A candle that can truly calm you, as some aromatherapy candles can, is a saving grace in today’s frantic world.
Whatever your life looks like, whether you’re up to your elbows in the motherhood load, to-do lists, work stress or personal strain, we all seem to be up to our elbows in something or other don’t we?
The benefits of Aromatherapy candles are numerous. The right scent blend can energise you, or help you sleep. Here we’re going to explore scents that calm and de-stress you, advancing on to the best calming candle scent.
Aromatherapy Candles: The Science Behind The Marketing
There are lots of claims made about the power of aromatherapy, and aromatherapy candles, to aid your wellness. While, of course, there’s going to be some poetic licence used by some brands, here’s an introductory look at the science behind aromatherapy candles.
Scent, out of all of our senses, has the most direct wiring to our brains. In fact, it is wired directly to the part of our brain that holds our memories and emotions. This is why scent is so very evocative. This is the guiding principle behind our Home Scent Practice and why we write our Original Scent Recipes to help connect you to more of what you need in any given season or season of life.
Traditional Aromatherapy is defined simply as "the use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils for healing and cosmetic purposes.”
It uses an ever growing understanding of plants and flowers and how their extracts can aid our health and wellbeing. Some plants are used for their antiseptic properties, other for their de-stressing.
Aromatherapy teachings guide you towards different essential oils, for different purposes. Our Original Scent Recipes also harness this ancient knowledge.
Science Direct says: ”Inhalation and the external application of these oils for the treatment of mental and physical balance are the very basics of aromatherapy. The therapy of these oils is known to relieve the stress, rejuvenate and regenerate the individual for a next day's work. Olfactory nerves from nose to the brain are the site of action for these essential oils. These oils have well proven antibacterial, antibiotic, and antiviral properties and many published reports elsewhere as well as folkloric practitioners have suggested them to be useful in many other diseases.”
The Best Calming Candle Scents
When searching for the best calming candle scent you need to consider two things. Firstly, what are the natural properties of the candle’s fragrant ingredients? Energising peppermint, for example, wouldn’t be our go-to for feeling calmed.
Next, you need to consider how you feel about the fragrance. Does the scent evoke certain memories, or feelings? Of course, this will vary person to person which is why finding the right scent is a deeply personal journey.
For some people Lavender is wonderfully soothing, relaxing scent that helps them drift off to sleep. But, for others, it triggers strong memories of a certain person, or of cheap bath products, and so they find the fragrance distracting and unwelcome.
To get you started on your journey, here are a handful of scents we turn to when we’re craving calm.
- Chamomile
- Rose Geranium
- Petitgrain
Our Calm Candle
Our Calm candle’s Original Scent Recipe of Orange Blossom, Chamomile, Geranium and Rose Geranium is a deeply effective combination that helps coax you away from stress, towards calm.
Our Aromatherapy Tealight Pack
Our Aromatherapy pack of jumbo scented tea lights includes two of our Rest scent, two of our Heal scent, and two of our Calm scent. Together these scents are the perfect trio to to help balance your day with Calm helping you to switch off, Rest helping you to unwind and Heal there to invigorate you and clear your head.
Our Aromatherapy Luxury Gift Hamper
There are few gifts more tailored to boosting wellbeing and encouraging self-care than The Aromatherapy Luxury Candle Gift Hamper.
Enclosed in a stylish wicker basket are three luxury refillable candles from our aromatherapy range. Every one of our aromatherapy scents is designed to change how you feel and comes housed in a beautiful, artisan-made ceramic candle pot. They are all also refillable with our easy Pillar Refills.
What Can Aromatherapy Candles Do?
It’s easy to dismiss aromatherapy candles as a nice to have. Our candles are so luxuriously made, housed in artisan-made ceramic pots and finished to the upmost quality. But, don’t let their beauty and tactility fool you, our refillable scented candles can play a powerful part in your wellness routine.
Aromatherapy candles can have a direct and felt impact on how you feel, your mood and energy levels.
They can help you to sleep better or to switch off after a stressful day. They can help slow worried thoughts and lead you towards calm and peace. They can help you feel relaxed and at home, or inspire you to explore and try a new thing.
Just as how you move, or what you eat, impacts how you feel; scented candles can play a pivotal role in your wellbeing.
We see our Original Scent Recipes as fragrant prescriptions, each one designed for a certain mood or moment. You can read more about Home Scent Practice and the powerful impact it can have on your wellbeing here.
As well as using the power of scent to change how you feel, aromatherapy candles also create a relaxed, inviting atmosphere, changing the feel of your home. The simple ritual of lighting a scented candle can be all you need to coax you into relaxation after a busy day.
It’s for this reason we created our range of artisan-made ceramic match pots. They elevate your candle lighting process, transforming it into a life-giving ritual.
Speckle White Match Pot
