Christmas is definitely the best-smelling holiday. From spicy cinnamon and nutmeg to mandarin orange and cloves, the month of December is a veritable aroma-fest for your senses.
Obviously this means that buying Christmas-themed candles is a necessity, either for a last-minute gift or just a self-indulgent purchase in between buying for others.
To help you out (it's a busy time of year), we've rounded up all of our favourites – from candles featuring classic combinations of frankincense and myrrh, to Scandinavian forest-inspired scents, and everything in between.
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An ode to Jo Malone's favourite Christmas traditions, the Jo Loves 2017 layered candle is a blend of fresh pine, plum pudding and log fires. Infused with notes of wild lavender, caramelised brown sugar and lapsang souchong tea, it's the best parts of the festive period encapsulated in fragrance.
Jo Loves Christmas Limited Edition Layered Candle, £80, available at Jo Loves
Diptyque has taken the unicorn trend and classed it up a notch with their limited-edition Frosted Forest candle. The invigorating scent of fir needles, hinoki wood and mint is fresh and inviting.
Diptyque Forêt Givrée Scented Candle (Frosted Forest), £48, available at Diptyque
The mix of warm citrus orange notes with floral geranium and litsea oil in this candle makes for an uplifting aroma. Also, it's made from 100% natural ingredients.
Kiss The Moon Glow Natural Aromatherapy Soy Candle, £38, available at Wolf & Badger
If a traditional Christmas candle isn't for you, we recommend Bella Freud's unorthodox in design, 1970 candle. Inspired by Freud's childhood memory of holidaying on the Spanish island of Formentera, it's a luxuriously heady mix of frankincense, myrrh, oakmoss and patchouli blended with lingering base notes of musk, sandalwood and vetivert.
Bella Freud 1970 Candle, £45, available at Cult Beauty
The sweet yet woody aroma of rosewood, known for its calming properties, combined with the aromatic, essential oils of cedar creates a warm and inviting fragrance to fill your home.
Rituals The Ritual Of Anahata Large Candle, £35, available at Rituals
The more sombre-looking offering from Byredo this year comes in the form of their Altar candle. Elegant yet festive, it's presented in an indulgent red wax combining notes of clove bud, ylang and papyrus. Perfect for the beauty obsessive in your life.
Byredo Altar Candle Collector's Edition, £54, available at Space NK
This candle from The White Company is anything but minimalist. Looking every bit as beautiful as it smells, curl up in an armchair with the scent of warm orange slices and red berries with a spicy touch of cinnamon and clove. And as the exterior is a hard wax which won't melt, it can be repurposed as an artisanal tealight holder for future Christmasses.
The White Company Winter Botanical Pillar Candle, £26, available at Selfridges
Due to be the most decadent extravagance of your Christmas, Cire Trudon's Ciel candle is reminiscent of the aroma of a warming log fire. Scented with birch, chestnut and moss on a base of cedar, musk and patchouli, it's a rich, inviting fragrance. The blown-glass box is stamped with a gold Japanese infinite mizuhiki knot design, which is said to offer protection to the recipient.
Cire Trudon Ciel Candle, £78, available at Net-A-Porter
If you're not the biggest fan of the heavier scents floating around at Christmastime, Elemis' Joyful Glow Candle offers something sweeter. Aromatics of vanilla, coconut and orange create a soft yet warming perfume.
Elemis Joyful Glow Candle, £27.50, available at Elemis
Founded by Elle UK 's beauty director Sophie Beresiner, No.22 is a brand that holds comfort at its heart, inspired by a love of knitwear and interiors. The Woodstove candle combines smoky, woody notes of cedar, birch tar and musk with spicy cinnamon and vanilla.
No.22 Woodstove Candle, £38, available at Liberty
These 100% natural wax and cotton wicked candles bring a luxurious blend of frankincense and myrrh that's nostalgic of a glass of mulled wine enjoyed beside a crackling fire.
Plum & Ashby 12 Days Of Christmas Candle, £14, available at Plum & Ashby
Skog's Skandinavisk Skog Forest is modelled on the the Boreal forest, which covers half of Scandinavia, stretching through Sweden, Norway and Finland to the Arctic Circle. Infused with notes of spruce, pine, birch, aged leather and lily of the valley, and covered by a beechwood lid, it has a fresh, woody scent that encapsulates the Scandinavian way of life.
SKOG Skandinavisk Skog Forest, £29, available at John Lewis
A cocktail of quintessential Christmas scents, frankincense, patchouli and myrrh, with a touch of tobacco for a hint of sharpness, Evermore's organic North Christmas Candle beautifully captures the spirit of the season.
Evermore North Christmas Candle, £25, available at Evermore
A rich blend of crimson fruits, Clove, Black Musk, Jasmine and Oudh, The Chapel's Noctula candle evokes a luxurious evening scent. We love the colourful, unconventional packaging!
The Chapel Noctula Scented Candle, £65, available at The Chapel
This candle packs a punch with its blend of spiced woods and layers of labdanum, cedarwood, bergamot, tuberose, ginger and nutmeg.
Bronnley England Exotic Embers Scented Candle, £20, available at Bronnley
For all you Tina Turner fans, the Tina scented candle is an homage to the superstar's complex personality, as a simultaneously strong and fragile woman (hey, aren't we all). Infused with the spirit of disco in the form of bergamot, cedar and musk, it's a lavish way to spruce up your home – plus it's a conversation-starter.
Baobab Collection Disco Tina Scented Candle, £79, available at Amara
Space NK's much-loved, annual Christmas candle is a sweet yet spicy mix of cinnamon, orange, cedar and vanilla. It'll make the perfect secret Santa gift.
Space NK Shimmering Spice Candle, £16, available at Space NK
The sweet blend of Citrus, Vanilla, Lavender and Patchouli is inspired by the woody, coastal surroundings of Big Sur California.
Pam Weinstock A Winter's Tale, £35, available at Pam Weinstock
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