The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. 2005 Third Quarter Earnings Webcast

THE YANKEE CANDLE COMPANY, INC. (NYSE:YCC), the leading
designer, manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of premium scented
candles, will hold its quarterly conference call via webcast to
discuss fiscal 2005 third quarter results on Wednesday, October 26,
2005, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

   This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at
The Yankee Candle Company's Web site at www.yankeecandle.com.

   The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson
StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors.
Individual investors can listen to the call at www.fulldisclosure.com,
Thomson/CCBN's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents.
Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson's
password-protected event management site, StreetEvents
(www.streetevents.com).

   About The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.

   The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. is the leading designer,
manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of premium scented candles in
the growing giftware industry. Yankee has a 35 year history of
offering distinctive products and marketing them as affordable
luxuries and consumable gifts. The Company sells its candles through a
North American wholesale customer network of approximately 16,300
store locations, a growing base of Company owned and operated retail
stores (372 located in 42 states as of October 1, 2005), direct mail
catalogs, its Internet website (www.yankeecandle.com), international
distributors and to a European wholesale customer network of
approximately 2,200 store locations (through its distribution center
located in Bristol, England).