Few things compare to what a good-smelling candle can do to elevate a room or make someone feel calm or good inside. While they're an extremely common gift, there's a reason for it. One can never have too many candles, especially ones that smell so good. Whether someone is looking for a candle for Mother's Day, a gift for a friend, or just themselves, it's a good idea to find a scent that matches the current season — or find a scent that is a favorite of the person who will be using it.
Because spring has sprung, we found a bunch of candles that capture the essence of the season to enhance or extend that fresh feeling. From calming lavender to citrus that has hints of a fresh-squeezed lemon to sweetgrass and herb gardens, heck even vanilla, we have 20 candles from large and small businesses that smell as amazing as spring does in real life, and that we can enjoy in our homes.
Diptyque Berries Candle
Diptyque candles are like the designer brand of the candle industry. Not only are their scents amazing, but the packaging — the elegant black and white lettering — has become an iconic piece of decor in and of itself. This one is a great find for spring with its berry scents, which people will start to pick in a few weeks.
Homesick Gone Hiking
Spring is a great time of year to go hiking. It's not too cold and it's not sweltering hot — it's just right. That's why this Homesick candle called Gone Hiking has fragrances that are just right for the spring season. The pine and freshwater notes will make you feel like you're on a hike without having to actually go, or maybe inspire you to get out there.
Homesick Spring Cleaning Candle
Homesick candles are very much upfront about the smell of their candles with the names they give them and by including this one on the list, so are we. This is the Homesick Spring Cleaning candle, and if this won't get someone in the fresh spring cleaning mood, we don't know what will. It has combined top notes of lime, bergamot, and clean linen.
Nest Amalfi Lemon & Mint Classic Candle
When people think of spring, usually pastel colors, flowers, and good weather come to mind. And when there's good weather, it's time for refreshing drinks. See where we're going yet? Ring in spring with a candle that celebrates citrus with Nest's Amalfi Lemon & Mint. It smells like "zesty lemon and orange bergamot blended with fresh mint and a hint of driftwood."
Malin + Goetz Sage Candle
$55
from
Malin + Goetz
Speaking of spring weather and freshly cut green lawns and trees, the shade of green is a nod to the palette of the season and the time spent outdoors either planting or taking in the fresh air. This Malin + Goetz Sage candle is a great reminder of that with its "earthy scent that evokes a summer herb garden."
Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day Scented Candle
Spring cleaning is one of the many traditions of spring that leaves spaces decluttered and people with a fresh start kind of feeling. You know the one. Mrs. Meyer's captures that feeling in its Clean Day scented candle with a lavender aroma that has a "clean floral scent." It also has almost a five-star rating on Amazon.
Brooklyn Candle Studio Fern & Moss Candle
$28
from
Brooklyn Candle Studio
Spring cleaning is about decluttering, and it can also mean adopting a minimalist style. That can be shown through candles, like this Fern and Moss literally called the Minimalist Candle. The scent is also springy. It has "lavender and woodsy notes" and for "nature lovers inspired by the dewy and beautiful Fern Canyon in Northern California."
Yankee Candle Lilac Blossoms
$30
from
Yankee Candle
Yankee Candle will always be a tried and true candle brand for people looking for a reliable candle that smells amazing. For spring, this lilac blossoms candle is a good addition with its classic lilac scent and happy purple color. Lilac blossoms are a traditional bloom of the spring season. This candle's top notes are "dewy greens, water lily, and bergamot" with mid notes of "lilac petals, hyacinth, and tulip bulbs."
Yankee Candle Bunny Vanilla Cupcake
$18
from
Yankee Candle
If flowers are too obvious for spring, and that's not the vibe you want, there are other ways to evoke the season. One word: Vanilla. Vanilla scents can be for different times of year but can symbolize different holidays, no matter what season it is. For spring, it's definitely Easter sweets as this Bunny Vanilla Cupcake candle alludes to.
