The Candle Edit: The best fragrances for your home

A romantic dinner with your significant other, taking a relaxing bath with a glass of wine or adding freshness to your home instantly. In each of these scenarios, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Candles, of course! These fragrance essentials are a must-have in every home, especially if you’re someone who’s constantly stressed.

Candles have the power to turn your humble home into your own personal sanctuary. Although candles are, at their core, just tiny cylinders of scented wax, they hold the power to change the entire atmosphere of any room and bring immense joy to people.

Whether you use them as an aromatherapy staple when you’re incredibly tense or light them when there’s an unexpected power cut, they are a useful home decor item to have around your home. At The Design Collective, we love all the aromatic candles our favorite brands have to offer. Take a look at them below.

Ariyaa

Founded in Sri Lanka, Ariyaa uses locally sourced raw materials to create high quality scented candles. They carry interesting scents including roasted coffee cream, burnt cinnamon, luscious cherry wax and more, to give you an experience like no other. 

Aurelia Soapworks

As their name suggests, Aurelia Soapworks offers an extensive range of handmade soaps that are manufactured by locals. The local brand started off with creating rustic, top quality products that conditioned as well as cleansed your skin. Now, they’ve expanded with a new range of beeswax candles available in tin boxes with matchy names.

Candle Ámore

Candle Ámore carries a collection of artistic scented candles. They work with the best materials to create new, delightful scents for your dream home. Breaking out of the notion that candles have to be cylindrical and boring, the company creates innovative candles, carving them into fun shapes, adding lettering, and colors. “We turn every memory into a dream with our scented candles,” says the brand.

Candle House Ceylon

This collaboration between Candle House and TDC offers a range of freshly scented artisanal candles in repurposed containers. Use these magical scents to indulge in some self-care guilt-free. Try rose and patchouli scent for a warm, soothing home.

Candle Isle

Are these candles or sculptures? That’s the first question you will ask when you look through Candle Isle’s collection of unique scents. The brand makes artisanal hand-poured candles using a blend of soy and paraffin wax. With creativity at their forefront, the brand experiments with dynamic shapes, shades and fragrances to add to the overall experience of their customer.

Mint Ceylon

Nordic night, toasted coconut latte and lemonilla are just some of the scents that Mint Ceylon makes. This Sri Lanka-based brand was founded by three sisters with the goal to empower local craftsmen and establish a fair-trade business. They’ve used this same zero-waste philosophy to create these flavourful candles.