There's no autumnal candle scent quite as iconic as pumpkin spice. With warming, cozy notes that perfectly embody the season, it sets the tone and glow for shorter days and longer, colder nights spent at home.
While almost every home fragrance brand has its own iteration, Diptyque's Citrouille, back for a limited time only, is a chic twist on the old favorite.
With notes of pumpkin, crackling spices, and creamy vanilla, it's a beautiful way to make a home smell like fall as we head towards Halloween.
This classic-sized candle is ideal for small and medium-sized rooms and features a burn time of around 60 hours.
The very best candles look just as good as they smell. As is always the case with Diptyque, the French-based favorite for all things home fragrancing, this limited-edition take on pumpkin spice delivers on both.
For gourmand lovers, this candle boasts warm, seasonal notes of plump pumpkin and vibrant pie spices, grounded with creamy vanilla. It's less overtly sugared than other alternatives I've smelled, and instead feels like a more subtle take on the classic.
Diptyque candles are made with a mix of mineral and plant waxes, and offer the cleanest burn of any I've tried, easily justifying the premium price point. They also quickly fill even the largest of spaces (I've used mine to scent my living room, for example), and offer one of the simplest ways to make a home smell expensive. For an additional $90, you can also shop a matching Pumpkin Lid, handcrafted in France from biscuit porcelain.
My collection of used Diptyque candles are my favorite candle jars to reuse around the house, too, particularly in my bathroom. Just ensure you know how to get candle wax out of jars safely and correctly.
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If you're a lover of fall and want to boost the scent throw of this classic scent combination of pumpkin and spice, try pairing Diptyque's Citrouille Candle with a pumpkin spice fall simmer pot recipe: bubbling pumpkin pie spice, available at Walmart, nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, and vanilla extract on the stove to instantly make your home feel inviting.
This is a tried-and-tested secret realtors use to make a home smell nice, and an easy way to make your pumpkin candle go a little further.
And if Diptyque's limited-edition candle is on your wishlist, though not quite in your price range, the IKEA HÖSTAGILLE Scented Candle is a worthy alternative, housed in a pumpkin-shaped glass vessel with a matching lid.
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This affordable diffuser is sweet yet woody, with notes of amber resin, vanilla, and wood. The embossed glass vessel adds a touch of elegance to any surface, and the compact size fits perfectly on smaller ledges.
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Yankee Candle Spiced Pumpkin Candle
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