I Can't Stop Waxing Poetic About These 26 Candle Gifts

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Nothing sets the mood like the strike of a match and a good ol’ scented candle. The vibes! The ambiance! The romance! Who knows if it’s a third date or a girls' night—either way, the room smells (*insert vague French gesture of approval*) incredible. That’s why candle gifts are the absolute best, most fail-proof, can’t-go-wrong presents. Stocking stuffer for your picky cousin? Candle. Housewarming? Candle set. Bridal shower? Bach-themed candle, obvi. A little treat after a bad day at work? You guessed it—also candle!

Scents can be super personal, though, which is why I pulled together a variety of potential options below. Without spoiling too much, we’ve got everything from clean, lightly-scented candles to fragrances that’ll remind you of your favorite ex’s cologne. Expect to see vegan soy candles *and* denser beeswax candles with a higher burn temp, as well as decorative pieces meant to sit pretty on a shelf and yummy gourmand-scented candles with crackling wicks that are meant to burn, baby, burn! And don’t forget a wick trimmer, which will prevent bits of blackened wick from falling into the hot wax. Sound like a plan? All the cutest candle gifts of your dreams, right this way.

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Sage + Oat Milk Candle

This, my friends, is my favorite candle of all time. It smells like relaxation. It smells like falling asleep. It smells like a hot drink on a cold day. You need this one ASAP.

• Notes: Sage, oat milk

• Burn time: 65 hours

'REPLICA' Beach Vibes Scented Candle

This beachy candle reminds me of 🎵 salt air and rust on your door 🎵. I mean, have you ever wanted anything more?!

• Notes: Bergamot, heliotrope, coconut milk

• Burn time: 30 hours

Money Eucalyptus Candle

This candle claims to bring $$$ into your life, meaning that the candle will pretty much refund itself…basically making it free, right?

• Notes: Lavender, jasmine, rose, pineapple, citrus

• Burn time: Not listed

Book Club Candle

This candle smells the way it feels to curl up with a good book on a rainy day—the cozy, subtly-sweet notes are too good to pass up.

• Notes: Orange, nutmeg, cinnamon, sandalwood, vanilla, amber

• Burn time: 60-80 hours

Kiss Me Lips - Pink & Orange

Some candles are meant to burn, while others are meant to look really, really cute on your Instagram story. These are the latter.

• Notes: Unscented

• Burn time: 2 hours

Left on Read Candle

Light this candle when you need a reminder to protect your peace by not texting your ex-situationship.

• Notes: Coconut milk, palm leaves, hibiscus

• Burn time: 65 hours

Votive Candle Set

Grab a couple of these while they’re on sale, and you’ll have the perfect hostess gift on hand the next time you get invited to a last-minute dinner party.

• Notes: Lavender, sage, rosemary, bergamot | Cedarwood, fir, oakmoss | peony, white tea, gardenia, sandalwood | Black vanilla, amber, incense | Eucalyptus, sea salt, lemongrass, jasmine

• Burn time: 15 hours each

Snuffer and Trimmer Set

It turns out that blowing out your candles can create excess smoke, make the wick harder to light, and potentially splatter wax everywhere…uhhhh, yikes. Using a candle snuffer and trimmer will save you from any future mishaps.

Bitter Peach Candle

Now that you’ve found your signature fragrance, snag it in candle form to really claim it as your own.

• Notes: Pêche de Vigne, blood orange, patchouli

• Burn time: 40 hours

Mercury Retrograde Candle

Let the relaxing scent of lavender diffuse some of the stress and chaos in your life rn. Plus, there’s a pretty lil crystal at the bottom of the candle that you can add to your collection.

• Notes: Lavender, sage

• Burn time: 45 hours

Spiral Taper Candles

Lime green FTW. These funky candles legit look good enough to eat.

• Notes: Unscented

• Burn time: 10 hours

Large Venus

Looking for a vegan candle that’ll instantly elevate your room? Go for a statue-esque option that’s serving body-ody-ody.

• Notes: Unscented

• Burn time: 5 hours

70-Hour Beehive Candle

If your decor has a vintage vibe, you need this timer candle that self-extinguishes once it reaches wherever you set the clamp.

• Notes: Honey

• Burn time: 70 hours

Mid-Century Modern

Presenting: the candle that tells your guests exactly what design aesthetic you were going for, lol.

• Notes: Lavender, jasmine, orange

• Burn time: 60-90 hours

Mahogany Teakwood Intense 3-Wick Candle

One Cosmo editor described this candle as smelling "like a super-hot guy,” so basically, it’s the perfect ~cuffing season~ candle.

• Notes: Rich mahogany, black teakwood, dark oak, frosted lavender

• Burn time: 25-45 hours

Autumnland

Hickory wood, brown sugar…try not to drool. Otherland candles tend to have really great "throw" (aka how well the scent travels through the air) so this one will really fill the room.

• Notes: Hickory wood, pink peppercorn, brown sugar

• Burn time: 55 hours

Candle

This is the kind of scent that everyone, even your fragrance-hating roommate, will approve of. It’s light, neutral, and clean with a dash of floral.

• Notes: Nude musk, sweet rose

• Burn time: 60 hours

Cereal Bowl with Metal Spoon Scented Soy Candle

BRB, having an existential crisis bc this is the most realistic-looking bowl of soy wax cereal I've ever seen in my entire life.

• Notes: Vanilla, cinnamon

• Burn time: Not listed

Cinderose Candle

This isn’t your grandma’s rose scent, just FYI. Boy Smells put together a rose blend that's super hot thanks to notes of oatmoss and smoke.

• Notes: Rose, tuberose, oakmoss, smoke

• Burn time: 50 hours

Vanilla Bean Ellipse Candle

Anyone who used to like watching those crunchy slime ASMR videos in 2020 (✋) is going to be obsessed with all the satisfying, crackly sounds this sweet candle makes.

• Notes: Vanilla bean

• Burn time: 50 hours

North Scented Candle

Pro tip: Once you finish burning this soothing candle, toss it in the freezer overnight and then flip it upside down. Those annoying last bits of wax should pop right out so you can reuse the jar.

• Notes: Cypress, piñon, eucalyptus, jasmine

• Burn time: 40 hours

Renaissance Luxury Candle

Now this is a mood-setting candle—it’s inspired by the artistic renaissance in Harlem throughout the '20s and '30s.

• Notes: Tea leaves, yuzu, cardamom

• Burn time: 80 hours

Ceramic Egg Candle

I prefer my eggs in candle form, in case anyone was wondering. Each “yolk” is a little tea light that sits in a ceramic egg white holder for maximum breakfast vibes.

• Notes: Unscented

• Burn time: 4 hours

Black Cypress Ceramic Scented Candle

This candle reminds me of a clean, Christmas-y aftershave thanks to the crisp balsam fir notes. It’s a great gender-neutral scent that comes in a pretty tumbler you’ll want to display.

• Notes: Balsam fir, bayberry, rock rose.

• Burn time: 70-80 hours

“Final Rose” Candle

And now, for the final rose before your bestie says “I do.” 🥹 This pretty candle is the perfect bachelorette gift for the ultimate Bachelorette fan.

• Notes: Bubble champagne, rose, jasmine, candy, and cream

• Burn time: 60 hours

Pumpkin Spice Scented Soy Blend Candle

In my household, anything pumpkin is an immediate buy —zero guilt. Feel free to adopt that philosophy and snag this spiced bb that’ll turn your apartment into a fall haven.

• Notes: Candied ginger crystals, pumpkin, allspice, pecan toffee

• Burn time: Not listed

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