These are incredible and really allow you to escape. The scents are soothing and not over powering. I keep ordering them for gifts... I really need to build my collection. This are just the first think I think about for my gifts. Time to gift myself.

This is a wonderful candle. The primary scent makes me imagine the scratching of a pen against parchment and the secondary notes of aged wood and leather take me back to childhood weekends exploring my grandfather's antique shop. It's easy to imagine being in a room filled with old books. It is a more subtle candle but I think it works nicely that way. I like to use it when I'm writing but it also seems to be my default candle whenever I don't have a specific scent in mind.

I have been burning this off and on for the past few months. It is subtle, often I don't notice the smell until after I've left the room and come back, but when it fills the room it's like stepping into a long-forgotten bookstore somewhere off the beaten track, lit only by candles. I'm nostalgic for something I never experienced, which seems to be a common theme.

To be 100% honest, it doesn’t smell exactly like old books because nothing does. BUT it’s the closest you’ll get. It has fresh hints with definite leather and parchment undertones, and it’s the best “library/old book” candle I’ve ever found. I love it so much I’m buying another right now. I need it for when I write.

If you're the kind of person who has always loved the smell of old library books, you should definitely check this candle out. It's not exactly the same as my childhood experiences, since none of my books were ever bound in wood and leather, but the rich and heavy scents combine with the old paper smell to enhance rather than distract from the nostalgia. I have purchased from this company a few time and I have always found their shipping times surprisingly quick, their packaging efficient and skillful, and their products to be of the highest quality.