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Scents and fragrance
Fragrance families, top, heart and base notes, scenting each room, candles versus diffusers and melts, and the warm scents of oud and amber.
Scent is the reason most people light a candle. These guides explain how perfumers group and build fragrances, so you can pick scents you will love and combine them around your home.
ScentCandles vs diffusers, melts and spraysCandles, reed diffusers, wax melts, room sprays and incense all scent a room in different ways. This comparison covers strength, cost, safety and the best use for each.
ScentFragrance families explainedPerfumers sort scents into families such as floral, fresh, woody, amber and gourmand. Knowing your favorite family makes choosing candles and perfumes much easier.
ScentOud, amber and bakhoorThe warm, rich scents loved across the Arabian Peninsula. What oud really is, why amber in perfume is not fossil resin, how bakhoor is used to scent a home and how to enjoy these notes in candles.
ScentScenting every roomWhich scents suit a bedroom, a kitchen or a living room, how to layer scents through your home without clashing, and simple seasonal ideas.
ScentTop, heart and base notesEvery fragrance is built in layers that appear at different times. Here is how the fragrance pyramid works and what it means for candles compared with perfume.