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Last Updated on January 12, 2021 by Aileen Valdivia
The Yankee Candle Company is one of the most popular American candle manufacturers. They’ve been around since 1969 and although they’re made and sold in America, their delicious scents are found in 50 countries around the world. If you’re on the hunt for candles with the best scents and long burn times, look no further.
Yankee Candles is one of the top-selling candle manufacturers for a reason. Whether you’re looking to transform your home into a winter wonderland or to feel like you’re stepping foot into a lovely English garden every time you light your candle, Yankee has a scent for you. We’ve compiled a list of the ten best Yankee candles to share with you today. Keep reading to find your new signature home scent.
Balsam & Cedar is, by far and large, the most popular Yankee Candle scent. Not only does it smell lovely, but it has the ability to transport you to a different time and place. When was the last time you went for a romantic walk in a snow-dusted forest? Never? Us either! But light up this candle and let its scent transport you there every time.
Fragrance Notes
The initial scent impression is citrusy with hints of herbs and red berries. The middle note is woodsy. Think pine balsam and cedar (hence the name of the candle). You’ll also pick up on some sandalwood notes as well. The base scent is warm amber and vanilla.
Specifications & Styles
As with most original large jar Yankee Candles, this scent burns up to 150 hours with 110 hours being on the lower end. It weighs 22 ounces. It’s available in several styles such as the large jar pictured above, as well as in tea lights, votives, car jars, scent plugs, room sprays, and more.
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Let’s stick with the seasonal theme for a moment here and take a look at Yankee’s Autumn Leaves candle. This scent leaves you with a strong, sweet, and yet somehow also spicy mix that you’re going to have a difficult time boxing up at the end of autumn. It’s ok if you want to burn it all year round, we won’t tell anyone.
Fragrance Notes
This initial impression of this scent is pomegranate with hints of orange blossom. You’ll notice a variety of berries for the middle note. Blackberries and juniper berries take center stage here. For this scent’s base, there’s a lovely leaf blend from birch and red maples that really drive home the fact that this is an autumn scent.
Specifications & Styles
The large jar candle will burn anywhere between 110 and 150 hours. It weighs in at 22 ounces, providing a lot of bang for your buck. It’s available in eight different styles – large/medium/small jars, car jar, scent plug, fragrance refills, gel tins, and wax melts.
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Sticking with the autumn theme for a moment, let’s take a closer look at Yankee’s Macintosh scent. Transport yourself to an apple orchard with the unmistakable scent of crisp apples in every candle.
Fragrance Notes
The top note is, of course, apple peels. You’ll also notice some crisp greens as well in your initial impression. The main body contains hints of grapefruit and macintosh, while the base is clove and musk.
Specifications & Styles
As with all large jar candles, you can expect this bad boy to last up to 150 hours. Its premium construction with high-quality ingredients is what makes this candle smells like stepping into an orchard. It’s available in 24 different styles such as large/medium jars, two-wick tumblers, vehicle vent clips, fan kits, and wax melts.
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Let’s step away from the fall/winter scents for a moment and into a beautiful spring garden. The Lilac Blossoms candle is a great pick for anyone who can’t wait until spring and summer to get their garden started. Though lilacs only bloom for a short time every year, it’s one of our most favorite scents that signals that summer is right around the corner.
Fragrance Notes
The initial scent impression is of citrusy bergamot and water lily. The main body of Lilac Blossoms is, of course, petals of the flower itself. You’ll also pick up notes of other lovely florals such as hyacinth and tulips. The base scent incorporates moss with cedar leaves.
Specifications & Styles
This candle will last up to 150 hours of burn time. It provides a lovely floral scent that will transform your home into a springtime oasis. It’s available in 16 different styles such as large/medium/small jars, mini candles, wax melts, and room spray.
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Sticking with the garden theme for another candle review, this time we’re looking at Fresh Cut Roses. Picture yourself in a beautiful English garden bursting with fresh rose bushes every time you light up this lovely scent.
