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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;14, 2005
  
  
  
  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-</DIV>
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.</B>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Massachusetts</B><BR>
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation<BR>
  or Organization)
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>04-2591416</B><BR>
  (I.R.S. Employer<BR>
  Identification No.)</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>16 Yankee Candle Way<BR>
  South Deerfield, Massachusetts</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>01373</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan</B><BR>
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>James A. Perley<BR>
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel<BR>
  16 Yankee Candle Way<BR>
  South Deerfield, Massachusetts 01373</B><BR>
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
  <B>(413)&nbsp;665-8306</B><BR>
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
  
  
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      <TD nowrap align="center">Title of</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center">Securities to be</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount to be</TD>
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                        <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01
  par value per share</DIV></TD>
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  <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" nowrap>50,000 shares</TD>
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  <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" colspan="2">$31.53 (2)</TD>
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  <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" colspan="2">$1,576,500 (2)</TD>
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  <TD align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" colspan="2">$185.55</TD>
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      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
  registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may
  from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
  splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c)
  under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an
  indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee
  benefit plan described herein.</TD>
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      <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
  and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
  and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
  June&nbsp;10, 2005.</TD>
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART I</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001"> Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002"> Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004"> Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005"> Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006"> Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007"> Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008"> Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012"> INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b55437psexv5w1.txt">EX-5.1 IRS Determination Letter dated August 9, 2004</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b55437psexv23w2.txt">EX-23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b55437psexv99w1.txt">EX-99.1 The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan</A></TD></TR>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></DIV>
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by Item&nbsp;1 is included in documents sent or given to participants in
  the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act
  of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The written statement required by Item&nbsp;2 is included in documents sent or given to
  participants in the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the
  Securities Act.
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections&nbsp;13(a),
  14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and in
  accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;). The following documents, which are on file with the
  Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;1, 2005.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Plan&#146;s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
  end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The description of the securities contained in the registrant&#146;s registration statement on
  Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
  updating such description.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
  all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
  unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
  part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
  superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
  herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
  reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
  shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
  statement.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant&#146;s Articles of Organization provide that the directors and officers of the
  registrant shall be indemnified by the registrant to the fullest extent authorized by Massachusetts
  law, as it now exists or may in the future be amended, against all expenses and liabilities
  reasonably incurred in connection with service for or on behalf of the registrant, except with
  respect to any matter that such director or officer has been adjudicated not to have acted in good
  faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interests of the registrant or, to
  the extent such matter relates to service with respect to an employee benefit plan, in the best
  interests of the participants or beneficiaries of such employee benefit plan.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant has entered into agreements to indemnify its directors and officers in addition
  to the indemnification provided for in the Articles of Organization. These agreements, among other
  things, indemnify the registrant&#146;s directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
  Massachusetts law for certain expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines, penalties and
  settlement amounts incurred by such person arising out of or in connection with such person&#146;s
  service as a director or officer of the registrant or an affiliate of the registrant.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Policies of insurance are maintained by the registrant under which its directors and officers
  are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policies, against certain
  expenses in connection with the defense of, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a
  result of, actions, suits or proceedings to which they are parties by reason of being or having
  been such directors or officers.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;<U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(a)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
  of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
  forth in the registration statement; and
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
  previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
  information in the registration statement;
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to
  be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
  reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13
  or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
  statement.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
  such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;<U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(b)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that,
  for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s
  annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
  applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
  the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed
  to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
  such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;<U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(h)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
  under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that
  in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
  claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
  expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
  controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
  in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
  court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
  issue.
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>The Registrant. </B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in South Deerfield,
  Massachusetts, on this 14th day of
  June, 2005.
  
