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Silly me picked one up at Nordstrom thinking it would be a nice gift for a friend. When I saw the price ($ 450.00!!!!) I almost dropped it and myself.

Sorry, I can't help.

Crazy. What do they do, light it with $20 bills?

I know!! It's wax for the love of Pete!!!!

I lucked out and found a HUGE red candle with three wicks at Good Will. It is not in a jar but it is huge and looks great on a round tray and used it at Christmas time surrounded by a pinecone wreath. Check tjmaxx, ross, marshallls and you may have some luck.

Honestly, candles are about the easiest things in the world to make. Find yourself a large glass jar or vase you like, buy some candle wax at Michaels, or old candles at Goodwill, read some tutorials on candle making, carefully melt the wax, place the wick(s), add some scent if you want and pour the wax into the glass piece. Under $50 depending on the price of the glass.

Making container candles

The cost of Jo Malone candles is not in the wax, but the fabulous natural fragrance blends. I wear Jo Malone perfume and while it too is expensive there is NOTHING else like it. If you are just looking for size it's not cost effective.

my sister turned 50. I bought her a nice bottle of Jo Malone Grapefruit. She immediately looked 25!

hahahahahahahaha Sign me up!

Olychick, so you've made your own candles before? I forgot this was even feasible. I love candles but have yet to find a brand that's long-burning. I love the Nest scents but they seem to burn down very quickly. I may have to try making my own.

Making Soy Candles was on my Food52 newsfeed today.

I have made candles before and it's really fun. I especially like making tapers and working with beeswax, which is a lot more expensive. There are so many great jars available, I'd sure try it before I'd spend that kind of $ for a candle. I prefer unscented, but you can scent with whatever you prefer.

You can also reuse your jars when you make your own candles. It's a fun DIY project!

Oh my, the Jo Malone scents sound heavenly. Nectarine & Honey, English Pear & Freesia, Orange Blossom. Wow, I think I could go for any of them!

pottery barn (and i think RH) used to have very large candles... don't know if they do anymore or not...

Holly-Kay, orange blossom is my absolute favorite and the scent I wear about 80% of the warmer months, followed by pear/ freesia. I have lime basil but wear it very infrequently. Jo Malone for warm weather, Chanel for winter :-)

I took too wear Jo Malone and have for years, Amber & Lavender. Have also tried several others. Bought one of the small candles a few years back and loved it. I didn't know they had a big one but wow on the price!

KSWL, I change my scent from summer to winter too. I am going to order the JM for summer, now I need to decide between the three that I thought luscious. I have some cosmetic items that I need to order so I will add the scent to my order.

Chanel No5? One of my all time favorites! I wore it exclusively for close to fifteen years.