I went to Yankee Candle for check out the premiere of their Halloween goods. The "preview party" consisted of orange/black balloons out front, an employee in a skull face shirt, and a snack table of cookies and candy. I must confess, it's fun to be able to say "trick or treat" to a stranger during the month of August and be rewarded with free candy.
They had lots of nice items, but not much that screamed "buy me!" I left with some pumpkin/Halloween car air fresheners (on sale) and this candle...
The scent is candy corn. I have a lot of pumpkin scented candles (pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice, pumpkin buttercream, pumpkin apple), but nothing of the candy corn variety so I thought it was a good choice. And of course, I couldn't resist the jar made of orange glass with the jack o' lantern face on the front. It didn't dawn on my until I got home, the flame makes the wax glow orange too, so it's like a little pumpkin lantern.
Here's the display that greets you when you walk in...
They also have a black jar with a skull face. The scent is "Witches Brew" (patchouli). I didn't care for the smell or design as much. In fact, both of these faces look kinda rough. Maybe they're meant to look hand carved, as if on a pumpkin? But I think we all know that with the right tools, a pumpkin carving can look smooth and clean...
The bleeding candles are always fun. And I really liked the skull. It's open on the bottom, you can just place it over a jar candle...
Lots of black cat items this year. These arched felines hold a tea light candle in their back...
Cats marching around a jar...
Similar to the skull, there's also a cat head that holds a jar within. Glows from the eyes and mouth. Also witch shoes and hats. These are all part of their
Black Cats & Witch's Spell series.
Part of the
Pumpkin Patch series, these jacks are classic...
One of the very few
Creepy Crawlies items, which feature spider webs...
The Skeleton Crew hand is back. I bought one
last year...
Popular with the collectors,
The Boney Bunch is back with new skeletal gentlemen and ladies...
For pet lovers, there are boney cats and dogs...
If you buy a few different items, you can make a nice arrangement...
Tiny skeletons that hang from the side of a jar candle, with boney legs dangling. I regret not buying one when I was there. My local store sold out, and even the Yankee Candle site is sold out of these...
Glad to see that the black wine bottles are back this year. They glow with a candle within. I almost bought them last year, and now that they're back.. maybe it's a sign? But at $40, I can't quite justify the buy. Maybe if get my hands on a coupon or run into a sale...
This hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil piece is another item I'd consider on a sale. Also part of the
Skeleton Crew series...
A rare flame-less candle in the Yankee Candle store. Colored LEDs light up this one...
The
Haunted Happenings series brings us these haunted houses and graveyard scenes. Presumably all have some spot to stick a candle...
For scaredy cats that can't handle some skulls, they also offer some general harvest designs, next to Pumpkin Spice candles.
These glass items are called
Pumpkin Crackle...
And finally, some more fall themed candles. Full of pumpkin, but minus the jack o' lantern association. Scents like pumpkin pie, harvest, and pumpkin buttercream.
Of course, you can see all the Halloween items on the Yankee Candle site:
Halloween: Yankee Candle. If there's anything you can't live without, you might want to buy it quickly. A lot of these stuff is already selling out.