  
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  <TR>
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      <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left">The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.<BR>
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Craig W. Rydin
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Craig W. Rydin&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
  
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of The Yankee Candle Company, Inc., hereby
  severally constitute and appoint Craig W. Rydin, Bruce H. Besanko and James A. Perley, and each of
  them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to
  sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form
  S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and
  generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and
  directors to enable The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby
  ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of
  them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  
  <DIV align="center">
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      <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Craig W. Rydin
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  Craig W. Rydin
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board
  of Directors and Chief
  Executive Officer
  (Principal executive officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Bruce H. Besanko
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">Bruce H. Besanko
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President,
  Finance and Chief
  Financial Officer
  (Principal financial
  officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Gerald F. Lynch
  <HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">Gerald F. Lynch
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Controller
  <BR>(Principal accounting officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Michael G. Archbold</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael G. Archbold</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
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      <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Dale F. Frey</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  Dale F. Frey
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Michael F. Hines</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael F. Hines</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Sandra J. Horbach</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sandra J. Horbach</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Carol M. Meyrowitz</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Carol M. Meyrowitz</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Robert J. O&#146;Connell</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert J. O&#146;Connell</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Michael B. Polk</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael B. Polk</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Ronald L. Sargent</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ronald L. Sargent</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Vijay Vishwanath</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Vijay Vishwanath</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Doreen A. Wright</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Doreen A. Wright</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>The Plan. </B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other
  persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to
  be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in South Deerfield,
  Massachusetts, on this 14th day of June, 2005.
  
