When it’s a sunny day or a balmy summer’s evening, burning your favourite cinnamon spice candle doesn’t really work. Filling the house with a quintessential Christmas smell confuses the whole mood. And whilst candles are often associated with winter, there are plenty of options that don’t only look more summery but have lighter, fresher fragrances too.
From mojito flavours to mulberry and linen, click through the gallery ahead for the perfect, prettiest candles to burn this summer.
With notes that epitomise summer — neroli, lemon, honey and jasmine — L’Artisan Partifumer’s Summer candle is pure bliss, and will burn slowly for up to 60 hours. What’s more, the distressed silver ceramic pot will lighten up any desk or bedside table. A colourful patterned box encapsulates this pretty candle, which comes in a flower-etched glass. It burns with an invigorating woody, citrus scent, with top notes of honeysuckle. The fresh smell of linen is what everyone wants their home to smell like. This gorgeous candle from Nordic Spa manages to recreate the smell perfectly — put it in your bedroom to complement freshly washed bedding and create ambience. Temple Spa’s aromatic candle burns with fresh, summery notes of grapefruit, clary sage and bergamot. The crisp white and glass appearance glass will brighten up any windowsill. Nothing says summer like a cool, refreshing mojito does, so why not bring that happy, summery idea into your home with this great Mojito scented candle? A classic option, and a favourite of many, Diptyque’s Baies is a signature summer scent, which creates a relaxing, sensual atmosphere. Cyclamen is a quintessential British summer scent; embrace it in full with this beautiful soy wax candle, which is scented with summery, sweet cyclamen and earthy moss. It comes in the prettiest floral tin and burns with notes of lemon flower, sake wine and coconut husk. This sweet and tropical mint and grapefruit candle will have you embracing every hour of summer at home, through just your nose! With the aim of capturing the scents of exotic cultures, this Hype Noses vegetable wax candles burns with the distinctive scent of orange peel — sit back and imagine you’re in Seville.
L’Artisan Parfumer The Grasse Collection in Summer
Claus Porto Scented Candle in Banho
Nordic Spa Candle in Linen
Temple Spa Light My Fire Candle
Mojito Cocktail Candle
Diptyque Candle in Baies
Soy Wax Cyclamen and English Moss No. 4 Candle
Voluspa Jardin Sake Lemon Flower 2-Wick Candle
Made By Zen Fresh Mint & Grapefruit Candle
The Hype Noses Mon Bel Oranger
