Woody Scented Candles & Home Fragrance

Cedar

Dry, pencil-shavings clean. A grounding base note that reads as fresh, not heavy.

55 products

Sandalwood

Creamy, warm, never sharp. The friendliest wood. Anchors almost anything.

47 products

Amber

Warm, sweet, resinous. Not a single ingredient but a blend that smells like sunlight.

33 products

Musk

Soft, skin-like base note. Holds everything else together.

30 products

Patchouli

Earthy, sweet, slightly chocolatey. The 70s wore this badly; perfumers use it brilliantly.

29 products

Leather

Tannic, slightly smoky, a luxury accent.

24 products

Pine

Crisp, alpine, holiday-adjacent. Plays well with citrus and herbs.

22 products

Vetiver

Earthy roots with a smoky edge. Polarizing on its own, dangerous in a blend.

21 products

Cypress

Tighter, sharper hinoki. Coastal and bracing.

14 products

Eucalyptus

Sharp, cooling, breathe-easy menthol.

14 products

Clove

Sweet-medicinal spice. A drop is enough.

13 products

Coconut

Tropical, creamy, sunscreen-adjacent at high doses, subtle at low.

13 products

Fir

Cousin of pine. Greener, fresher, less resinous.

13 products

Lemon

Sharp, clean, unmistakable. Often paired with mint or basil.

13 products

Vanilla

Sweet, creamy, comforting. Real vanilla has a leathery edge; cheap vanilla is just sugar.

12 products

Bergamot

Earl Grey citrus. Bright with a green-bitter undertone.

11 products

Moss

Greener, lighter oakmoss.

11 products

Sea Salt

Wet stone, ozone, the air before a wave. Not literally salt.

11 products

Oakmoss

Damp forest floor. Earthy and a touch musty in the best way.

10 products

Smoke

Charred wood, ash, the morning after the campfire.

10 products

Cactus Flower

9 products

Sage

Dry, dusty, slightly medicinal herb.

9 products

Teak

Polished, oily wood. Reads as masculine in cologne, gender-neutral at home.

9 products

Tobacco

Sweet hay, dried leaf, a hint of honey. Reads as warmth, not smoke.

9 products

Agave

8 products

Aloe

8 products

Orange

Sweet, comforting, holiday-adjacent.

8 products

Hinoki

Japanese cypress. Cool, dry, slightly lemony wood. Reads as restraint.

7 products

Allspice

6 products

Lime

Sharp, slightly soapy, great with mint or coconut.

6 products

Mint

Cool, sharp, instantly recognizable. Spearmint is sweeter than peppermint.

6 products

Ozone

The "fresh laundry" of perfumery. Clean, slightly electric.

6 products

Pepper

Sharp, dry, often pink pepper which is fruitier than black.

6 products

Spices

6 products

Spruce

6 products

Wood

6 products

Balsam

5 products

Birch

Pale wood, almost paper-like. Quiet, modern, never assertive.

5 products

Carnation

5 products

Jasmine

Heady, narcotic white floral. A drop transforms a blend; more than a drop overwhelms.

5 products

Palo Santo

Sweet, woody, faintly minty. A Latin American sacred wood.

5 products

Papaya Blossom

5 products

Rum

Spiced sugar, oak, slightly boozy.

5 products

Teakwood

P.F. Candle Co. shorthand for warm, slightly smoky wood. Their cult bestseller.

5 products

Cinnamon

Sweet, dry, holiday baking.

4 products

Gin

4 products

Hemp

4 products

Juniper

Sharp, gin-adjacent green wood. Bracing and herbal.

4 products

Red Currant

4 products

Aspen

3 products

Black Tea

Stronger, more tannic; sometimes paired with bergamot.

3 products

Cannabis

3 products

Cashmere

Marketing-speak for soft musk-and-wood blend. Always cozy.

3 products

Citrus

3 products

Desert Herbs

3 products

Pinon Bark

3 products

Sesame

3 products

Sweet Grass

3 products

Warm Embers

3 products

Benzoin

Vanilla-resin. Sweet, balsamic, warm.

2 products

Borneo Camphor

2 products

Cannabis Flower

2 products

Frankincense

Sacred resin. Bright, slightly lemony, smoky in a clean way.

2 products

Nutmeg

Soft, woody spice. Always supporting, never the star.

2 products

Redwood

Local: Santa Cruz mountain forest after rain.

2 products

Sea Mist

2 products

Sesame Seeds

2 products

Tangelo

2 products

Agarwood

1 product

Apple

Crisp or candied depending on the maker; usually reads autumnal.

1 product

Bay Laurel

1 product

Driftwood

Sea-aged wood. Salty, soft, evocative of beach houses.

1 product

Earth

Wet soil, petrichor-adjacent.

1 product

Grapefruit

Bitter-sweet, juicy, the brightest citrus.

1 product

Green Tea

Lighter, more vegetal tea.

1 product

Herbs

1 product

Hibiscus

1 product

Iris

Cool, powdery, expensive. The most "perfume" of the florals.

1 product

Myrrh

Frankincense's darker sibling. Bittersweet, medicinal, ancient.

1 product

Natural Woods

1 product

Oak

Heavier, sweeter wood. Often tied to whiskey or rum accords.

1 product

Plumeria

1 product

Prickly Pear

1 product

Resin

1 product

Resins

1 product

Saussurea

1 product

Spikenard

1 product

Suede

1 product

Yuzu

Japanese citrus. Like grapefruit and mandarin had a child.

1 product