How they compare
| Candle | Price | Size | Burn | Per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trudon Ernesto | $140.00 | 9.5 oz | 55 hrs | $2.55 |
| Teakwood & Tobacco (P.F. Candle Co)Best value | $24.00 | 7.2 oz | 40 hrs | $0.60 |
Burn hours are as stated by each maker. Where a Burn Lab test exists we publish the measured figure instead and say so on the page. A dash means we have not verified that price ourselves yet.
The original
What Ernesto actually smells like
- Top
- Tobacco leaf
- Middle
- Leather, Rum
- Base
- Smoked wood, Beeswax
The matches
How close each one gets
Teakwood & Tobacco
P.F. Candle CoLeather, teak and orange in a 7.2 oz standard jar. It reads drier and less smoky than the original and the burn is shorter, but it is the closest widely stocked leather-and-wood accord at this price.
Questions
What people ask about this scent
- Does the cheaper candle actually smell like Ernesto?
- It gets the leather and tobacco. What it does not get is the rum and beeswax underneath, which is where the original stops smelling like a shop and starts smelling like a room in a house. Judge it on the opening, not the dry-down.
- Is the glass worth part of the price?
- Trudon's vessels are hand-blown and widely reused, which is a real part of what you are buying. We still rank on cost per burn hour, because that is the part of the purchase that is actually fragrance.
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