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Yankee Candle Reviews Summary

Yankee Candle has a rating of 1.3 stars from 199 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Yankee Candle most frequently mention customer service, credit card and order online. Yankee Candle ranks 110th among Candles sites.

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North Carolina
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I ordered 20 items, got a notice that they cancelled part of the order. 17 items out of 20 they cancelled. One of the three items sent depends on one they cancelled to be used. Never again

Date of experience: July 2, 2025
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I received 1 of the 10 items I ordered. Call for a refund. Said it would take 2-3 days. Still no refund!

Date of experience: June 24, 2025
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ordered 12 large candles as I always do. Two days after I ordered them they went on sale. I sent a message to customer care and never got a response. When I got the order one jar was broken. They refused to give me a cash refund since I used a $25 gift card on a order of over $100. Horrible customer service. I will never buy from here again.

Date of experience: February 12, 2025
South Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Yankee candles tunnel and have no scent anymore. I've complained to Yankee for the past couple of years but seems to no avail. I've bought Yankee candles since 1998 but seems they no longer care about customer service - so I'm done with them. Might as well spend money on lower price candles that are better than Yankee.

Date of experience: February 1, 2025
GB
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I was hoping this cane will actually smelliest what the title says once it's burning, but I was disappointed big time. We do a sniff test which smelt ok, but once you starting burning it, you can't smell anything. We ended up throwing it away. It's cheap rubbish candles. Never again buying a Yankee candle.

Date of experience: November 8, 2024
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Some of the scents use ingredients known to cause respiratory irritation. Why is this used in a product that is made specifically for a diffuser?

Date of experience: May 7, 2024
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Customer service is okay but the website crashes constantly. I'm trying to give you my money, please make it easier for me to do so. Plus shipping was messed up, no wonder!

Date of experience: March 4, 2024
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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For what I spent for 9 candles from Yankees candles, I could have gotten 30 candles from the dollar store

Date of experience: January 15, 2024
Florida
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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I have never experienced this level of incompetence from such an established manufacturer and retailer or less regard for customer satisfaction. If they can't manage their inventory, they should stay in the brick and mortar space. I placed what was a last minute Christmas present order on Friday Dec 15 (and paid for expedited shipping for receipt in one business day which meant Tuesday), received an email acknowledgment and nothing more until Tuesday morning asking for patience...taking longer than expected blah blah blah. Another email 20 minutes later saying sorry they had to cancel my order - Reason: No inventory. Canceled four days after the order was placed and on the expected delivery date. Terrible.

Date of experience: December 19, 2023
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Bad customer service
December 19, 2023

Yankee Candle sent the wrong product. The agents agreed to a refund, but it never came despite repeated phone calls and emails.

Date of experience: December 19, 2023
Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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For over 15 years me an my family would do a day trip to go see Santa at yankee candle we spent money to eat an bought lots of stuff. This year I find out now you have to pay to see Santa an make a appointment. Talk about scrooge an the grinch that stole Christmas an ruined a family tradition cause there money hungry. This destroyed one of my family traditions so I wanted to tell everyone about the greed. It wouldn't be so bad but it's 12 dollors a person an a appointment. Then.they try to sell you photos an the cheepest ones are 50 bucks. So it would cost me an my family 90 dollors just to see Santa. Ya let that stew a little bit. Not to mention the quality of there candles have dropped big time in the last 3 years. Well that my story you have bean warned. An yes ime upset the time there ment alot to me an my kids. But no more I guess

Date of experience: December 18, 2023
Delaware
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Yankee Candle is Gone!
December 13, 2023

Imagine spending $31 for a jar candle only to have little or no scent? Cheapest ingredients for more $$$. Never again

Date of experience: December 13, 2023
Michigan
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Snail slow shipping
December 7, 2023

Ordered candles for my grandmother's 92nd birthday 6 days ago. I immediately got a hold on my credit card for the amount, and an email saying "we're getting your order together now". Six days later and the order is still in process? That's unacceptable to wait until the last minute to send because I chose the shipping option that said 8-10 days. That should be with leeway for the postal system. But to just not send for six days is pathetic. They're candles! And it's 2023. I have ordered from about 7 other stores in the meantime, shall and large, and have either received them or they are on their way. This is a very outdated company, and I will not be ordering from them anymore. Do better!

