SEELE’s Top 5 Candle Picks For The Holiday Season

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Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, floral notes that are fueled with neuroscience to enhance your body, a candle brand started by a PR female founder in LA, a candle created by one of fashion’s most profound perfumers, and a brand that’s boasts 382 years of existing- we’ve got what you need. You can find all this and more in our candle holiday guide. It’s a simple yet luxurious guide for that last-minute gift


 

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Caftari Dolce Far Niente

 

The candle boasts warm floral tones, with its top note being Rose, middle note being Sandalwood, and Base note being Violet. The rose essential oil promotes relaxation and increases parasympathetic activity like reducing the heart rate and elevating serotonin signaling.

Caftari is redefining luxury candles by bringing neuroscience into the fragrance space. Using principles of aromatherapy and sensory science, the brand creates candles and perfumes designed to support the nervous system and enhance moments of presence, clarity, restoration, or deep rest.

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Not So Bright Vanilla Musk $25

 

Started by an LA based PR executive, Courtney D. Bright. This woman owned brand has a line of remarkable candles. Vanilla is a single-wick candle with a long burn time of 35-40 hours for maxim scent release. It’s notes of coconut, musk, and ambler light up a room while giving cozy vibes. It’s one of Courtney’s favorite candles and the wax is soy eco-friendly.

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Carrière Frères’ Chestnut Candle

 

The fragrance unfolds with smoky notes of cedar and sandalwood entwine with the mellow sweetness of dried fruits and the balsamic warmth of Siam benzoin. Part of Carrière Frères’ newest release, the Chestnut Collection, perfectly complements the magical allure of the holidays and an ideal scent for those winter nights in.

 
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Maison Francis Kurkdjian Mon beau Sapin $105

 

Paying ode to the Christmas tree, the woody notes are nostalgic for Christmas, a snowy forest, and all things woody. Its notes of Balsam fir, resins, amber, and woods last 70 hours of burn time. Housed in a porcelain jar, it’s the perfect way to be in a snowy forest if you can’t make it to one this Christmas.

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Trudon Fir Christmas Tree Candle | $160 classic, $390 medium, $800 large

 
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With free shipping on orders over $150, and guaranteed delivery by Christmas, who can go wrong with a Trudon candle. Fir’s notes of conifer, myrrh, and incense absolute is Christmas personified in a candle. It’s about inviting people gather round and welcome warmth.

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Ally Portee

Starting out in the world of politics, Ally interned and worked in Washington, DC, in Congress, at The White House, and on political campaigns. Today she’s in a totally different arena: fashion. Developing an eye for sartorial craftsmanship, Ally has learned how to put intricate and detailed collections into words, while developing relationships with some of the world's most leading brands and covering Paris, Milan, and Riyadh Fashion Week shows. Ally started SEELE in 2012. Seele [ze-le] is the German word for Soul and its aim is to encourage people with faith-inspired and lifestyle content that stir the soul. Ally has written for Forbes, Harper’s Bazaar, The Hollywood Reporter, GQ Middle East, Vogue Arabia, Refinery29, NPR, Arabian Business, and Euronews.

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