After a busy holiday season at work, I’ve been enjoying having a bit more downtime. It’s been snowy where we live, so the Paw Pack and I have been spending time doing things indoors, like working on training and watching movies. Of course, the dogs don’t help, but it’s been nice to have more time to get stuff done around the house. I had been putting off too many chores for too long! I posted a couple of months ago about what to look for when buying candles that are safer to burn around our pets. Recently, my partner and I decided to buy a few candles. We don’t burn them that often these days. But we have been spending so much time working on keeping the house clean. We figured it would be nice to go the extra mile and make it smell really nice too! Enter Pet House Candles.
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Too Cold for Open Windows!
Normally, when we want to freshen up the house, we just open up the windows for a while. But, as I already mentioned, it’s been cold and snowy here! My dogs, Kitsune and Fenrir, generally don’t smell bad because I bathe them often. But with two people and two dogs living in a smaller house, it can certainly start to feel stuffy in the wintertime.
I don’t really like using spray air fresheners or anything that has too strong of a scent. I’m always nervous that strong-smelling products may contain chemicals that aren’t good for my little family to breathe in. I’m also sensitive to a lot of strong-smelling, especially artificial, products. They tend to give me headaches. Generally, in the winter, if I want to make our house smell nice I’ll use a few drops of a dog-safe essential oil in our diffuser. As long as I don’t use too much, the smell doesn’t bother me, and the dogs seem to do fine with it as well.
Pet House Candles
My partner is the one who discovered Pet House Candles! After reading a bit about them, I gave him the go ahead to buy a few to try out. Pet House candles, by a company called One Fur All, are 100% natural, dye-free, soy wax candles with cotton wicks. They are non-toxic and eco-friendly, and do not contain harmful chemicals such as phthalates, parabens, or formaldehyde. Pet House candles are hand-poured in the USA. Each candle is supposed to burn for up to 60 hours.
My partner purchased three Pet House candles in the scents moonlight, Mediterranean sea, and lavender green tea. I was most excited to try the lavender green tea candle, since I love the smell of lavender. Unfortunately, go figure, our lavender green tea candle arrived broken. The glass jar was cracked in the mail. My partner contacted One Fur All through their Amazon page and they very promptly refunded him for the damaged candle. I think he must have felt bad that the candle I wanted the most was the one that got broken, so he replaced it once the refund went through.
I Love the Smell of These Candles!
The three scents my partner picked out smell really nice. When we burn them the smell fills the house, but they don’t smell overwhelmingly strong. So far they haven’t given me headaches at all, and they don’t seem to bother the dogs. The other week I accidently burned some food, which of course never smells great. After shutting off the oven, I had to run the dogs outside. My partner lite the moonlight candle while I took Kit and Fen out for a bathroom break. By the time we came back inside again, the house smelled so good! The candle did an amazing job at eliminating the burnt food odors. I have no doubt it would help with stinky pets too. But, ya know, still keep your pets clean!
The One Fur All company encourages buyers to reuse their glass candle jars once the candle is finished, which I love. The glass jars are pretty, with air tight wooden lids. I’m a total sucker for a nice container and have already been thinking about what I want to use the candle jars for once our candles are done.
SO Many Scents to Choose From!
The Pet House candles come in over 30 scents on their Amazon page! I don’t even know how my partner narrowed it down to just three. So many of the available scents sound like they would smell so good. I’m excited to try more of them in the future.
Candles not your thing? One Fur All also sells wax melts, non-toxic room sprays, car air fresheners, and reed diffusers. If you want to try out their candles but aren’t ready to commit to a full size, they offer mini candles. They also sell a welcome home candle and a memorial pet candle, both potentially thoughtful gifts for pet lovers.
Final Thoughts
The Pet House candles are a bit pricey. At the time of writing this post, the full size candles are just over $20 each. But you get what you pay for! In my experience, this is a reasonable price for a high quality, soy based candle. We haven’t had our candles very long, so I can’t speak to whether or not they really last 60 burn hours each. We burn candles pretty sparingly at our house, so I’m hoping these ones last us a long time. Although, I have to admit I’m not going to complain when they run out because, with so many scents to choose from, picking out replacements will be fun!
These candles smell great without being too strong/overwhelming. They quickly fill our entire house with a light, pleasant scent and seem to do an amazing job at covering up other odors. They come in stylish, reusable glass jars. The company has good customer service if you have an issue and need to reach out. They were great about quickly refunding us for our one candle that arrived damaged. My partner purchased our One Fur All candles, so this isn’t a sponsored post. The company didn’t know I was going to write a review about our experience.
Comment below! Do you burn candles at your house? Do you have a favorite brand you recommend? If anyone tries out Pet House Candles, you’ll have to come back and let us know what scent you tried out and how you liked it!
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