Scented Candles | Candles

Best Scented Candles

Our pretty candles are a customer favorite. Here at Anthropologie, we pride ourselves on our thoughtfully curated collection of hand poured candles from a variety of featured brands. Instantly setting the mood, a candle is the final flourish that transforms a house into a home or a room into a sanctuary. With a scent for every season, some of our best-selling candles are also our best-scented candles – like Capri Blue Volcano.

Need a hostess gift or holiday gift? Find a lovely candle gift set featuring tea light, votive, or essential oil diffusers. Or opt for one of our cute jar candles – think the Spring’s Eden collection by Illume - beautifully wrapped in florals and foliage, or one of our unique candles – think the Roam collection by 42 Pressed – that are reminiscent of a favorite memory or place. And if you just can’t decide, give the gift of choice with an assortment of beautifully designed gift cards from Anthropologie.

A Candle for Every Occasion

Anthropologie is the ultimate destination for candle-lovers. Whether you’re partial to the complex aromas and gorgeously giftable vessels of Voluspa, Good Natured’s fresh, herbaceous soy blends, or Capri Blue’s uplifting, redolent Volcano (Anthropologie’s ‘signature scent’), you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for – plus something new that’s sure to surprise and delight everyone in your home.

When it comes to home fragrance, it’s helpful to consider ‘families’ of scent. Fresh aromas are clean and bright, and often feature notes of citrus, vetiver, sea salt, and bergamot. Floral fragrances are as romantic and uplifting as a fresh-picked bouquet – gardenia and jasmine are two essential blooms. Woodsy scents are grounded in the outdoors, often featuring notes of oak moss, pine, and sandalwood. Spiced aromas draw from the East, and feature notes of amber, frankincense, patchouli, and vanilla. Gourmand fragrances tend to pique the appetite, and evoke the joy of something just-baked (think notes of vanilla, honey, or even chocolate, grounded in lovely layers of lavender, patchouli, or musk). Home fragrance is particularly appealing in the fall and winter, as temperatures cool and families gather – this is when Anthropologie offers classics like Balsam Cedar, Spiced Cider, Mulled Wine, Pumpkin Clove, and Fireside - classic scents to enhance your beautiful holiday décor.

Select the Perfect Scent for Your Space

Kitchen

When it comes to the room where you prep, cook, and clean, your candle scent should be fresh and lively. Our Good Natured scented soy candles – featuring beloved scents like Avocado & Mint and Olive Leaf & Lemon – are a time-tested must-have. Another kitchen classic? The Boulangerie Collection by Illume, which features delectable favorites like Sweet Vanilla Cinnamon, Angel Food, and Whipped Cream & Pear – each housed in a lovely vessel inspired by vintage Parisian pottery.

Bedroom

The room where you end and begin your day should be scented according to your preferences – which scents help you feel most relaxed? Florals, like jasmine, gardenia, and honeysuckle, can make your bedroom feel like an oasis. We also recommend the lovely tins and jars from Candlefish – these elemental, thoughtful fragrances are built from the Charleston workshop’s library of over 100 scents, including lime, leather, jasmine, ginger, and moss.

Living Room

This is the space where the deepest, most complex scents can really shine. A Voluspa jar or three-wick tin in an aroma like Mokara, Crane Flower, French Cade Lavender, and Baltic Amber is a great choice for the coffee table. Capri Blue’s iridescent mercury glass jars – in Volcano or Fir + Firewood – emit the loveliest glow from a mantel, tabletop, or shelf.

The Office

Bright, citrus-y fragrances keep your energy level up and your mind focused as you work; as an alternative, we recommend lavender or eucalyptus if you’re prone to stress. The office is a perfect place for the subtlety of a reed diffuser, or for aroma therapeutic essential oils – they take up little space, and an artful diffuser makes for a lovely element of desktop or bookshelf décor.

Dining Room

As you gather to share a meal with family and friends, forego scented candles in favor of visually elegant tapers and pillars. Uniformity isn’t the aim for every dining table or sideboard – we love the look of candles of varying hues and heights grouped together. We have an ever-evolving assortment of taper holders, candle holders, candelabras, votives, hurricanes, and candlesticks to give a well-set table a convivial – and aesthetically pleasing – glow.

Bathroom

For smaller rooms, diffusers are ideal: They provide a light, lively fragrance without being overpowering – and if you’re in and out, you may not want to worry about minding a candle’s flame. We offer a variety of premium diffusers and oils from brands you love, like Voluspa, Barr-Co., Nest Fragrances, and Magnolia Home.