Voluspa Sparkling Rose Candle
This light satin pink candle is as springlike in appearance as it is in its scent, which sounds like a win-win to us. Plus, it's called Sparking Rose which gives us both floral and spring drinking vibes (aka rosé), which is exactly what Volupsa claims the scent smells like. In the company's words: "sparkling wine & rose petals." We're down with that.
The Black Home Aphrodite Candle
$40
from
The Black Home
The Black Home is a Black-owned company that sells amazing candles and home decor items. The candles in particular are wonderful. The Aphrodite candle has a "creamy" lilac scent that will likely make whoever smells it feel like they're in a secret garden. Maybe a Greek one! It also has base notes of ylang ylang and sandalwood.
228 Grant Street Candle Co. Botanical Garden Candle
$21
from
228 Grant Street
228 Grant Street Candle Co.'s Botanical Garden Candle is perfect for spring because it literally has the botanical garden theme right in the name. And everyone loves a beautiful botanical garden in the spring. It has a "sweet floral fragrance" but also has fruity top notes of melon and peach. The body has tropical flowers including plumeria, gardenia, and jasmine. Yum.
Blk Sunflower Pillow Talk Candle
$30
from
Blk Sunflower
Blk Sunflower is another Black-owned candle company with outstanding scents. Its Pillow Talk candle works so well for spring with its lavender and vanilla notes. Honestly, it sounds too good to be true, but the company says it has found the perfect balance of the two calming fragrances. It's made with essential oils.
DW Home Fresh Linen
Fresh linen and spring cleaning go together like peanut butter and jelly. It's a fresh and comforting smell and also one that is so evocative. Well, that smell has been brought to life in the form of DW Home's Fresh Linen candle. According to its fragrance profile, it smells like "sun-warmed linens infused with a fragrant breeze of dew-covered cotton blossom, tender meadow flowers, and an alluring freshness."
Boy Smells Gardener Candle
$32
from
Boy Smells
Boys (and girls) can smell, but candle company Boy Smells make delicious-smelling candles that everyone will love. The Gardener candle is so fitting for spring. Its fragrance has notes of "citrus groves and tomato gardens" for that blend of savory and sweet aromas, especially those found naturally while gardening or fruit picking.
Voluspa Limited Edition Cut Glass Jar Candle
$30
from
Anthropologie
This limited edition glass Voluspa candle is stunning. It also smells fabulous with spot-on spring scents in six different varieties: floral, fresh, woodsy, or gourmand, with notes including berries, amber, and French lavender. Choose the scent that evokes spring the best, then enjoy the beautiful cut-glass jar in the future.
Bath & Body Works Fresh Spring Morning
$25
from
Bath & Body Works
Bath & Body Works is another great place to turn to for a great-smelling candle and when it comes to scents, the company always seem to have what we're looking for, like this Fresh Spring Morning three-wick candle. The candle has near perfect reviews (of five stars). It is made with essential oils and as one reviewer put it, "it really does smell like spring."
Thymes Passionfruit Neroli Poured Candle
Fruit season may not ramp up until the summertime, but that doesn't mean the spring weather won't have us all starting to buy more of it to eat or put in drinks. Make the entire home smell like a passionfruit with the Thymes Passionfruit Neroli candle, which has a "tropical and zesty fragrance." According to one review, "This scent quickly fills my entire home with a delicate floral aroma."
P.F. Candle Co. Patchouli Sweetgrass
$20
from
P.F. Candle Co.
Sweetgrass has spring all over it. It's a floral and nature-y and smells great in candles, which it does in P.F. Candle Co.'s Patchouli Sweetgrass candle with notes of "cream, sweetgrass, and smoke." The company is said to have candles that are "specially ideal for people with scent sensitivities" as the scents aren't too overpowering. It also comes in a super cute apothecary jar to amp up a room's decor.
Aery Sakura Blossom Scented Candle
Flowers blossoming is the essence of spring, and that's captured in both scent and name of the Aery Sakura Blossom scented candle. Spring in many places in the US is the best time of year for cherry blossom trees to bloom, so this candle "transports you to the floral forests of Japan, where cherry blossoms bloom and shimmer is the newly warmed spring air."
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