Reviews

Our creepy candles have been lighting up homes and thrilling horror fans everywhere. Read reviews from customers who love our horror-inspired scents, spooky decor, and hauntingly good craftsmanship. Share your experience and let us know how The Smell of Fear has brought eerie ambiance to your space.

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Mystery Boxes
Sarah A.
Phenomenal!

Beautifully packaged and a wonderful assortment of delights

Smells Amazing!

I ordered the 'How to Sell a Haunted House' candle to go with the book of the same name (by one of my favorite authors) and loved it. Will definitely be ordering more scents in the future! Hoping to see more collaborations with authors too!

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Mystery Boxes
Jacqueline T.
Marvelous!

Ordered this mystery crate as a birthday gift for myself. It was a wonderful surprise. Filled with everything that would make me smile.

Another Awesome Crate!

This crate was packed with a variety of creepy treats! As I unpacked it, there were just more layers of goodies as I went!!

Amazing!

Please never stop making the tell tale heart scent! It’s amazing!, not too sweet but not too tobaccoey I love how they make the packaging feel like it’s straight out of the story!

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Shitter's Full Candle
Eric P.
Wonderful eggnog scent

Makes the house smell festive with the perfect eggnog scent. And as with all prior The Smell Of Fear candle purchases, the candle burns cleanly. Best quality candles you can find!

Highly recommended!

I loved everything about my new candles from the packaging to the look to the scent! Perfect!

Curiously Enticing!

The Smell of Fear, Apothecary Collection: HAUNTED SEAS,
Is an olfactory experience as well as a visual one. Delightfully wrapped in the most dreadfully bleak tissue paper, it slid out of the box it was entombed in, with ease. A smattering of poofy particles of foam, kept this pure white candle safe from the ravages of the Seven Seas on its way to me. Enveloped in a tidy blue candleholder, made from the ancient glass once used by Davy Jones for one of his helmsman for a glass eye, after an encounter with a wretched wraith of the depths, this candle’s powerful essence was kept secured by snugly-mated cork topper. Upon opening this piece of enchanted cork, a scent which reminded me of the distant crashing of waves, in the darkness of the Indian Ocean, mixed with the nuances of mystic moss and hints of the salt from the bruised back of a Siren, found their way spiraling into this here nose. As I lurched forward with the flame of my trusty Zippo, and lighting the wick, I noticed the way the candle’s flame, became an eldritch white through the nautically painted glass of the candle holder. Beautiful to display, and eerily relaxing to smell, this candle is worth every scent! Thank you for the care placed into its craftsmanship! Fair winds, and following haunted seas!

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Spooky Season
Eric P.
Highly recommended!

Another fantastic scent from The Smell of Fear. A perfect Fall/Halloween Candle.

Gorgeous Looking, Smells Great!

This candle looks like Halloween/Fall and the scent is like a pumpkin pie baking in the oven!

Best Spooky Candles EVER!

I had an issue with a recent order. You went above and beyond to make it right. I'm a repeat customer, and I will absolutely be back AGAIN! I was beyond thrilled to receive the red skull cinnamon candle. It's not overpowering, it offers a sweet and spicy cinnamon scent. Definitely wickedly wonderful in my spooky book. I must say I appreciate your creativity with horror and candles. You certainly don't just slap a scary sticker on a jar. You take a piece of the creepiness and elevate it, bringing a piece of horror home. I guess that could be bad thing for some :-)
And another thank you for fixing my review mistake!
THANK YOU!!

Beware the Moon spray smells amazing and lasts! A few spritzes is a perfect refresh in stale room or tomb!! 100% effective for repelling werewolves! 10/10 will buy again.

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Krampus Candle
Janine M.

Great fragrance!

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A Kingston Falls Christmas Candle
Eric P.

Great burning and great smelling candle!

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We Are Your Friends Candle
Dawn C.
We come in Peace

I was so excited to see this candle, the scent is exactly like a jelly donut. I only wish the alien on the label was more prominent as it appears cut off by the words or just too tiny to tell what it is.

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We Are Your Friends Candle
Dawn C.
We come in Peace

I was so excited to see this candle, the scent is exactly like a jelly donut. I only wish the alien on the label was more prominent as it appears cut off by the words or just too tiny to tell what it is.

Can’t wait to give daughter at Xmas!

Lovely fruit forward scent.

In a world of Earthy scents this time of year, it's nice to find something for us fruit-centered folk. Perfect for election season. Thanks, Jillian <3

Definitely recommended!

The perfect novelty to compliment book club

Really loved it!

Great smell! Really sets the atmosphere for all the shark movies.

Highly recommended!

Love it! Love it! Love it!

Definitely recommended!

I love the scent, and that it's not overwoverwhelming. I also like that it is small and discrete in my car.

Most Excellent!

This was a Birthday gift for my brother & it actually arrived the day of. He loves the smell!

Excellent!

Smells just like a night at the movies, hot buttered popcorn from the concession stand.

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The Overlook
Zachary Z.

Excellent!