Date of experience: December 7, 2023
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Their website issue ended in duplicate orders being charged & shipped to me. 4 phonecalls, 3 emails, & endless promises that never materialized. I was an avid Yankee Candle customer for well over 20 years. Well, no more. I don't care how much I love your product if you can't back it up with proper customer service I won't wast my time or money on you.

Date of experience: December 7, 2023
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ordered one candle during a Black Friday sale. Got the completely wrong candle, and the address on the receipt in the box was for someone different in a different city. Filled out 2 customer service forms online on 2 separate days. Did not receive a response, or even confirmation that the complaints were received. Very sketch. Will never order from them again. Save your money.

For privacy of the other customer, I will not post receipt.

Date of experience: December 5, 2023
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Had votive candles "Autumn Wreath" placed them in candle holders on table. The candle did not burn property melted over sides and over candle holder on to tablecloth. Did not not expect this poor quality at the price of Yankee Candles. Called customer service would not do anything because I no longer had receipt even tho I had a photo of their product. Very poor customer service to not replace a votive candle. Would not by from this company again!

Date of experience: November 10, 2023
Arizona
1 review
3 helpful votes
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After 30 years of ordering candles, I can honestly say, Yankee has gone down the tubes.
Quality of candles is horrible, I have now received two deliveries of broken (shattered) jars, a blueberry candle that burned straight down the middle. Yes they replaced them but
I've spent over two hours of my time, on the phone and sending pictures for exchange.
I don't order to return. I think I'm done.
I'm mad and sad!
Can anyone out there tell me who the heck is running this mess?
I buy these as gifts, I recommend them, but no more!

Date of experience: September 7, 2023
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Look out, you pay for expedited shipping. They send when they feel like it. Refuse to reimburse premium shipping charges when they don't deliver. Customer service a joke. In India, don't address any concerns. Done with this company. Boycott these products.

Date of experience: July 17, 2023
Florida
3 reviews
9 helpful votes
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Customer service is terrible. Newell Brands owns this company, and I wished I had known this beforehand because I've had bad experiences with Newell Brands. The customer service agents are outsourced to PoznaƄ, Poland and Manila, Philippines, so there you go! Customer agents cannot help you. They read off of a script and tell you it takes days to respond to having my PW reset! Forget Yankee Candle online, go to Marshall's where you can get the candles for half off. Another American company gone to the sewer because of overseas agents.

Date of experience: July 10, 2023
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Recently I placed an order for 8 large jar candles to be given as gifts. I normally place several orders each year purchasing dozens of candles each year. This time the shipment which was shipped out of GA was not shipped in a normal Yankee Candle box and was shipped in a plain cardboard box. When I opened the box I found each candle wrapped in only one thin layer of bubble wrap and stacked upon each other laying on their sides with no other protective packaging. 5 of the 8 candles had jars that were totally shattered and the other 3 appeared to have what might be hairline cracks. I contacted customer care sending pictures and it took forever for them to respond. After a couple exchanges they finally agreed to replace the 5 shattered candles, but 4 of the ones previously ordered were no longer in stock so they asked what candles I preferred and I gave them a list of 5 different candles. Nest thing I know I get an email stating my order had shipped but the shipment did not contain the ones I had listed.

I again contacted customer care asking for them to reship what I had requested and to issue a return for the coming shipment. They responded that I could drive to a Yankee Candles store and make the exchange request there. I responded that it was over a 2-1/2 hour round trip to the nearest Yankee Candle and certainly would not do so to fix a series of errors on their part. They have not bothered to respond.

I have ordered from Yankee Candle many times and always received products shipped properly and had decent customer service. I am not sure what has changed, but Yankee Candle Customer care just does not care about their customers. I am no longer a customer and will place no more orders. To top it all off I had to go out and purchase alternative gifts and now I am stuck with candles that I did not order.

Date of experience: July 4, 2023