The 9 Best-Smelling Candle Gifts to Spice Up Someone's Day — and Home
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Maybe you have no idea what to give one of your friends, or maybe you have one friend who spends way too much time in the candle aisle of their local Home Goods store. Whatever the case, candles bring with them warmth, light, and some pretty sweet smells, making them the present you can never go wrong with (and we're not just saying that because we're partial to lighting them up any time we need to de-stress and unwind).
Below are our picks for the best-smelling candles we can't stop sniffing.
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Malin + Goetz Holiday Votive Candle Set
The Malin + Goetz Holiday Votive Candle Set ($30) is a set of two of the brand's bestselling scents: Cannabis (which mixes citru notes with sandalwood, pepper, and patchouli) and Otto (a blend of floral notes and grapefruit).
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Bath & Body Works White Barn Mahogany Teakwood High Intensity Three-Wick Candle
The Bath & Body Works White Barn Mahogany Teakwood High Intensity Three-Wick Candle ($15) is the souped-up version of your favorite "man-dle" (i.e., sexy man-scented candle).
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Le Labo Santal 26 Candle
Some say the Le Labo Santal 26 Candle ($75) smells woodsy. Others say it smells like the beach. That's the thing about having 26 notes swirled into it: the ones your nose picks up on are unique to you.
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Diptyque Baies Large Scented Candle
The DJ Khaled-endorsed brand, Diptyque, has come out with a jumbo version of its bestselling Baies candle. The Diptyque Baies Large Scented Candle ($315) will fill your room with the scent of berries for a whopping 190 hours.
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Molton Brown Muddled Plum Single Wick Candle
The Molton Brown Muddled Plum Single Wick Candle ($50) is the brand's limited-edition holiday fragrance of sweet plum mixed with warm rum pressed into a candle.
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Jo Malone London Lime Basil Mandarin Travel Candle Beauty
The Jo Malone London Lime Basil Mandarin Travel Candle ($36) fills every room with a fresh scent of citrus.
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Nest Fragrance Holiday Classic Candle
The Nest Fragrance Holiday Classic Candle ($42) somehow melds together seven classic scents of the holiday season (including pomegranate, pine, and amber) in this candle.
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Commodity Book Candle
As soon as you light the Commodity Book Candle ($55), your entire room will be filled with a calming woodsy, earthy scent.
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Tocca Chamonix Candela
The Tocca Chamonix Candela ($42), with its notes of rosemary and pine, smells just like a stroll through your favorite Christmas tree shop.
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