Autumn Inspired Scents

Any home decor lover knows that fall is the time to add cozy touches to an interior. Layers of texture, earthy hues, and comfy areas for lounging are key once the fall season comes around. But before you begin planning your upgrade for the season, consider the impact a unique fall scent can have on your space regardless of your design aesthetic. Whether you're partial to earthy home fragrances or more subtle aromas, we've rounded up some of our favorite fall candles. Choose any of these options to make your home more inviting for the season.

Incense & Embers

Jo Malone London has a cult following for a reason. This 45-hour candle features a smoky scent with a touch of silver fir, white pepper, nappa leather, vetiver, and golden amber

Overose valkiria: £46, Cult Beauty

 

This isn’t an obvious entry for an autumn candles roundup – Overose describes it as “summer but better”, after all – but it transports us back to hot days with its ripe, figgy, milky scent, and makes us feel warmer by association. Overose candles are some of the most potent I’ve tried; we can smell them even when they’re not burning.

 

 

& Other Stories bryggeriet: £17, & Other Stories

 

We were always going to love this one as it’s named after a Swedish brewery – the Stockholm offices of the brand were formerly the premises where St Erik was brewed. Bryggeriet is a spicy, woody scent, with cardamom, sandalwood and suede, perfect for cosying up on autumnal nights.

 

 

 

Diptyque ambre: £62, Diptyque

 

Never mind the scent, the rich reddy brown of this jar looks like autumn. Ambre is a rich, sophisticated blend of woods, balms and resins that somehow manages to be both earthy and outdoorsy and warm and comforting. It’s the candle equivalent of a blanket. Of all the candles we tried, this was the one with the longest-lingering scent – it could even be smelled outside our flat.

 

 

DS & Durga Rama won’t you please come home: £60, Osmology

Brooklyn-based DS & Durga takes an experiential approach to scent, building its fragrances around evocative memories or images, such as “portable fireplace” and “85 diesel”. The new “Rama won’t you please come home” conjures north India, Diwali and the story of the titular Hindu god Rama. It is a floral, earthy and subtly exotic scent, with teak, gardenia, sandalwood, tree flowers and tuberose. It’s a subtle scent but perceptible almost immediately after lighting, and lingers in a room long after the flame has been extinguished