There’s nothing like a candle to instil a feeling of calm. Perfectly positioned beside the bed, bath tub or along the lines of a mantelpiece, a candle is lit for a special occasion – sometimes just enough occasion for a good read, a glass of wine, and a single, flickering flame. These forty decorative picks show the range of styles, scents and themes a candle can cover. Gift wisdom to a friend, in the form of a black owl. Watch the outside of an animal melt away, revealing a skeleton. Get a candle in beeswax, wrapped daintily around a coil. Get quirky and creative with your gifts for downtime, with our top 40 selection for decadent and decorative candles.
Artistically Hand-Sculptured Candles
Handcrafted in Israel, these intertwining wax candles make your flame a dazzling sight. Get them in black and white, a multi-colour pattern, or add to your peacock decor with our last quirky find.
Layered Candles
Bored of one, or even two-tone candles? These 40-hour candles are layered with many shades of the same colour, adding subtle style to your muted interior.
Nautical-Themed Candle
Fancy layering that really stands out? This colours-of-the-sea candle, perfect for your nautical home decor, burns for 100 hours in clean-burning soy.
Beautiful Taper Candles
For the fancy customer with an upcoming occasion, these taper candles are the perfect asset. Sit their dripless, smokeless and hand-dipped forms into any standard candle holder, to celebrate a wedding, dinner party or church service. Their elegant gift box adds a touch of class.
Personalized Candles
Want to commemorate a special occasion? These French, handmade taper candles allow you to print names and dates, offering a personalized touch to your next formal gift.
Luxury Jar Candle
Love the smell of coconut milk and mango? This gorgeous glass-jar candle burns the scent for 120 hours.
Aromatherapy Scented Candles
Extend your aromatherapy selection, with these soy wax candles in non-drip jars. Choose from four different combinations – lavender, orange, peppermint eucalyptus or vanilla – to make up your pack of three. Gift wrapping is available.
Metallic Gold Ball Candles
Want a more original way to light up Christmas? These three-inch balls comes in boxes of six, for a 24-hour flame upon your mantelpiece.
Floating Rose Candles
Candles are synonymous with a spot of romance. Run a bath filled with bubbles and these rose-shaped candles, for a night for two you’ll never forget.
Pumpkin-Shaped Candles
Want to celebrate Halloween – without the real pumpkin? These cute flame holders are smokeless and clean-burning, adding novelty to your kitchen without the carving mess.
Pear-Shaped Candle
Think a pear only comes in green? This original 45-hour candle comes in 13 shades.
Succulent-Shaped Wax Candles
Forget living cacti in your garden – these mini succulents add style and flame. Place these citronella candles out the back, to keep away mosquitoes for up to six hours.
Cactus-Shaped Candles
Make your office Scandinavian, with these set of six desk cacti. Housed in metal tealight holders, their unscented paraffin burns for half an hour.
Owl Candle
Made with pure beeswax and natural ECO dye, these owl candles are wise inside and out. Gift them to the bird lover in your life.
Owl Skeleton Candle
Ever wanted to see an owl’s insides? This cute owl decor candle hides a terrible secret – a haunting metallic skeleton with fire blazing in her eyes. Light her wick for up to 30 hours, to see her pretty exterior melt all the way down.
Gummy Bear Candle
Purple gummy bears have evil secrets, too. This fruit-scented candle with a cotton wick reveals a horror-story skeleton inside. Burn it away in five to seven hours.
More Animal Skeleton Candles
Believe in the angelic nature of cats, reindeer and birds? Although bathed in pretty pastels, their lit wicks soon reveal their inner skeletons of death.
Rock Candle
Rock on! Perform a séance or get ready for a rock gig, with this rad hand-shaped candle at your side. Made with medical-grade wax and natural colours, it’s a great present too in its beautiful gift box.
Victory Candle
Rather root for peace instead? This bright pink or grey peace candle is the size of a real hand – and is handcrafted in Europe.
Skull Candle
For a skull-shaped candle, this find really is rather pretty. Embellished with a pearl-seed texture, this seven-inch long and four-inch wide find is larger than life in 100% beeswax.
Bleeding Skull Candle
Looking to scare someone away? Place this bleeding skull candle outside your front door.
Dinosaur Hatching Candle
Have a child or friend that’s just mad about dinosaurs? Gift them a candle that’s truly unique – one that hatches dinsoaurs. Available with a blue or green glass dinosaur inside, these unassuming eggs reveal prehistoric figurines you can take out and keep.
Batman Candle
Batman is unpredictable – but seeing him in your candle is still a surprise. Delivered all over the world, these carved paraffin candles are a scintillating addition to your superhero home decor.
Darth Vader Candle
Rather light up Darth Vader instead? Handmade in paraffin wax, Luke’s father forms a classic star wars home decor collection.
Coiled Steampunk-Style Candle
Unravel the candle, and re-coil it on a roller. This steampunk find in 100% beeswax is the perfect fit for a Victorian-style home.
Natural Beeswax Coiled Candle
Stand up your coiled candle, on this elegant bronze contraption. Although appearing self-feeding, this flamed illusion is only adhered to the clip, which self-extinguishes for safety when the flame reaches.
Glass Pillar Candle
The minimalist home would love this ever-so-simple candle. Moulded in hand-blown glass, its wick burns your own choice of coloured or scented oils.
Pebble-Shaped Candles
Take a more natural approach. These handmade pebble candles in soybean wax would look perfect beside a beach-themed bath setting.
Concrete Candles
Get the industrial look inside your bathroom. These wee concrete candles are painted with pastels or metallics, adding a touch of style to your daily flame.
Soy Wax Candle In Concrete Pots
After a soy wax candle? These concrete-potted, American-made finds come in seven scents and a myriad of colour ways.
48 Unscented Wax Candles In Glass Holders
Need a lot of little candles for a special occasion? This box of 48 in glass might do the trick.
Scented Candle Set
Can’t choose between the hundreds of different candle scents? Let these candles choose for you, in their best-selling packs of four different aromas.
Flameless Candle
For places where children and pets run riot, a flameless candle is best. Made from paraffin wax, these candles use electromagnetics and glowing LEDs to make a light. Use its smart timer to automatically turn it on for five hours a day.
Dripping Wax-Style Electronic Candle
Want the real candle feel? This battery-operated find gives off a vanilla aroma and dripped-wax look.
Flameless Wax Cut-out Candles
Take your battery-powered candles to the next level. This set of three ivory candles can switch to eight different settings, using their own remote control.
Flameless Marble Candles
Marble always adds class. Made by the same manufacturer, these candles come with batteries, a remote and a 90-day warranty.
Electronic Silver Pillar Candles
Match the metallic tones in your interior. Another remote-controlled creation, these flameless candles steal the show on any dinner table or mantelpiece.
Geometric-Style Flameless LED Candles
Remote-controlled and always cool to the touch, these modern-looking candles are perfect inside a bunch of flowers or beside the children’s bedside table.
Textured Flameless LED Candles
Let the lady in your life have a candle in pearls. These remote-controlled candles add a touch of daily luxury.
Modern Candles-Shaped Lamp
For a higher price tag, you can fuse candles and a lantern together. This Scandinavian design houses its flames in wrought iron.
