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Your House Smells Like a Barn!
Why That Could Be a Compliment
A horse-mad friend — one of those women whose idea of bliss is to be on horseback — recently remarked, “I wish they made a scented candle that smelled like a barn!”
A barn? Really? That wouldn’t be my own first choice. I’d go for something — cleaner? Sweeter? Less equine?
Freshly laundered sheets! Or a spring day after a rainfall. Still, I loved the idea — a customized candle of your favorite smell. Just light it and it takes you right to your very own Happy Place.
Maybe I should go into the scented candle business! What aromas should I start with? “What’s your favorite smell?” I asked my Facebook friends.
Within seconds, I had my first response: Honeysuckle wafting on a warm summer breeze in the evening.
Immediately, others chimed in: Baking bread… Fresh mown grass… New car… Fresh sawdust… Single malt whiskey.
Then: Baby powder… Marijuana!… A vacant lot filled with sage brush after a summer rain… Pumping gas… A horse barn on a hot day…
Another horse barn? Clearly, “Stable” was going to be a more popular candle than I’d thought.
Unleashing the olfactory imaginations of my Facebook pals was the right idea. Within two hours, I had hundreds of responses:
