UPDATE: -------Woo! I finally received a response! The johnny on the spot gals finally emailed after a week and a half and offered to replace the candles as a good will gesture....Honestly? Fuck you and your raggedy candles. I of course said I would take the returns, which involved me returning their busted ass candles as a condition (great! I get to pack stuff, and mail it, in a big city where UPS is on every corner!).
I'm sad to say that I was a sucker and bought their shit candles so why else wouldn't I be just as stupid to return them for new ones. I was given a long lecture on how to burn them (here's the condensed version, fucking light a candle and put it out when you're done.) If you snappy folks at Renuzit or Glade can figure this one out and make your entire single-wide smell like a pineapple and B.O., it can't be too hard.
Anyhow, back to my stupidity. I let them send the new candles which led me to spend a lovely evening at UPS because they forgot to put the apartment number on the candles. I brought them home and......well, they still burn like shit. Thank god I bought them with my credit card and used purchase protection.
Diptyque used to be awesome, now they can't even master the task of putting a wick in straight and making sure the candle will burn evenly. I've switched to Aquiessse and they burn great; also they're about $20 cheaper, have a lasting fragrance and I don't have to worry about treating a fucking candle like a rare topiary. *********END OF EDIT
I've bought candles from Diptyque for years and think they are absolutely amazing, but this store is the worst representation of a Diptyque boutique I've ever witnessed. For some reason the employees of this store are just absolutely unfriendly and aloof; honestly, you're working in retail and your job is to sell products so that's probably not the best approach.
Further, the candles I've bought from this store well and burn extremely unevenly; this has never occurred before. When I returned the first candle; the salesperson tried to blame me for the welling and said they do not exchange products even if they are faulty but since corporate said they would, she would make an exception. Then I received a long speech on how to burn a candle; I've burned these candles for over a decade, I know how to take care of them.
The replacement candle was clearly old stock as the box was damaged and the label was yellowing and peeling. Needless to say, this candle burns worse than the last. After speaking with their corporate offices I've been asked to send pictures of the candles in various states (which is honestly insane, you should just send new ones...I don't spend 70 on a candle and expect that I'll have to return it, take pictures and get a condescending lecture from an employee), yet I've never received a response.
If you love the candles and fragrances, purchase them at Nordstroms; I've never had a problem there and the sales staff actually understands how to interact professionally with customers. Honestly, while I love their products, I can pretty safely say I will go with a competitor because there are plenty that make comparable, if not superior products. read more