About Me

Hi everyone! My name is Gail Nettles, and I am the owner/designer/writer/etc. for The Richly Scented Candle. Here's a little bit about me.

I live in Southeast Florida with my husband David, and our three furry four-legged children -- Misty, Blue and Rusty (they are cats) David has lived here in SE Florida almost his whole life, while I've only been here for about 20 years. Growing up I lived in Orlando, and then when to school at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Some of my hobbies include creating websites, reading, travel, lampworking (making glass beads) and of course -- candles! Some of my friends refer to me as "the candle lady".

I've also been dieting for most of the past year and have lost 70 pounds so far -- yay! I still have a very long way to go, but I'm a lot healthier than I was this time last year.

I'm also interested in aromatherapy and using essential oils. This has led me to explore the difference between traditional aromatherapy versus candle aromatherapy -- it's quite fascinating!

Candles and Scents

Now I've always loved candles, and I bought them whenever I could find a great combination of scent and longevity. (How long and strong a scent lasted.)

And naturally, I frequently succumbed to the siren call of discount candles at department store, grocery stores, specialty stores...any kind of stores! I was invariably disappointed, except for one brand (which isn't really discount).

Yankee Candle was the best of the regular candles I had come across. The scent lasted a pretty long time, which I liked. Unfortunately, I didn't like most of the Yankee Candle scents -- they were too perfume-y for me. But whenever I found one I liked, I grabbed it and bought it and enjoyed it!

Discovering Gourmet Candles

I came across gourmet candles quite by accident. One day while surfing the internet, I visited a website of a lady by the name of Jackie who owned a gourmet candle business. Although I had no intention of starting a candle business per se, I was intrigued by what I read about the candles themselves.

Intrigued enough that I decided to buy one of the jar candles to try it out. To see if the scents really were true and it was indeed richly scented. What did I have to lose -- I mean, I bought jar candles all the time anyway.

Oh boy, was I ever amazed -- there really was a difference! The French Vanilla actually smelled like real vanilla, and not vanilla perfume.

I decided to join the Candle of the Month club, and get the excellent discount (a new scent is introduced each month). While I never know what the new scent will be, it certainly is exciting to get my package!

Then I decided to read up more about scented candles in general and couldn't find a whole lot of information on the internet. After a lot of research, I decided that others might benefit from what I've discovered -- therefore The Richly Scented Candle was born.

Somewhere along the line I decided to go ahead and sell the candles myself -- I believed in them so very much and wanted to share them as well. And so here I am!

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Candle of the Month Club

If you'd like to get some truly wonderful discounts on triple-scented candles, you might want to consider a Candle of the Month Club membership.

Click here if you want more information.

About Me -- A Funny Wedding Story

David and I eloped instead of having a traditional wedding, but I had a dress that I wanted to be married in.

Unfortunately, when I retrieved the dress from storage I discovered it was no longer white but a dingy yellow. The ceremony was scheduled for two days -- what to do?

I tried washing the dress and no luck. I even got brave and tried some bleach -- still no luck (thank heavens the dress survived the bleach).

Then an idea hit me; why not paint the dress white?

(Keep in mind that this was at a time when fabric painting was really big.)

David thought I was absolutely nuts, but I painted and painted. The dress turned out great, and you couldn't tell it was painted if you were more than 1 foot away.