saf: cinnamon. Very good, fair. Anything else? But there was also a contingent of people who picked up nuances of the candle that I couldn't smell. Saf: Floral! A Bath & Body Works, totally. Saf: Okay. With a few votes for flowers... - It smells like, Saf: Lavender!

That's our second lavender! I totally miss the lavender here. So, after going public with some conflicting opinions, we decided to go see Daniel Stone at the Stone Candle Bar in Santa Monica, where they both make and sell candles, as well as teach custom candle-making classes. Daniel, we did something strange. (Tyler and Safiya laugh) Daniel: That's what I heard. And we were hoping that you could give us an expert opinion. - Do you want me to... Saf: Yes, just... - Shall I put my two cents into this? Saf: Stick your nose into that. - Very good, it immediately smells like Christmas aroma.

Like Christmas aromas they tend to be overwhelming, sweet and rich. Now, if you don't mind, I can get a little more out of this... if I rub the wax and let the notes come out. Saf: Sure, yes. Saf: Look at it. - Still. Really overwhelming with that apple, cinnamon, cookie and vanilla type aroma. Now, in an attempt to figure out exactly what Franken-Body Works smelled like on our own, we sniffed all of our candles and picked out 11 that looked somewhat similar. None of them were perfect, but if you approach Chestnut & Clove, Hot Cocoa, and the dreaded Blueberry Pancakes at the same time, I think you can smell all the layers of Frankencandle.

Yeah, that's pretty good. So we've been trying to figure out with our own devices what it smells like. - Yes. Saf: And we came up with a blueberry pancake... - Yes, a blueberry pancake. Completely. Saf: hot chocolate and chestnut cloves. - Chestnut. Chestnut is great there. Saf: Alright, here we go. It seems like our little three candle combo was the way to go. - I'm sure you put other things here. Saf: We did. (laughs) - I'm sure there were some ocean fragrances, some sandalwoods and clean linens, and all those wonderful things are outweighed by the food fragrances.

And that's what you end up with. Alright. So... Expert opinion: It smells like blueberries and has a Christmas undertone of cinnamon. - Walnut, chestnut, cocoa... Yes. You should do that. Saf: Okay. So I think it's our best attempt to convey the essence of Franken-Body Works. Now what I will say is that I think the candle looks good and smells nice, but like Daniel said, you can't really smell any of the non-sweet scents. So I'm not sure it's really the best of all the seasons. It's more like... Christmas. And I think that has to do with how strong the food smells are.

Because although notes like mint, musk, eucalyptus and sandalwood were very popular, I don't really smell them at all. Anyway, I'm pretty pleased with our final sail. And I will definitely burn it for a long, long time. And while I'm not sure I'd recommend Frankencandleing, since I don't know if I'll do it again and it gave Tyler a long-term headache, I'm now happy with the number of candles I have. to use in the coming months. I'd say we have almost a year's supply of candles here. Saf: I mean, not if we literally burn it 24/7. Saf: Oh. (laughs) Thank you all so much for watching our final video of 2018.

Let us know in the comments below what you think we should call our Frankencandle. If you liked that video make sure to hit the like button and if you want to see more videos like this make sure to hit the subscribe button. Here are my social media handles and a big thank you to Emma for watching. Thanks for watching, Emma. And I'll see you next year!