subject: The Soothing Effect Of Scented Candles [print this page] In fact, candles are very rarely use for lighting today, but more for 'mood' or decoration, and scented oil candles in particular will add a fragrance to any room that can help to soothe nerves and enable you to relax after a hard day at work.
Many feel relaxed just by looking at a lit candle, even without a scent, so it is not just the smell that is effectively relaxing. It might be that we have an innate affinity with candles that has been developed over the centuries when they were our only source of light. During dark winter nights our medieval ancestors had no other means of lighting other than candles or flaming torches of wood and animal fat.
Even up until fairly recently candles were the prime source of light in the home, just before gas lighting became common and well before electricity was available in all homes. Even today, in some areas of the USA and the UK oils lamps and candles are used for lighting, though likely only because of the cost of installing 'the electric' as it was once named.
However, back to the benefits of scented oil candles - in today's modern world where they are often used for little else other than nostalgia or decoration. Or is that true? They are also used by many as a form of aromatherapy, and candles are available in a wide range of fragrances, such as wild lime, Moroccan rose and Capri fig in addition to the more traditional lavender, jasmine, clover and spice. Each of these will fill your room with a marvelous floral scent that will remind you of these warm summer evenings in the country or picnics by the river.
