yankee candle :: 2011 holiday collection {giveaway}

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Christmas is right around the corner and Fall is here!  So let’s get even more in the mood with the smell of these two things with Yankee Candle!

Yankee Candle released their new fragrances on October 3, 2011 for the Holiday 2011 Collection.  I love having smell good stuff in my house! And Yankee Candle now helps with that.  I pretty much always have something going, whether it be a candle, a plug in device, etc.  And depending on my mood depends on the type of candle I have going. Thankfully there are a TON of choices available.

A little about the “My Favorite Things” line:
Inspired by the movie The Sound of Music, this limited-time collection brings together a fun assortment of fragrances that fill the season with a nostalgic sense of enchantment. There are six fragrances available in large classic jar candles, small tumbler candles and a beautifully packages storybook-like box which includes nine Sampler votive candles featuring all six new fragrances.

A little about the Holiday 2011 line:
Inspired by the bright sparkle and delicate beauty of nature in winter, Yankee Candle’s holiday 2011 new fragrances are filled with sweet joys of the season.  Made to bring cheer to home and heart, they feature festive ingredients, spices and essences while tying into today’s latest trends.

Here is a little bit about some of the scents I received:

The first item is Warm Woolen Mittens Small Tumbler. Yummy and sweet. I am not typically a “sweet” smelling candle person, however this one was very light and gave a good overall smell…not too strong.

The second item is Balsam & Cedar Large Jar Candle.  The INSTANT I smelled this, it reminded me of a cabin in Northern Michigan celebrating Christmas with snow on the ground.  Lovely!!  Just lovely!  And again, not too strong…but strong enough to completely take you to that place where you have smelled this exact smell before 🙂

Last, I received a sampler with three scents.  Can I just tell you that I love all the scents in here.  There is Mountain Berry, Cherries on Snow and Christmas Rose.  Just imagine what these smell like….and then you will know what they smell like!  What I mean is they are exactly what their titles are.  Love these scents, every last one of them!  They are sweeter, but they are not overpowering at all.   The strongest one would be the Christmas Rose.  But all in all, very light scents.  And this is the one I am giving away below!

Not only do these candles all smell great, but isn’t it just lovely to have a candle on at night when all the other lights are out.  It’s just SO relaxing!

Balsam & Cedar Large Jar Candle :: $25.99
Warm Woolen Mittens Small Tumbler :: $14.99

A SIMPLE GIVEAWAY:
One lucky winner will get a package of the three new holiday fragrances (Christmas Rose, Mountain Berry and Cherries on Snow), each in a small tumbler. It’s an exclusive offering – even though the fragrances are in stores, the special box/packaging the three new fragrances come in are not available at retail.

Here is how to enter:

*I received product to facilitate this review and promotion. The opinions expressed are my own.*

236 thoughts on “yankee candle :: 2011 holiday collection {giveaway}”

  1. love new Natures Paintbrush for the fall, favorite for holidays anything with pine and Red Apple Wreath. Would LOVE to try Christmas Rose!!!

  4. I love the Christmas Cookie or Sparkling Snow! Thanks for the chance.
    bekki1820cb at gmail dot com

  7. I love Yankee Candle. I am a seasonal scent gal. My favorite scent is apple cider than it mixes right into winter with apple wreath!

  9. Balsam & Cedar…. I love the smell of a Christmas tree, but we have an artificial one, so… this is the next best thing!!! Also would love to try the Mountain lodge. Thanks for the chance….

  49. I have been a fan of Yankee Candles for years. I incorporate them with my seasonal decorations. Christmas is my favorite because I can do the 1w days of Christmas. Mountain Lodge. Christmas Tree. CHERRIES on Snow. Cedar. CHRISTMAS Eve, Home for the Holidays are a few I’m using this year. It’s a tough choice but I love them all

  58. I’ve loved my “Home for the Holidays” candle the last couple of years, but I would love to give “Mountain Berry” a sniff too!

    mjbc07 at yahoo dot com

  60. My Favorite Yankee candle scent is Christmas Eve !
    I cant wait to buy the new scents I love love their candles !

  70. Favorite Holiday fragrance is Christmas Cupcake. They’re all so wondeful: it’s so hard to pick 1.

  71. I really like Cherries On The Snow-it’s sweet but not too sweet, it smells just like it sounds, and the packaging is SO cute!

