Yankee Candle Sun & Sand Reed Diffuser > Reviews (1)

I do really like my house to smell nice and with four cats who seem to prefer the kitty litter to outside and also our two grown up sons who returned to live with us for the last six months this has become rather a challenge. I love Yankee candles but they are rather expensive and so I have to wait for presents to get these usually. However in our local bargain store where they sell end of lines and out of date products I saw these Yankee Candle Reed Diffusers for £7 each. They are the authentic item but the older model. The jar is a plainer older style but I was thrilled to bits to find these and bought two. One flavor was this one, ‘Sun and Sea' and the other was ‘Lilac Blossoms’ which I shall be reviewing at a later date.

The ‘Sun and Sand’ scented one I put in the bedroom that was recently vacated by my son who is spending a year with his father in Australia. The room was less than fragrant when he left and I spent quite a few days washing everything including all the clothes he left behind ready for packing them away. This did improve the odor but there was still a ‘boy’ smell as my daughter would say and so I wanted something fresh for this room. I smelled both the oils that I had bought and decided that the ‘Sun and Sand’ one would do the trick in there.

The kit comes in a cardboard outer with plastic inner package. You get a decorative glass bottle filled with fragranced oil sealed with a lid, ten wooden sticks or ‘reeds’ and a silver lid with a hole for use with the reeds to allow the fragrance to permeate the air in the room.

The directions for use are pretty obvious. You take off the black lid and put on the loose silver cap and poke the reeds into the bottle through this silver lid with the hole. Keep the whole thing upright and put it somewhere where it won’t get knocked over by pets, children or anything else. Allow 24 hours for the fragrance to reach full levels but you can hurry it along by turning the reeds upside down so the wet part is up. You can do this at any time to refresh the scent if you feel it needs it.

I followed this complicated process and put the bottle on a shelf above the dresser in the bedroom. This was two days ago so I felt that gave it a good chance to get going. I can hear you asking ; Does it still smell like a boy’s room or can you imagine that you are walking into a room of fresh ‘sun and sand’?

Well it certainly smells better. It would help if I could open the door to let the air circulate but the cats keep on going in there and lying on the washed bedding and clothes so I have to keep it shut. I do open the window when it is a nice day and I remember but not every day. It does smell a lot sweeter. There is a subtle fragrance of sweet orange blossom. My husband thinks it smells of rose but it is orange blossom definitely.

I had a look on the Yankee candle website to see what the scent is made up of and according to the website the ‘Sun and Sand’ fragrance is:
“A tropical beach breeze of sweet orange flower, lemony citrus, fresh lavender and powdery musk.

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I can really smell the fresh citrusy, orange blossom but the powdery musk is too subtle for my nose and I can’t puck the lavender either but maybe the combination of the four scents brings out the general fresh summery smell that is very evident. The oil is not watery at all so will not evaporate quickly and lose the smell quality. According to the company jargon the oil will keep its fragrance from day one till it is empty which I hope is true as it will be really good value then.

You can buy refill oils and put them in your choice of bottle or container. The containers they are selling now are much more decorative than the one I have which is quite plain in comparison but the smell is the same and that was the important thing for me. You can also buy new reeds but they seem to be just wooden sticks like kebab sticks so I suspect you could use some of those instead ( not ones that have been used for kebabs first as that might affect the smell!) . It does say that the refill bottle is NOT designed or intended to be used as a diffuser but I am not sure why.

I really like this smell as it is light and has a great citrusy scent which is really natural and I think it does remind me of summer and the beach. It isn't at all overpowering but is a very fresh and summery fragrance which makes your room smell really nice and a big improvement on ‘eau de garcon’.

This Sun & Sand fragrance is available in the form of a house warmer jar, tumbler, tea lights, pot pourri, reed diffuser and car jar. So you can try this scent in which ever form you find most convenient. This summery fragrance captures the essence of a fresh sunny day sitting in a meadow of fragrant flowers or on a cliff with a breeze bringing the sea air toward you.

I have not had this for very long but so far I am very pleased with the job of freshening a stuffy room. This room is a large double bedroom so it has quite a large are to freshen and I have not had the door open to help it by moving in fresh air in. Hopefully when we finally get the summer weather and I can open the window and door then this will not have to battle quite so hard to freshen the room. It does smell quite sweet and definitely more pleasant than it did a week ago. When number two son moves back out to live with friend in a house in Derby then I will be going to buy another of these for his vacated room too.

The reed diffuser has now been in the vacated room for a week and as I open the door to go in I am met by a really fresh, pleasant citrusy smell and I am very impressed as it is not a typical air freshener smell and as it is quite a large room it has done a magnificent job or freshening the whole room.

I am impressed with the smell and its ability to freshen the room and would recommend these reed diffusers from Yankee candle. This scent is most pleasant ,fresh but subtle and natural at the same time.

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