Hello, and welcome in to the latest edition of Yankee Candle Reviews here on SoBros Network. I will be your host – the Fragrance Aficionado of SoBros Network, also the EIC, Stoney Keeley. My passion for Yankee Candle began in 2006, when I strolled into the location in Providence Marketplace in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. I picked up a jar of Autumn Woods, and found it captured the essence of the season perfectly. I’ve been hooked in this…well, you could even call it ‘romantic…’ relationship with Yankee Candle ever since. Today, we’re taking a masculine sniff of the musky and sweet Dried Lavender & Oak.
Spring can be a tricky time of year here in middle Tennessee. You might pull every fresh floral spring fragrance you own out of the close to place around the house and the next day, the temperature may drop 40 degrees. That’s why we’re all walking around Nashville sick from March through April. And, no one wants to smell Meadow Showers or Sweet Honeysuckle when it’s 37 degrees outside!
That’s why I like to keep a stash of “evergreen” scents around in the spring time – stuff that can fit whether it’s spring, summer, fall, or winter. I’ve unearthed one of my new favorites in such fragrances, Dried Lavender & Oak. There’s something masculine about the candle – the sturdy oak exudes a musk reminiscent of a day spent chopping wood in the forest. But, there’s another side to it…a sweeter side…that lavender side. It’s somehow Earthy and outdoorsy while also homey and comforting. It’s warm, but it’s fresh, and that’s why I consider it season-less. This is a good one to stash in the closet and pull out on those in-between kinda days.
Recommended Burning: You’ve just climbed a mountain. The very essence of nature is coursing through every stretched out vein in your body. You have done it – you’ve conquered the unconquerable. You let out a primal scream to let all beings within earshot of you know that you are the king of nature. As your voice echoes through all of eternity, you rip your shirt off to expose your bare chest, bending to a light a candle to signal your dominance to the heavens. That candle? It’s Dried Lavender & Oak.
Check out the Yankee Candle archives here on SoBros Network for my extensive backlog of Yankee Candle reviews! Also, be sure to check out my comprehensive list of the top 100 Yankee Candle fragrances of all time. I worked on that thing for forever, so any read is appreciated, thank you. That is all.
Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, second on Football & Other F Words, analyst for Stacking The Inbox, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, the NFL Draft, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.
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