Call Of Duty Has Its Own Candles Now, And They Smell Surprisingly Nice

gamespot.com:

Gaming is all about capturing the senses, but short of bringing Smell-O-Vision cards back from the '60s, there hasn't been a way to immerse the ol' schnoz in a video game. Until Wick & Skull stepped in with its new line of officially licensed video game candles, that is.

Wick & Skull was gracious enough to send me multiple candles to try, with scents inspired by Call of Duty, Dead By Daylight, and Tiny Tina's Wonderlands. These aren't your run-of-the-mill grocery store candles, either; they each pack a punch of fragrance that they claim will enhance your gameplay experience and further immerse in the game's world. Most of the offerings I was sent came in Wick & Skull's standard 8 oz metal jar, with enough wax to burn for 35 hours each, according to the labeling. I chose to measure this by starting and stopping a stopwatch every time I burned one of the candles--the Tiny Tina's Wonderlands candle lasted about 32 hours, just shy of the 35-hour mark, which did genuinely impress me, as I've run into candles that vastly overestimated their burn time before.

The Tiny Tina's Wonderlands candle is labeled as smelling «chaotic great,» which apparently translates to a floral, fruity sugar plum scent. Ultimately, I really enjoyed it, and I did make sure to play the game while burning it to see if it really does enhance the gameplay experience--something I can't empirically confirm, but it did smell nice while I played.

The two Dead By Daylight candles are both meant to evoke the scents of the game, with the Trapper scent smelling like «darkness, despair, and horror,» which ends up being a very overpowering mix of musk, incense, and smoke, and the Hex Totem candle (the only one that came in a taller frosted glass jar instead of the