It’s unofficially fall around here! The weather has dropped into the 60s, we’re sipping (whole30) soups, and I’ve swapped out some decor in the living room–more on that in a later post. But perhaps my favorite home related switch that occurs every year are the scents. Doesn’t fall have the best-smelling candles? The best!
Over the weekend, I lit my favorite Grey Flannel candle from Target (no. 9 on the list below) and our whole great room smelled and felt so cozy. It’s a really great transitional smell for summer to fall because it has some minor sweet notes, but it also smells like a snow day and last year I burned it all the way until Christmas. I haven’t always been a big candle person, but now I’m convinced, lighting a candle is the easiest way to change the mood in your home, or at the very least your own personal mood. Here are 11 of my favorite fall scents:
1. After Light Boho Glass Candle: smells like warm tobacco, clove, patchouli and musk
2. Boulangerie Pumpkin Souffle: smells like a rich autumnal blend of roasted pumpkin and brown sugar
3. Brooklyn Candle Studio Spiked Apple Cider: smells like natural cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, orange, and cedarwood essential oils–it’s crisp and cozy
4. Illume Woodfire Tin Candle: smells like cedarwood and smoke accords mix with heady patchouli leaves and warm vanilla to kindle the ultimate fireside fragrance.
5. Jonathan Adler Pop Bourbon Candle: smells like davana, cognac, plum, leather accord, birch, and cedar.
6. Illume Pumpkin Peppercorn: smells like a decadent pumpkin spiced with sweet peppercorn, roasted cinnamon bark and a twist of tangy citrus peel. Underneath the caramelized core is a harvest of earthen oak, molten amber, and black vanilla bean garnished with a touch of smoked chestnut.
7. Diptyque ‘Feu de Bois’ Woodfire Candle: smells like the warm, familiar, sophisticated accord of rare woods throughout the long winter days.
8. P.F. Candle Co No. 01: Spiced Pumpkin: smells like ripe pumpkin, creamy butter, and brown sugar, topped with toasted cinnamon and nutmeg.
9. Grey Flannel: smells like musk, a snow day, woodsy
10. Old Factory Candle’s Autumn Leaves: smells like the rich earthy scent of a brisk autumn day
11. Nest Fragrances Pumpkin Chai: smells like a blend of wild pumpkin, spicy Masala chai, cardamom, ginger and cinnamon.
Are you a candle person? Do you have a favorite fall scent? Dish in the comments below so we can add it to our fall rotation.
Check out molly Rue Candles. My favorites for fall are Fig and Rhubarb and Peppermint Eucalyptus! http://www.mollyrue.com/
Oooo, I love candles too! But besides lighting a candle or whipping up a stove top potpourri, do you have other tips (maybe for a future blog post?) on keeping your whole house from smelling like what you just cooked for dinner for the next 24 hours? Happens. every. time. Or is it just me that has this problem?? Help!!
Here’s a strange question: Where did you get the faux leaves AND the awesome white vase on your side table next to your couch? I love everything you do!!
The leaves are from a local craft store, you can find the vase right here. :)
Thank you! Ok one more question…the wood side table that looks like bricks…where is it from?
My absolute favorite fall scent is from Penelope Co: Flannel Shirt. It’s musky and masculine, the perfect cozy, sexy scent for a bedroom (or, in my case, the whole darn house).
http://www.penelopeco.com/_p/prd1/1790156595/product/flannel-shirt
Some of bath and body works’ candles are a little much for me, but I’m obsessed with their “Leaves” one. It’s my favorite fall candle. Thanks for sharing these – I will have to add a few to my fall rotation :)