The Best Scented Candles and Diffusers for Every Room this Autumn

Look for scents that mirror the seasons and adjust them based on your space. Fill living rooms with inviting, warming notes for every day, the dining room with vibrant, welcoming aromas when hosting dinner parties and the bedroom with clean, relaxing scents for a restful night's sleep. Read on for our buyers’ home fragrance picks for spring, room-by-room, to emit wafts of calm and cosiness into every corner of your home. 

As a space where a great deal of our time is spent, the living room requires atmospheric, décor-enhancing options that can interchange based on the time of day. On cosy Sunday afternoons, sink into the sofa, fire cracking and book in hand with the woody notes of the Country Home candle from Edition de Parfums Frederic Malle. When entertaining, turn to the intense and lively notes of cinnamon, saffron, oud and fig in the Roja Amber Aoud candle to make a lasting impression.

Harmonise your kitchen fragrance with the food smells by choosing complementary aromas rather than heady, sweet scents to mask them. Think fresh, citrus-based notes that evoke a clean feel without clashing with your cooking, or natural, herbaceous options like the fresh grass notes of the Edion’s Cello Suite No.21 Herbs Harmony diffuser; the verdant vines of Penhaligion’s Tabuk Harvest candle; or the peppery accords of Loewe’s Wasabi candle.

Use fragrance to enhance the sense of occasion when dining. After all, what’s a tablescape without the welcoming glow of candles? When hosting a dinner party, uplifting, woody accords will be your go-to for elevating the mood. Opt for intricate heliotrope flower and earthy oakmoss with the Saffron & Cedar candle from Salt & Stone. For a more intimate affair, the 175th Anniversary Edition candle from Trudon will amp up the romance with alluring rose petals and warm amber.

Turn your bathroom into an at-home spa with scents to suit your mood and rituals. Skincare routines call for uplifting zesty notes while breezy sea salt and driftwood or fresh, herbal oils are suited to soaking in the bath to unwind. Close your eyes and conjure up images of a tropical forest with a continuous stream of scent from the White Flowers Pink Orchid diffuser from Senti or imagine a Mediterranean coastal town with Culti Milano’s Onde di Tessuto candle and its clean yet warm aroma.

When it's time to unwind, turn your bedroom into a five-star hotel suite with fragrances that promote total relaxation. Olfactif’s Capricorn Log Fire candle combines woody and smoky notes to encourage you to wind down while the Lilac Lavender & Lovage Townhouse candle from Jo Malone London sends you into a blissful night’s sleep with calming flora.