Hint, boys: you’re far more likely to get laid if your place smells a little less like the zebra habitat at the Franklin Park Zoo. Answer: Aunt Sadie’s locally made line of candles, hand poured in the back room of the brand’s eponymous South End boutique and headquarters (18 Union Park Street, Boston, 617.357.7117). Retailing for $16 apiece, the candles are available in a slew of such dude-friendly scents as pine, grass, leather, and, new for ’09, beer. (Somewhere in Faneuil Hall, a gaggle of aging frat guys is high-fiving.) Beyond reproach from even the most sarcastic of your buddies, a strategically placed Aunt Sadie’s candle will do wonders for your space; from an olfactory perspective. Their look won’t screw with that carefully considered design aesthetic of yours, either — these candles are wrapped in “man’s man” imagery like woodsy cabins, martini glasses, and houndstooth check.