  73. I love Vanilla Cupcake, Christmas Cookie, Pumpkin Pie, Farmer’s Market, Apple Cider and Pomegranate Cider the most!

  79. My favorite scent Yankee Ever made was green grass. However it is retired now. Some of my perennial favorites are spiced pumpkin, harvest, beach walk, clean cotton

  81. I just love Yankee Candle. Their newest fragrance Cherries on Snow is my favorite, it is amazing.

    Marilinda

  83. I love the holidays ;The smell of fresh warm gingerbread & the smell of the pine Christmas tree all together. My favor scent is ( Christmas Eve ) Burning this candle Set’s the mood for a old fashion Christmas in your home around the tree & by the fireplace.

  91. I love Vanilla cookie or even cupcake. Makes the house smell delicious and makes me relax

  92. I’d have to say my favorite scent is the gingerbread. Nothing quite makes my christmas like sitting down to make a little house every year. I love this scent.

  94. So many seasonal favorites, but if I have to pick just one I would have to go with Pumpkin Buttercream!

  95. I love all Yankee Candle scents for all occasions. But for Christmas it is anything Pine scented, also love the Balsam and Cedar, reminds me of a cabin in the mountains, snow falling and a warm fire crackling! Ahhhhh….the Holidays!!!!!;)

  99. I just LOVE Balsam and Cedar….Because of a fire that destroyed our house I get an artificial tree now..anything that has a Christmas Tree scent adds a Holiday Fragrance to my house!!!

  100. I am in love with Yankee Candle’s Mountain Lodge… if you close your eyes you can swear you are in the middle of the woods, enjoying a nice relaxing fire in your log cabin. Perfect scent for these chilly NE Ohio rainy fall days!

  102. I love balsam and cedar…on a nice snowing day aound the holidays as the snow softly falls from the sky it is sich a homey feeling that makes you feel toasty and warm.

  107. Balsam & Cedar, because it reminds me of my husband; it’s his favorite scent. He’s overseas and we sure are missing him right now!

  111. when it smells like christmas it doesnt matter. the best time of the year. gingerbread would have to be my first choice to put in kitchen.North pole for the bed room and any others for the living room.

  112. I love, love, love Christmas cookie! It just seems to bring the Christmas holiday closer to home year round. You can almost picture decorations around the house, the tree in the corner covered with homemade ornaments from years past and some new one from this year. The fire is roaring, the snow is falling. Soft Christmas music floats through the air. You just want to cuddle up under a blanket with hot chocolate with mini marshmallows and fresh Christmas Cookies.

  113. I am hoping to get a tart of the Pumpkin Buttercream to try for the holidays. I have started burning Mountain Lodge and I really like it a lot.

  120. I LOVE Yankee candles. They make awesome gifts and I give candles as gifts every year at Christmas. I love the food scented ones. I hope I win this contest.

  121. I like Gingerbread, Home for the Holidays and Christams Cookie. Yankee Candles always make my home smell like the holidays and bring back memories of Christmases as a little girl.

  122. I love the black cherry fragrance one. Can’t wait to buy the seasonal one’s that are out right now. I love the Yankee Candles. They seem to last forever and the fragrance never goes away. Love it.

  123. My favorite Yankee scent is the Balsam and Cedar. I make sure I have a brand new one every Christmas. It just brings me back to when I was a little girl, from when we always had a real Christmas tree. Now I’m a grandma…and I always make sure I have one in the Balsam and Cedar scent burning for my kids , grandchildren and family to create their own memories with this heartwarming scent during the holidays. I cannot express how much I love it and how much it touches my heart with memories. I love burning this scent during our fall and winter season in Pennsylvania!!

  128. My favorite scent ever is the Pumpkin Spice… It’s my all time favorite that is unfortunately only around once a year 🙁

  133. My favorite holiday scents from Yankee Candle is Cherries on the Snow and North Pole.

  134. My favorite Christmas scent(s) are White Christmas and Home for the Holidays. Home for the Holidays has been out for years and I buy 3-4 every holiday season. White Christmas is a new version of an old scent that was in the late 1990’s,early 2000’s and I buy 2-3 of them too. I light them both when decorating, making my holiday cards, making holiday candies and doing my holiday baking.

  135. scent is one of the best ways to bring on the holiday feeling and memories. Happy Holidays to you all.

  138. Since I adore the aroma of Yankee Candles’ Fresh Cut Roses, I’m thinking that I would also be smelling heaven with the Christmas Rose scent! I personally crave the Sun and Sand candles in the spring & summer, But am quite content with Fresh Cut Roses Boquet ALL thru the year!

