Candle Scents: How to Choose the Right Scent for Every Room
Create the Perfect Atmosphere with the Right Candle Scents
Imagine strapping into a living room that smells of warm vanilla, a bedroom infused with calming lavender, and a hallway offering a welcoming hint of cinnamon. The right candle scents transform your home into the perfect haven of comfort and joy.
Our minds are very active and they notice the change in aroma and when we move from one space to the next. Having differing scents throughout your home can help to evoke memories, create a good atmosphere, and can even improve your environment.
That’s why we’ve made a helpful blog to help you narrow-down the perfect scent for each of your rooms. By choosing sustainable, hand-poured candles, you enhance your home’s ambience while supporting eco-conscious practices!
General Tips for Choosing the Right Candle Scents.
Before diving into specific rooms of the home, here are some universal tips for maximising your candle experience.
- Consider room size: always be mindful of the size of the room and go for subtle scents in smaller rooms and strong, richer scents for your larger spaces such as amber.
- Mood to Function: tailor your scent to the purpose of the room, relax in the bedroom, clean and fresh in the bathroom.
- Seasonal Rotations: To experience a fresh scent every season make sure to rotate your scents with the time of year! There is nothing I love more than coming home to the smell of apples and cinnamon when the ice and snow has coated everything outside!
- Test First: Test scents by purchasing smaller candles or using wax melts to ensure you like the scent and that it will work well in your chosen room! This can also prevent any waste for unwanted candles and ensures a scent that complements the intended atmosphere.
Livingroom: Warm and Welcoming Scents for Relaxation
The living room is the heart of your home - where family and guests come together. Think about the atmosphere you’d like to create - warm, inviting, or perhaps seasonal. Using inviting candle scents like sandalwood and vanilla can create a cosy and harmonious environment in your living room, and using multi-tone fragrances like cedarwood can create a warm, cosy atmosphere - perfect on these long, cold winter nights.
Seasonal scents are a great feature in any living room that can transform a room as the year progresses. Seasonal scents like pine or spiced orange in winter can evoke cherished memories, while fresh-cut grass or floral fragrances in spring bring an essence of renewal.
Bedroom: Tranquillity or Romance - Tailor Your Scents
Knowing which candle scent to select for each of your rooms can be tricky, and it always comes down to personal preference. In the bedroom there can be a number of vibes that you would like to produce.
At the end of a hard day, we all love nothing more than getting into bed and sinking into a deep, blissful sleep. You can use calming scents like chamomile and lavender to create a retreat-like-bedroom that will aid you into a perfectly rested sleep.
However, if a sensual and romantic touch is what you are looking to create to enhance intimacy, you can use sensual fragrances like jasmine, rose, and sandalwood.
Bathroom: Fresh Scents for a Clean and Spa-Like Feel
In the bathroom a fresh and clean atmosphere will be key to picking the perfect scent for this room in your home. If you try fresh, ocean-inspired scents, these can evoke a sense of serenity and cleanliness into your bathroom. If you would like a more spa-like vibe to go along with your bubble bath then look for candles that have herbal and botanical fragrances to help achieve this serene and calming atmosphere.
To keep your bathroom smelling fresh, you can also choose odour neutralising scents like tea tree and eucalyptus to help keep your bathroom smelling fresh and clean!
Kitchen: Subtle or Food-Inspired Scents To Compliment Cooking
In the kitchen, neutral scents can work best to compliment rather than compete with any cooking aromas.
However, you could choose a candle scent for your kitchen that is food-inspired such as vanilla and cinnamon to help foster and enhance your kitchen. A hint of citrus can cleanse the air after cooking and vanilla or cinnamon could compliment the cosy feel of sharing meal times.
We’ve been to many homes where the kitchen can be more of a communal area spent with guests over the living room. If this is the case with your home, play around with seasonal scents just as you would your living room to keep your space smelling fragrant and vibrant.
Home Office: Boost Focus and Reduce Stress with Purposeful Scents
If you work from home then you will know that working remotely can have its equal amount of challenges as it does its benefits. One challenge being the ability to remain fully concentrated throughout your working day - and this is key!For a productive day, use scents like peppermint and rosemary to boost focus, while using calming fragrances like chamomile to help manage stress during those busy, hectic moments.
Hallway: Welcoming Scents to Make a Great First Impression
Your hallway is the gateway to your home and the first impression for your guests. A thoughtfully chosen scented candle can create a warm, uplifting welcome, setting the tone for the rest of your home.
Choosing warm and universally appealing scents that don’t overwhelm, such as cinnamon and lightly spiced orange, provides a cosy and welcoming vibe. If your hallway has a lot of foot traffic, then consider opting for a long-lasting, high-quality candle to maintain a consistent aroma like fresh bergamot.
