SpaceCase Speaks

When I was in college, my roommate's friend smelled like vanilla. As in, she doused herself with some sort of pure vanilla oil extract concoction. She seriously smelled like vanilla to the degree that for years afterward, when vanilla-scented everything became vogue, just a whiff would give me a throbbing headache.

I managed to avoid vanilla scents for years. Then, when visiting a friend, she lit a French Vanilla scented Yankee Candle. With that, I finally found my perfect vanilla scent - it's mild, and doesn't have the sugary undertone that many of the fakey-smelling vanilla scents have.

Be warned, though - the Sparkling Vanilla version is a little sweeter. For me, it has to be French Vanilla or nothing at all.