The 15 Best Scented Candles To Make Your Home Smell Incredible

What better way to make your home (or someone else’s) feel cozy than with a dimly lit, beautifully scented candle?

Whether you’re looking for a gift to give someone you love this season, or you’re looking to enhance the smell of your own living room, we’ve rounded up the best smelling candles to buy this season.

From pine scented candles that smell like a Christmas tree (too early?), to fresh scents like crisp linen, these heavenly aromas will help you relax after a long day and make cozying in this winter even more of a treat.

These are the 15 best scented candles to make your home smell incredible.

1Benevolence Scented Soy Candle

Made of 100% natural soy wax, these candles are scented with high-quality essential oils that fill your home with a beautiful aroma of eucalyptus and orange.

Added bonus: it has a calming effect and can be used for aromatherapy.

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B074CQDWYY amazonpriceformattedprice]

2Craft & Kin Candle

With calming and relaxing notes of white sage, plus a burn time of over 45 hours, these aromatherapy candles will help you relax, soothe, restore and balance your body and mind.

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B074CQDWYY amazonpriceformattedprice]

3Diptyque Bailes Candle

Candle afficianados go crazy for Diptyque, and the brand's signature scent Bailes is a top contender, combining blackcurrant leaves and Bulgarian rose for a tangy cool, fresh aroma that is unlike anything out there.

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B00429KMH6 amazonpriceformattedprice]

4Thymes Frasier Needle Candle

Inspired by botanicals in art and nature, the combination of crisp Siberian Fir needles, heartening cedarwood and relaxing sandalwood is a festive addition to your holiday decor, and the perfect gift to bring a hostess as well.

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B00YPP2LBM amazonpriceformattedprice]

5Lulu Fresh Linen Candle

This vegan, cruelty-free and eco-friendly candle is known to have one of the longest-lasting burn times on the market, not to mention a refreshing scent reminiscent of a fresh pile of clean laundry.

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B07CKPSH95 amazonpriceformattedprice]

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6Nest Birchwood Pine Candle

From the chic luxury glass holder to the festive winter scent, this Birchwood Pine candle has a cult following for a reason. It gives off a cozy holiday scent with a combination of white pine, fir balsam, and birchwood, over a base of rich musk and amber.

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B009XWRWIO amazonpriceformattedprice]

7Otherland Candle

This vegan scented candle has woodsy notes of balsam fir, musk, and winter spice to kick things up a notch this holiday season. The edgy design gives it a unique feel all its own.

Where to buy: Sephora, $36

8Voluspa French Cade & Lavender

With warm notes of French Cade Wood infused with Bulgarian Lavender and Verbena, this exotic take on a lavender candle is soothing, calming and refreshing.

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B00UVQILR2 amazonpriceformattedprice]

9Yankee Candle Balsam & Cedar Candle

A mainstay candle brand for years, Yankee is known for its plethora of scents coupled with a consistent burn.

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B000JDGC78 amazonpriceformattedprice]

10Homesick New York Scented Candle

Fan of the Big Apple? City dwellers will love this soy wax candle with notes of apple peel, nutmeg and clove, inspired by a crisp fall afternoon in the Adirondacks picking apples and pumpkins.

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B08HJQVB1J amazonpriceformattedprice]

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11100 Hour Long Lasting Aromatherapy Candle

Long lasting candles are hard to come by, but these richly-scented candles last over 100 hours. 

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B08QM6VF4S amazonpriceformattedprice]

1224K Magic Deluxe Scented Candle

This hand-poured 24K Magic by Hotel Collection candle provides the rich, luxurious look and feel of an elevated hotel, with the vibrant scent to match. It’s a bit of a splurge, but it’s cheaper than a night at a 5-star hotel, that’s for sure! 

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B08SWG4HPM amazonpriceformattedprice]

13Fresh Cut Christmas Pine Tree Scented Candle

With its natural wax and lead-free cotton wick, this vegan and cruelty-free candle livens up your holiday hosting duties with the rich scent of festive fresh pine. 

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B09KCHDMSY amazonpriceformattedprice]

14LA JOLIE MUSE Fresh Apple Scented Candle

If a Christmas candle just simply doesn't apease you, turn your head towards something fruitier with this fragrant apple-scented candle from LA JOLIE MUSE. It'll sweeten up a room no matter how frigid it is outside. 

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B08BZ5LZ45 amazonpriceformattedprice]

15APOTHEKE Luxury Scented Jar Candle, Hinoki Lavender

Smoky notes of Hinoki cypress marries the scent fresh lavender, with notes of lotus flower and sandalwood woven in to create an earthy, soothing fragrance that will destress and delight. 

Where to buy: Amazon, [amazon B07PNWR27F amazonpriceformattedprice]