Choosing a scent you will actually live with.

The most common mistake with candle scent is choosing the loudest one. A fragrance that fills the shop is a fragrance that, at home, you will be opening a window to escape by the second hour. The candles you keep are quieter than that. So before anything else, our advice is to pick a scent you could sit beside for an evening, not one that announces itself from the door.

After that, it helps to choose by room. In a living room or bedroom, where you want warmth and settling, our Vanilla & Amber and Sandalwood & Smoke do the work without becoming heavy. For a bathroom or a morning space, Ocean Breeze and Lavender & Linen read clean and calm. Coconut & White Tea is the gentle all-rounder, soft enough for almost anywhere. Rose & Pepper is the one to reach for when you want a little character on the table. And for a dining room, or for anyone sensitive to fragrance, Unscented is not a compromise, it is the considered choice, so the food and the conversation carry the evening instead.

A note on strength. Every Éluvane candle is dialled to read at conversational distance rather than across the room, because we would rather leave space for the rest of the evening than crowd it. If you tend to find candles overpowering, you will likely find ours a relief.

If you are still unsure, that is normal, and scent is the hardest thing to choose from a screen. Our short scent quiz points you to a starting family in a minute or two, and the full range of candles lists the scent on each piece so you can match a form you love to a mood you want.