Recommend me a Christmas candle

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Looking for a Christmas candle to add to a gift bag.

Nice smelling, Christmassy and budget of up to £10.

What are your favourites? Also please feel free to recommend dead expensive ones that I will buy myself

P.s. Forgot to mention other criteria.

Nice smelling, Christmassy, £10 but looks like I spent a fortune.

This peppermint one smells amazing and was 2.99 from home bargins, it smells exactly like christmas to me

I like the Lily Flame Christmas candles - there are loads of different ones (Snow Fall’s my favourite but Merry Christmas might suit what you’re doing better) 🙂

A bit of a brag but I got a Heals Pine and Frankincense candle in the charity shop yesterday for £4, RRP £18 and it is bloody lovely. I haven't even lit it yet and it has stunk out my bedroom with its lovely frankincensey smell.

I'd have a rummage in TK Maxx.
They had about a million yesterday and some were really nice. Also £10 on a candle in there is a decent amount!

Home Bargains do some nice and very cheap Christmas candles.

If you want to splurge, I love the White Company winter candle. And I know MN historically dislikes Yankee but I’m VERY partial to their Christmas Eve one.

Yankee Christmas ones are bloody lovely.
Reading on here I'll drop down dead because they're so toxic and foul I bought some St Eval ones.
After a couple of hours burning over two days DD is blowing thick black mucus out of her nose and my house is covered in soot.

TK Maxx usually have lovely candles that look a lot more £££ than they are.
www.tkmaxx.com/uk/en/home/home-accessories/candles+home-fragrance/c/04040200?st=candles&sort=publishedDate-desc&facets=stockLevelStatus:inStock&page=0

And for you... Diptyque Feu du Bois is my fave xmas candle.

www.st-eval.com/collections/winter-collection-2020?view=all&q=

Inspiritus

I agree with the Lily Flame recommendation. I love Festive Cheer. They are usually about £9.

The M&S Frankincense ones are lovely for a cheap one...the Neom Calm Christmas one is not a bargain but the most amazing smell!! I love Neom ones usually anyway but this is a total winner. Both cruelty free abs essential for me.

White Company Fireside - not strictly Christmassy but very cosy.

Atelier Winter Fir - does what it says on the tin (or jar) whilst not smelling like a car air freshener!

And I totally missed the budget brief, sorry! Those are probably ones you'd want to keep OP

I’ve always really liked the M&S Mandarin, Clove and Cinnamon one. Smells lovely and Christmassy, and not expensive.

Where can I buy Lily Flame ones?

I saw the M&S one yesterday and it had 20% off. I should have bought them.

Lily Flame i get from Amazon or ebay.

@TheSilentStars

Yankee Christmas ones are bloody lovely. Reading on here I'll drop down dead because they're so toxic and foul I bought some St Eval ones. After a couple of hours burning over two days DD is blowing thick black mucus out of her nose and my house is covered in soot.

Tbf I did have a yankee candle once where I did have soot in my nose from it, worth it for the scent though

I prefer woodwick ones these days

Going to have a rummage in TK Maxx Monday lunchtime and buy 4 or 5 to put in my xmas cupboard

St Eval Inspiritus or Orange & Cinnamon.

Inspiritus is just amazing. I've given it to so many people as Christmas gifts.

I've just received an order of Christmassy fragranced candles from Serenity by Jen, a seller on Etsy. They all smell amazing. I'm currently burning the sandalwood and it is very natural, fragrant but not overpowering perhaps because they are soy.
Fragrances I ordered were: Apple Cinnamon, White Chocolate, Cranberry Orange, Pine Tree, Turkish Delight, Coconut, Marzipan, Caramel Latte, Pink Prosecco, Mojito, Mango Daiquiri and Sandalwood.
(votive size mainly - £1.90 - with three small jars - £5 each). I bought some for presents but may hang onto them.

I love M&S Frankincense and White Company Winter. Also got a Yankee candle called Christmas eve punch I think which is lovely. For a real cheapie the Air wick spiced apple is nice.

I've completely gone off Yankee candles, they're so sooty these days.

Shearers candles are nice. They do a frankincense and myrrh one.

Tbh though unless the person is opening the gift before Christmas I maybe wouldn't get something overly Christmassy. All of my Christmas candles are either used or put away around 3rd January. They come out at the start of December.

RHS do some nice ones

These are beautiful, half light and last light are the most traditional Christmas ones
https://www.thebotanicalcandleco.co.uk/collections/amber-glass-jar-soy-wax-candles
£10 will get you a small jar one