Scent is one of the most powerful triggers of memory. Which is why each year we look forward to surrounding ourselves with the fragrance of Summer. We’ve curated a list of 10 fresh candle scents that bring the outside in this Summer 2023 to enjoy while indoors.
10 Fresh Candle Scents for Summer That Bring the Outside In
Summer’s all about the outdoors. Pools, beaches, backyards, sun, sand, grass… and all the delightful scents that evoke the carefree season. Nostalgic coconut-scented sunblock or freshly mowed lawns. The telling aroma of an imminent summer monsoon, poised to cool the air for a few hours. Sweet stone fruits and fragrant strawberries at the farmer’s market. They’re all smells from the outside.
10 fresh candle scents that bring the outside in this Summer 2023 to enjoy while indoors.
Yet the vast majority of scented candles are intended for the indoors where they’re meant to bolster coziness, a concept we put on the back burners of our minds until October rolls around. We’re focused on fun in the sun! However, not all of our time can be spent doing cartwheels on the lawn or laying out catching some rays. For the time you do spend indoors in the summer months, don’t you want it to smell nice? Perhaps even bring a little bit of those outside vibes in?
10 fresh candle scents that bring the outside in this Summer 2023 to enjoy while indoors.
That’s why we’ve been on the hunt for candles that feel (and smell) right for summer. Just as you switch up your perfumes for the longer, brighter days, leave the warm, heady aromas for fall and winter. These 10 fragrant candles are fresh, light and breezy—an unbothered lineup to set the tone for the season ahead.
10 Fresh Candle Scents for Summer That Bring the Outside In
1. Duxiana + LAFCO Fragranced Candle
Meant to enhance your sleep (those long pool days are tiring as is traipsing around the sizzling city sidewalks), this collaboration candle conjures fresh linen with sparkling citrus melded with vibrant pink sea salt into a heart of sunlit jasmine, dewy-freesia, airy ozone and Manuka myrtle.
BUY NOW – $80 for 15.5oz
2. Replica Beach Vibes Scented Candle by Maison Margiela
The House of Margiela heads to the beach with notes of bergamot (light, citrusy), ylang ylang (exotically floral), and coconut milk accord (creamy and sweet).
BUY NOW – $70 for 165g.
3. Wild Mint & Eucalyptus Candle by NEST
NEST candle’s verdant color belies its earthy base notes. You’ll get the fresh minty and eucalyptus hit, but there’s something grounding and woody with the dusty sage in the background.
BUY NOW – $46.00 for 8.1oz.
4. Wild Brooklyn Lavender Candle by D.S. & Durga
Not everyone’s summer consists of cruises along the Croatian coastline or hikes in the Poconos. Proud New Yorkers, D.S. & Durga, celebrate summer in the city with the fanciful idea of lavender poking up in the cracks of the Brooklyn sidewalk.
BUY NOW – $70.00 for 7oz.
5. Sunshine Bloom Scented Candle by Floral Street
If the California superbloom was a candle, this would be it. Unabashedly floral with notes of coconut, fig leaves and salted musks (a hint of the sea), it’s what all those April showers brought.
BUY NOW – $52.00.
6. Vela Jungle Candle by Costa Brazil
Costa Brazil is staying local this summer with a scent meant to evoke the Amazon rainforest. Notes of Breu resin are blended with the essences of wild jungle flora, crushed cypress root and Brazilian vetiver for a candle made to alleviate stress and lift your mood sans poisonous frogs.
BUY NOW – $165.00 for 16.5oz.
7. Tubereuse Candle by Diptyque
Diptyque has a classic scent for every occasion and every season. This summer (and maybe every summer) turn to the fresh, green scent of tuberose inspired by the wide fields of the fragrant flower in Southern India. Delicately nuanced, the resulting aroma has a bit of round creaminess behind it, too.
BUY NOW – $82.00 for 6.7oz.
8. Tomato Leaves Scented Candle by Loewe
While you’re waiting for your August heirloom harvest, Loewe’s scented candle actually smells like plump tomatoes on the vine and has a chic terracotta vessel. Green thumb not required.
BUY NOW – $175.00 for 610g.
9. Basil Glass Candle by Jenni Kayne
And you can complete your caprese with Jenni Kayne’s Basil scented candle. Bright and energetic, it has notes of neroli, green herbs, bay leaves, and jasmine.
BUY NOW – $65.00 for 10oz.
10. Salt Water Candle by Parachute
Salt water has all kinds of positive properties assigned to it. Some say it’s healing. The irreproducible texture it gives to hair. The satisfying feeling of sun-baked salt water on your skin. Parachute has poured these feelings into a candle that mixes sea salt with notes of citrus, seagrass, cyprus and driftwood.
BUY NOW – $49.00 for 8oz.
10 Fresh Candle Scents for Summer That Bring the Outside In
