The Best Fall Candles to Shop Now
From pumpkin chai to tomato leaf, these candles will have your home smelling like autumn all year long.
The fall season has many exciting moments in store: fashion week, transitional dressing, and the return of familiar scents we've come to enjoy, from cinnamon sugar and apple pie to woody bonfires and pumpkin chai. Setting up the right ambiance to weather the chilly season is crucial, so we're here to make it more attainable with these candle choices. To fully embody the season, we've chosen candles that provide a delightful scent and a visual aesthetic appeal that will blend seamlessly into your home. Using a candle as home decor can be as important as the scent notes. From minimalism to eccentric designs, we have the perfect candles for your personal home style.
Whether spicy and sweet or more earthy and grounded, the perfect fall candle can set the entire season up for success. So, while many think apples or pumpkins are the only options, we want to open your mind to a versatile lineup of fall-inspired scents. From celebrity brands to luxury scents at L'OFFICIEL, we have compiled every must-have candle for Fall 2024.
The perfect transitional scented candle, Loewe has mastered a new staple fruit, the tomato. The perfect essence of tomato leaves offers a high-intensity green scent that evokes the fresh, nutritious aroma of the vines just before they burst into fruit.
Small Tomato Leaves Candle, $120, LOEWE
Originally launched in 2018, the Santal 26 candle fully embodies the fall spirit. With complex smoky and leathery notes, this candle transports you to a different place with the smell of bonfires in the backyard and late-night talks on the porch you'll never forget. The scent is long-lasting and singlehandedly transforms a room from summer to fall.
Santal 26, $96, LE LABO
Sweet Vinyl by Dreamour does as its namesake suggests and evokes the scent of a cozy Autumn afternoon, a scratchy record buzzing in the background. The notes of incense and leather give the candle a luxurious yet approachable quality, perfect for any setting.
Sweet Vinyl, $265, Dreamour
The Poet is a complex candle that echoes the complex emotions often found in the fall season. Though its top notes are floral, the candle's base is patchouli, cedar, and Indian sandalwood, making for a well-rounded fall scent. Like poetry, the notes of this candle evoke complex thoughts and leave the user thinking about it (and smelling it) for hours after it has burnt out.
The Poet, $68, Kismet Olfactive
The Darkwood Candle is described as a "Head in the vaulted night," and its dark autumnal notes mirror this description. Smoky Dark Aromatics meets leather and ebony notes to create a scent befitting the most bewitching time of year.
The Darkwood Candle, $134, Mad et Len
This is the perfect candle to pull out as temperatures drop and the titular cuffing season goes into full effect. Top notes of cardamom and fir needle make this a sensual and specific scent, perfect for the fall season. The candle also has a stable musk and cedarwood base, making it a versatile pick for the colder half of the year.
Cuffing Season, $42, Forever Mood
We could not have a complete fall candle lineup without a pumpkin option, and this pumpkin chai candle by NEST is perfect. With ginger and masala chai, pumpkin chai is exactly what it purports to be. It provides the perfect autumn ambiance while embracing nostalgia for what we all know and love: pumpkin!
Pumpkin Chai, $195, NEST
This limited edition candle ignites the scent of the holidays and the warmth of the season. The top notes of this candle are applewood and amber, while the bottom notes include sandalwood and cedarwood.
Le Refuge d'Ernest, $38, Maison Louis Marie
This lovely candle captures the scents of Latin America with suede, tobacco leaf, and more. Additionally, the Montabaco candle features floral notes such as magnolia, jasmine, and rose.
Montabaco Candle, $90, Ormonde Jayne London
This candle, ripe with plums and blackcurrants, has cedarwood and orris root notes. The scent will transport you to the perfect fall day.
Harvest Smoke Candle, $62, Le Prunier
The Fresh Fig & Cassis Candle is the perfect addition to any home. Once lit, this candle will ooze warmth and an autumnal scent.
Fresh Fig & Cassis Candle, $140, Jo Malone London
This candle burns for 55 hours and will transport you to the woods during a perfect fall day.
Baccarat Rouge 540, $125, Maison Francis Kurkdjian Paris
