interesting and disturbing discovery

[firecat]

I ordered some cloth menstrual pads from saucytots.com. When they came, there was a free gift in the package - a couple of gumdrop shaped things made of wax. I asked the owner what these were and she said they were "wax tarts" and you melt them in a "wax tart burner" to release fragrance. (The scent I got was called "Candy Cane.")

Google turns up loads of these wax tart things. I never knew.

The disturbing part is that many of the web sites featuring these wax tarts use "fragrance" as a transitive verb. "With our wax tarts, in your tart melter, you can fragrance a very large area for many, many hours before changing your tarts."

Comments

[snippy]

I like using the wax tarts to perfume my home, myself.

[firecat]

Yes! See, a perfectly good verbed noun already existed.

Which kinds do you like?

[snippy]

Brands? I've only used the Yankee Candle. Liked them fine.

I like to change off between a pine forest-type and a spice (clove, cinnamon, vanilla) type.