What is a better addition to a room than a perfectly scented candle?
By Kim Peiffer — Written on Nov 23, 2021
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.
Benevolence 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,
Craft & 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,
Diptyque 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,
Thymes 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,
Lulu 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,
Nest 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,
Otherland 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
Voluspa 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,
Yankee 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,
Homesick 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,
Kim Peiffer is a writer and editor passionate about lifestyle, beauty and fashion content.
100 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,
24K 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,
Fresh 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,
LA 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,
APOTHEKE 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,
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