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Gift Guide: The Ultimate Candle Edit

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A scented candle is never unwelcomed. From budget-conscious to blow-out, here’s our pick of the best...

A winter wonderland of fir, pine and eucalyptus in a hand thrown, reusable holder.

£55 for candle and pot, pottcandles.com

Made in Oxfordshire and inspired by the Abernethy Forest on the Cairngorm plateau in Scotland.

£29.50 lordsfragrancehouse.com

Bamford’s new festive fragrance.

£35 bamford.com

Enriched with winter spice.

£28 espaskincare.com

Hand poured natural wax candles in pretty cases with complex essential oil fragrance blends. We love Pink, with rose, pink peppercorn and zingy pink grapefruit.

£72 mazocandleslondon.com

The intricate design belies the price point. Nutcracker candle

£2.99 Aldi stores

The much loved Baies candle from Diptyque topped with a Christmassy carousel

£110 selfridges.com

Gloriously nostalgic fragrance, from the Winter Collection.

£60 carrierefreres.co.uk

St Eval’s festive range at Home Sense carry a donation to The Princes’ Trust.

£5.99 homesense.com

Altaïr from Trudon’s Christmas Astral collection will richly scent your home with deep oud and rose.

From £103 trudon.co.uk

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