Great Expectations....Sigh....When Will I Learn? By lonecowgal on Feb 17, 2009 - Updated Oct 15, 2011

.....ok, I had high hopes that I'd found a bargain on a candle at TJ Maxx. Paula Deen....At Home brand. My aunt watches her show because "the woman isn't afraid to use BUTTER!!" Had to be good, right? Well, better than Rachel Ray anyhow. [= I needed a candle to burn to cheer me up because a well-loved pet had just died.... and my amazing Woodwick candle has burned right down the to bottom of the glass jar it came it, so I needed something quick. What is it that some folks say?? Haste makes waste? Yeah, funny how I remember that now.........what a disappointment. No scent filled the room...how could it when the thing burned right down the middle of the candle, making a 1 1/2 inch wide tunnel down the center of the much-wider candle??? The incredible tunneling candle. With the TEENIEST flame you ever saw. My husband actually laughed when he saw the flame...I used a Yankee Candle Illumalid on it, I kept the wick trimmed...but to no avail. It was pitiful. I won't be cheap next time.....you get what you pay for, and there's a reason that this candle is sold at TJ Maxx. Save your $6 and put it towards a quality candle. This one was crap.