I'm Seriously Fussy, But These Are the 17 Best Festive Candles This Year
Eleanor Vousden
I'm putting it out there: I'm a candle hoarder. I have drawers full of them. From fresh, airy scents to woody, spicy aromas, I've got a plethora of options in my collection—one for every mood. And as a candle obsessive, I'm finally entering my favourite time of the year. With Christmas approaching, I'm gearing up to unwrap all of the most festive scents in my collection and turn my home into a Christmassy grotto.
The only problem is that when it comes to Christmas scents, I'm seriously fussy. The idea of filling my room with the sorts of traditional heady, sickly scents associated with Christmas makes me want to run for the hills. I like my festive candles to smell fresh and crisp and have a warming (but not headache-inducing) base that makes me want to snuggle up under a blanket. And after testing and trialling virtually every Christmas candle out there, I can safely say that I've found the best ones.
So if, like me, a sweet, heady Christmas candle isn't usually your vibe, keeping scrolling for the most deliciously elegant and festive candles around.
The Best Christmas Candles 2024
1. Jo Loves Christmas Trees
2. Diptyque Feu De Bois
3. Space NK Shimmering Spice Candle
4. Maison Francis Kurkdijan Limited Edition Trio of Candles
5. Neom Perfect Peace Scented Candle
Every year, Neom brings its A game in festive home fragrance, and it totally knocked it out of the park with this one. Pine and lime peel make this candle impossibly fresh and uplifting, while myrrh gives it a depth perfect for cosy evenings by the fire.
6. Diptyque Sapin Scented Candle
7. Beauty Pie Bitter Orange Blackcurrant
8. Jo Malone London Roasted Chestnut Home Candle
9. Jo Loves Log Fires Scented Candle
10. The White Company Fir Tree Large Candle
11. Jo Malone London Bitter Orange Chocolate
12. The White Company Winter Candle
13. Neom Christmas Wish Scented Candle
14. Nest New York Festive Votive Trio
Nest New York creates some of the most cosy festive candles. This set contains Holiday, a festive-spiced mandarin, Birchwood Pine that smells just like a walk in a snow-dusted forest and Crystallized Ginger Vanilla Bean, which smells just like baking festive treats in your kitchen.
15. Cowshed Winter Candle
16. Marks Spencer Frankincense Myrrh Scented Candle
17. John Lewis Winter Spice
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Shannon Lawlor is the beauty director atBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing UK. With over a decade of experience working for some of the beauty industry’s most esteemed titles, including Marie Claire, Glamour UK, Stylist and Refinery29, Shannon’s aim is to make the conversation around beauty as open, relatable and honest as possible. As a self-confessed lazy girl, Shannon has an affinity for hard-working perfumes, fool-proof makeup products and does-it-all skincare.
- Eleanor VousdenBeauty Editor,Best Knockoff Luxury Clothing UK
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