Yankee Candle Outlet Store

About Yankee Candle

Yankee Candle Company began when company founder Mike Kittredge melted crayons to make a candle to give his mother for Christmas when he was 17 in 1969. A neighbor bought the candle for enough money that he could buy wax to make two more candles, and that's how the company was born.

Now Yankee Candle is one of the most recognized names in the candle business. The company now has 450 company-owned retail stores, 27 of which have the name Illuminations. Yankee Candle products are also sold in major retail outlets around the country, including Bed, Bath and Beyond and Linens-N-Things.

The company sells candles in more than 150 scents, from Autumn Leaves and Black Cherry to Cottage Breeze, Gingerbread and Honeydew Mellon. The company's most famous product is the Housewarmer jar candle, but they also sell cylinder candles, votives, tea lights, floating candles, pillars, tapers and candle accessories.

The company also has 24 Yankee Candle outlet store locations across the country to help people get a bargain on their scented candles.

Finding a Yankee Candle Outlet Store

The website Outlet Bound shows 24 locations in 18 states scattered across the country--though they are mostly in the Midwest, Northeast and along the East Coast.

Like other outlet stores, the shops offer a wide variety of products, including overstocks and discontinued items. You can get a good deal on some otherwise pricey candles by stocking up when your travels take you near one of these outlets.

Yankee Candles are loved for their strong scent and known for their quality, so they make great gifts for people who love candles. A pretty votive and a unique holder would make a great gift for a friend's birthday or a housewarming without setting you back too much money.

Outlet Shopping Online

If you can't make it to a Yankee Candle outlet store, you can always surf the next best thing: the sale section of the company's website.

Here you'll find deals on particular types of merchandise, such as buy one, get one for half price products or 60 percent of candle accessories. The deals available on the website are limited to a few at a time, so you're not getting the same experience as you would shopping in an outlet store, but you can still get a good deal without having to leave the comfort of your home.

Shipping is always $6 on any order less than $100, so go ahead and stock up when you see your favorite candles on sale.

Choosing a Yankee Candle Fragrance

It can be a little intimidating to visit a Yankee Candle store because there are just so many choices, and you can't possibly smell all the candles that are available in any given store.

Picking the right fragrance for you will come down to having a vague idea of what you want the candle to smell like – such as clean, seasonal, tropical, woodsy – and then finding the scents that you think will fall into that category.

Associates who work at the Yankee Candle outlet store or the conventional stores may be able to steer you toward popular scents. You can always try out a scent by purchasing a votive or a small-sized Housewarmer as a trial run before you buy a larger candle with the same fragrance.

Part of the fun of shopping at Yankee Candle is that there are new fragrances coming out all the time. The odds are good you'll always be able to find something that will suit the mood you want to reflect and regularly having a new scent in your home will enliven the place even if you haven't made any other changes. A new smell is like moving around the furniture or putting up a fresh coat of paint, without the work or expense!