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10 best aromatic candles to freshen your home

We asked our home editors to share their favourite scented candles. Here's what they use in their homes.
10 best aromatic candles to freshen your home

Scented candles

Vetiver candle by Malin+Goetz

Features top notes of fruit and citrus, clove leaf at the middle, and cedarwood and vetiver at the base for a earthy fresh scent. Each candle has approximately 60 hours of burn time, and is made from a blend of beeswax, vegetable and sox waxes.

Vetiver candle, $52, available at select Malin+Goetz retailers.

10 best aromatic candles to freshen your home

Red currant candle by Votivo

A delicious scent of tart red currants over vanilla bean and raspberry. Each candle has approximately 50 hours of burn time.

Travel tin candle in red currant, $12, The Bay.

10 best aromatic candles to freshen your home

Lavender candle by Voluspa

This calming candle with scents of French cade wood, verbena and lavender, comes in a gorgeous tin and made with a coconut wax blend. Each candle has approximately 60 hours of burn time.

French cade and lavender candle in decorative tin, $9, Indigo.ca.

French cade lavendar scented candle

Ottoman candle by Cire Trudon

Spicy, leathery and tobacco scents mixed with jasmine and rose will trick your senses into thinking you've travelled back in time to an exotic and ancient locale.

Ottoman candle, $85, available at select retailers.

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10 best aromatic candles to freshen your home

Rose candle by Murale

White peony, jasmine petals, rose with a touch of vanilla leaves makes this creamy floral scent soft yet striking.

Thymes kimono rose poured candle, $29, Shoppers Drug Mart.

10 best aromatic candles to freshen your home

Earl grey candle by Jonathan Adler

Features comforting yet fresh scents of black tea leaves, jasmine, citrus, and sandalwood. Each candle has approximately 40 hours of burn time.

Earl grey pop candle, $38, JonathaAdler.com.

10 best aromatic candles to freshen your home

Stella candle by Tocca

A sensual and invigorating scent of blood orange with lily, transparent musk and freesia notes. Each candle has approximately 60 hours of burn time.

Stella candle, $48, Sephora.

10 best aromatic candles to freshen your home

Windsor forest candle by Crabtree&Evelyn

Breathe in the woodsy scents of Fraser fir, spruce, balsam needles and holly in this crisp and refreshing aromatic candle.

Poured candle, $28, Crabtree&Evelyn.

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Jasmine candle by Zara Home

Jasmine, lily of the valley and cucumber make up this sweet-scented fragrance.

White jasmine scented candle, $40, Zara Home.

10 best aromatic candles to freshen your home

Cypress candle by Diptyque

An woodsy fragrance that blends Mediterranean cypress, spicy jasmine and warm tints of honey, finished with base notes of vanilla. Each candle has approximately 50 hours of burn time.

Cypress candle, $60, Shopstyle.ca.

10 best aromatic candles to freshen your home

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