These £20 Candles Make My Home Smell Like an Expensive Hotel Suite

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Smells like: Fresh laundry

Notes: Lavender, freesia, white cotton accord, magnolia, musk

This is like hotel housekeeping in a candle. Picture an expensive hotel suite with freshly laundered linen sheets, soft furnishings and a bouquet of fresh white flowers. The Clean House name is so apt, because lighting this candle makes it feel like you’ve cleaned your home from top to bottom. It’s a great candle to light when you don’t want anything too overwhelming, but you want your space to feel fresh, airy and clean. The scent lingers long after you’ve blown out the flame too. I’m now on my second one, and I’ll never stop buying it.

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Smells like: A luxury, dimly lit French hotel bar

Notes: Pressed basil, liquorice milk, balsam fir, guaiac wood, wild honey, red juniper, vanilla, musk

Both sweet, a little smokey and seductively smooth, this Beauty Pie candle is a close second to Clean House—but this one is like a sultry, dimly lit bar that you might find in a boutique Parisian hotel. It’s a really complex and classy scent that smells three times its price tag, and is unlike anything else I’ve smelled. Fresh out of the box, leans a little masculine with a smokey trail, but while lit is is balanced with subtly sweet honey and vanilla that has a creamy, intoxicating milkiness to it. I’d burn this on cosy nights inside when you require a moment of luxury.

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Smells like: Warm, freshly baked pain au chocolats wafting from a cafe

Notes: Hazelnut, chocolate, milk, sugar, cookie accord, vanilla, butter

This is straight up buttery, pain au chocolats served with a frothy hot chocolate and a generous swirl of whipped cream on top. It’s absolutely delicious. If you don’t like gourmand scents, you might not be for you, but if you have a sweet tooth you’ll love the addictive chocolate scent that is almost good enough to eat. It really fills the room with scent and burns really well. I particularly love the designer-esque packaging on this one.

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Smells like: A Sunday flower market

Notes: Freesia, osmanthus, orange blossom, clove, tuberose, iris, peony, ylang-ylang, Turkish rose, vetiver, tonka, cashmere woods, musk

Fleurosa, as you can probably guess, is a very floral-orientated scent. Lighting this candle transports you straight to a flower market with bundles of freshly cut florals. It has a strong scent of tuberose which is very pretty and creamy, but it’s not overly fussy—it’s light and airy too, making it a great candle to light during the spring and summer months, or during the day when you want your home to smell inviting. I’d imagine someone with an impeccably designed all-white interior lighting this type of scent.

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Smells like: Rose and pomegranate, sprinkled in spices

Notes: Water flowers, baies rose, davana, artemisia, cinnamon, clove, pomegranate, cashmere woods, cedar, patchouli

This is a really seductive scent, and the clear red glass vessel radiates a warm glow when it is lit—so it really looks the part too. Pomegranate & Baies Rose is a fruity floral, which is given a warm, seductive twist with a sprinkle of spicy cinnamon and clove and cosy cashmere woods. You can really smell this one, even before opening the box, and the throw when lit is amazing. It’s heady, sexy and smells a little like another popular designer pomegranate candle out there.

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Smells like: Candy canes dipped in hot chocolate

Notes: Milk chocolate, peppermint, chocolate madeleine accord, vanilla, cocoa, butter, wood

If you’re looking for your next festive candle, call off the search. This delicious combination of chocolate and peppermint is the ultimate wintertime treat. Compared to the rich scent of the Chocolat candle reviewed above, this has a refreshing zing of peppermint which reminds me of After Eights. It is sweet, but not overly sickly. In fact, many Beauty Pie reviewers say this is the best candle they have ever tried.

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Smells like: Vanilla birthday cake frosting

Notes: Bergamot, freesia, almond, transparent florals, black pepper, sugar, patchouli, vanilla, amber, chocolate

Lighting this candle might have your neighbours wondering if you’re baking a cake—it really fills your home with the scent of a fluffy birthday cake sponge with a generous layer of vanilla frosting. You’d be forgiven that its very sweet, but it’s much more complex, thanks to the addition of florals and patchouli. Needless to say, this makes a great gift for a birthday present. The box allows you to mark your recipient’s birth month and and date, which is a nice touch too.