  141. I tend to like more Earthy type scents, so Balsam & Cedar is one of my favs. It’s hard to choose since there are so many to choose from! 🙂

  143. Balsam & Cedar.. saving a tree and no needles to clean up.. not to mention it smells TERRIFIC!

  146. i’m so gutted that I don’t live in America you’ve got a wider variety of Yankee candles than we do over here 🙁 any chance you can send a wider choice over here for us brits :-). i’m an fan of Yankee and have been for many years now. It’s getting harder to find places that stock them, usually qvc or a garden center Is best place to purchase them from. i’m a little addicted And running out of room for them now haha.

  147. I’m very taken by the idea of Cherries on snow, though I am quite intrigued by Warm Woolen Mittens. I cannot seem to locate that one on the Yankee Candle site, though it seems nice by the review on here

  149. My favorite candle scent from Yankee is Lemon Lavender! My mother bought me the first one and sent it to me in Texas. She lives in Tennessee and we did not have very many Cracker Barrels here and she had one when I visited her, so she sent one to me after I left. We now have a few here in Texas and I pick one up every chance I get and bring it home so I do not run out. However; I really wish they would make that scent in the car freshers! Just a suggestion…

  151. I love the Holiday Wreath. Right now I have the Harvest burning it is just amazing puts you in the autumn fall feeling. I Love Yankee Candle!

  152. I love Home Sweet Home.. I was very excited to get 12 of the 2011 Limited edition at the Yankee Candle Store.. My house smells amazing.. It is a wonderful fall and winter scent..

  153. I LOVE the Balsam and Cedar one! It reminds me of Christmas back home in Michigan with my family! And the tradition of picking out our own Christmas tree!

  154. I love the rose scented candles. Few years back they the cliffwalk roses that was my favorite but they no longer have that one. Fresh cut roses smells good too. My favorite one for Christmas time is baslam and ceder.

  158. I really want to get the Cherries on Snow and try it. Got the Bing Cherry one in the past and it was fantastic.

  162. i would LOVE to win this candle package!! i need a little something to spruce up the holidays this year. my favorite yankee is buttercream, always has been…but that cherries on ice sounds yummy too!! 🙂

  164. My favorite Holiday scent from Yankee Candle has always been Home for the Holidays. It takes me back to my childhood and Christmas Eve’s spent at my Grandparents house…the scent of cinnamon and spice mingled with a hint of a wood smoke smell, always reminds me of sitting by their fireplace and listening to my Pappaw tell stories. I also love their Mistletoe and a new favorite is White Christmas. I would love to try the new Christmas scents! My Fall scents are almost gone, I burn them almost everyday, they just make me happy!:)

  167. I really like the North Pole Yankee Candle. Smells wonderful and keeps my kitchen smelling great

  171. I have never smelled a yankee candle I didnt love! they are all my faves they fill your home with warmth, love and amazing aromas!

  173. christmas is comming and having a fake tree, christmas tree candle will be on my wishlist !

  174. My favorite scent is “Mountain Lodge.” Although not specifically a “Holiday” scent, it is warm, fresh and inviting. My guests always comment on how nice my apartment smells.
    “Holiday Sage,” & “Crisp Spruce” would have to be my two other “Holiday” favorites!
    Thank you Yankee Candle Company!

  175. Just smelled cherries on snow in the new catalog, and i already LOVE christmas eve and sparkling snow! 🙂

  176. I love love love Balsam & Cedar. So far, it is my favorite scent for the holidays–bonus that my husband loves it, too. Another fave not mentioned in this review, but perfect for fall, is Mountain Lodge

  178. My favorite Yankee Candle holiday scent in Red Apple Wreath. It just fills my home with a wonderful aroma—like apple pie baking in the oven. Love it!

  187. I really love the sugar cookie candle! It is essential for the holidays and really for all year round! When I walk in and smell that scent I instantly feel at home!

  188. My favorite holiday Yankee candle is Christmas Wreath but I can’t wait to get a smell of the new ones!

  202. Balsam and Cedar is one of my favorite holiday scents. It makes your house smell like a fresh cut Christmas tree all season!

  218. Hmm, it’s so hard to narrow it down to 1! lol I absolutely love holiday scents! I think North Pole is my favourite though! =)

  227. I’d love to try the Mountain Berry. I’m always a fan of their Holiday scents. I know I would also like Christmas Tree.

  233. My fave scent from Yankee Candle is Vanilla Cookie! It always
    makes my home smell delicious. I love to use it prior to my guests arrive. It really does smell goo enough to eat.

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