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  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">The Yankee Candle Company, Inc., in
  its <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;capacity
  as Plan Sponsor</TD>
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      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Bruce H. Besanko</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">Bruce H. Besanko&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief&nbsp;Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Restated Articles of Organization of The Yankee Candle Company,
  Inc.</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Amended and Restated By-Laws of The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.</TD>
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      <TD valign="top">5.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Internal Revenue Service Determination Letter dated August&nbsp;9, 2004.</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Consent of Deloitte
  &amp; Touche LLP</TD>
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      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this
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  Table of Contents
  As filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2005
  Registration No. 333-
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Massachusetts
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
  or Organization)
  04-2591416
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  16 Yankee Candle Way
  South Deerfield, Massachusetts
  01373
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  James A. Perley
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel
  16 Yankee Candle Way
  South Deerfield, Massachusetts 01373
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)
  (413) 665-8306
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  Title of
  Maximum
  Maximum
  Securities to be
  Amount to be
  Offering Price Per
  Aggregate
  Amount of
  Registered
  Registered(1)
  Share
  Offering Price
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock, $0.01
  par value per share
  50,000 shares
  $31.53 (2)
  $1,576,500 (2)
  $185.55
  (1)
  In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
  registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may
  from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
  splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c)
  under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an
  indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee
  benefit plan described herein.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
  and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
  and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
  June 10, 2005.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART I
  Item 1. Plan Information
  Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
  PART II
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  Item 4. Description of Securities
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
  Item 8. Exhibits
  Item 9. Undertakings
  SIGNATURES
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  EX-5.1 IRS Determination Letter dated August 9, 2004
  EX-23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
  EX-99.1 The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
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  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1. Plan Information.
  The information required by Item 1 is included in documents sent or given to participants in
  the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act
  of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
  Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  The written statement required by Item 2 is included in documents sent or given to
  participants in the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the
  Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a),
  14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in
  accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with the
  Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
  (a) The registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2005.
  (b) The Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.
  (c) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
  end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a) above.
  (d) The description of the securities contained in the registrant's registration statement on
  Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
  updating such description.
  All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
  all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
  unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
  part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
  superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
  herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
  reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
  shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
  statement.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
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  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not applicable.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  The registrant's Articles of Organization provide that the directors and officers of the
  registrant shall be indemnified by the registrant to the fullest extent authorized by Massachusetts
  law, as it now exists or may in the future be amended, against all expenses and liabilities
  reasonably incurred in connection with service for or on behalf of the registrant, except with
  respect to any matter that such director or officer has been adjudicated not to have acted in good
  faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interests of the registrant or, to
  the extent such matter relates to service with respect to an employee benefit plan, in the best
  interests of the participants or beneficiaries of such employee benefit plan.
  The registrant has entered into agreements to indemnify its directors and officers in addition
  to the indemnification provided for in the Articles of Organization. These agreements, among other
  things, indemnify the registrant's directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
  Massachusetts law for certain expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, penalties and
  settlement amounts incurred by such person arising out of or in connection with such person's
  service as a director or officer of the registrant or an affiliate of the registrant.
  Policies of insurance are maintained by the registrant under which its directors and officers
  are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policies, against certain
  expenses in connection with the defense of, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a
  result of, actions, suits or proceedings to which they are parties by reason of being or having
  been such directors or officers.
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  1.
  Item
  512(a)
  of Regulation S-K
  . The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
  of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
  forth in the registration statement; and
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  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
  previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
  information in the registration statement;
  provided, however,
  that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to
  be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
  reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13
  or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
  statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
  such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  2.
  Item
  512(b)
  of Regulation S-K
  . The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that,
  for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's
  annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
  applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
  the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed
  to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
  such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  3.
  Item
  512(h)
  of Regulation S-K
  . Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
  under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that
  in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
  claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
  expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
  controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
  in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
  court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
  issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  The Registrant.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in South Deerfield,
  Massachusetts, on this 14th day of
  June, 2005.
  The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.
  By:
  /s/ Craig W. Rydin
  Craig W. Rydin
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of The Yankee Candle Company, Inc., hereby
  severally constitute and appoint Craig W. Rydin, Bruce H. Besanko and James A. Perley, and each of
  them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to
  sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form
  S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and
  generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and
  directors to enable The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby
  ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of
  them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Craig W. Rydin
  Craig W. Rydin
  Chairman of the Board
  of Directors and Chief
  Executive Officer
  (Principal executive officer)
  June 14, 2005
  /s/ Bruce H. Besanko
  Bruce H. Besanko
  Senior Vice President,
  Finance and Chief
  Financial Officer
  (Principal financial
  officer)
  June 14, 2005
  /s/ Gerald F. Lynch
  Gerald F. Lynch
  Vice President, Controller
  (Principal accounting officer)
  June 14, 2005
  /s/ Michael G. Archbold
  Director
  June 14, 2005
  Michael G. Archbold
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  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Dale F. Frey
  Dale F. Frey
  Director
  June 14, 2005
  /s/ Michael F. Hines
  Director
  June 14, 2005
  Michael F. Hines
  /s/ Sandra J. Horbach
  Director
  June 14, 2005
  Sandra J. Horbach
  /s/ Carol M. Meyrowitz
  Director
  June 14, 2005
  Carol M. Meyrowitz
  /s/ Robert J. O'Connell
  Director
  June 14, 2005
  Robert J. O'Connell
  /s/ Michael B. Polk
  Director
  June 14, 2005
  Michael B. Polk
  /s/ Ronald L. Sargent
  Director
  June 14, 2005
  Ronald L. Sargent
  /s/ Vijay Vishwanath
  Director
  June 14, 2005
  Vijay Vishwanath
  /s/ Doreen A. Wright
  Director
  June 14, 2005
  Doreen A. Wright
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  The Plan.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other
  persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to
  be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in South Deerfield,
  Massachusetts, on this 14th day of June, 2005.
  The Yankee Candle
  Company, Inc. 401 (k)
  and Profit Sharing Plan
  By:
  The Yankee Candle Company, Inc., in
  its
  capacity
  as Plan Sponsor
  By:
  /s/ Bruce H. Besanko
  Name:
  Bruce H. Besanko
  Title:
  Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
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  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Number
  Description
  4.1(1)
  Restated Articles of Organization of The Yankee Candle Company,
  Inc.
  4.2 (2)
  Amended and Restated By-Laws of The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.
  5.1
  Internal Revenue Service Determination Letter dated August 9, 2004.
  23.2
  Consent of Deloitte
  & Touche LLP
  24
  Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this
  registration statement)
  99
  The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
  (1)
  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to the
  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-76397) and incorporated herein
  by reference.
  (2)
  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to the Registrant's
  Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 8, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.