Fragrance Notes
The initial scent you’ll pick up on is apple peels and citrus. The middle notes include not only red roses but geranium flowers as well. The final scent includes a soft powder and musk that really finish the package nicely.
Specifications & Styles
You can expect this candle to last even longer than fresh cut roses. The burn time averages out to be between 110 and 150 hours in the large jar styles. This scent is also available in nine different styles including tea lights, votives, wax melts, and two-wick tumblers.
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So far we’ve talked about floral, autumn, and winter scents, how about we make your home smell a little bit like a bakery with the amazing Christmas Cookie scent now? This lovely candle allows the buttery, sweet smell of freshly baked cookies to waft throughout your entire home. This is truly a scent that wraps itself around you like a big bear hug and we couldn’t be more stoked about it.
Fragrance Notes
The first thing you’ll notice about this scent is the vanilla bean notes. It’s not overpowering, but it’s enough to get you drooling. The middle notes include classic spices like nutmeg and cinnamon with a little bit of sugar thrown in for good measure. What is a cookie without a little (or a lot) of sugar, anyway? The final notes you’ll pick up on is vanilla and butter, pretty much the exact scents you’d be smelling if you were actually baking Christmas cookies and not just lighting a candle.
Specifications & Styles
This large jar candle will burn up to 150 hours. Like all Yankee products, it’s made with premium and high-quality ingredients so as to provide the real-life cookie scent without all the mess in the kitchen. It’s available in 20 different styles like two and three-wick tumblers, pillars, room sprays, gel tines, and wax melts.
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We’ve talked about sweet, floral, and seasonal scents, but how about something a little different? What about the smell of freshly laundered linen? We know laundry day isn’t the most exciting day of the week, but nothing beats the feeling and scent of clean clothes and Yankee Candles have somehow figured out how to bring that smell into our homes without all the work of folding clothes afterward.
Fragrance Notes
The first scent you’ll pick up on is the citrusy notes of bergamot. The main body of this candle includes scents like rose and lily of the valley flowers. The final scent includes woodsy notes like cedar and musk. Clean Cotton is a very light, airy, and soft fragrance that complements any home.
Specifications & Styles
This large jar will burn up to 150 hours. It’s available in 24 different styles including jar candles of all sizes, pillar candles, tea lights, plug-ins, room sprays, and reed diffusers. It’s great that there are so many options for this scent as you’re able to pick and choose how you want to fragrance your home or vehicle. Not a fan of burning candles? That’s fine, use the room spray! Want to bring a cottony scent to your vehicle? Use the diffuser kit for your car!
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Black cherry is one of those scents that you either love or you hate. We happen to love it, personally, as do thousands of other Yankee Candle afficiandios. Fill your home with the scent of juicy and fresh black cherries and transform your space into a lovely fruit garden.
Fragrance Notes
The first thing you’ll notice about this scent is, again, the hint of bergamot right off the top. You’ll also pick up one maraschino cherry and even a little bit of ruby red grapefruit. The main body of the scent includes more fruit fragrances like lemon, apples, and even acai berry. The middle notes make way for the final scent of blackberries and pomegranates. If you love the smell of fruity perfumes, this is the absolute best candle for you.
Specifications & Styles
As you may already expect, this candle in large jar format will burn between 110 and 150 hours. It’s available in several other styles like two-wick tumblers, tea lights, car jars, and wax melts, too.
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If Christmas Cookies wasn’t sweet enough for you, how about this amazing Vanilla Cupcake scent? If you want your home to smell like a bakery, this is the candle that’ll help you pull it off. Sweet with hints of lemon and loads of buttery frosting, Vanilla Cupcake is thee pick for anyone with a sweet tooth.
Fragrance Notes
The initial scent you’ll immediately pick up on is, of course, vanilla icing. Would you expect anything less from a cupcake-scented candle? The main body of the candle includes chocolate and cake batter. We’re practically drooling as we’re describing this to you. Finally, you’ll note vanilla bean and cocoa at the end of your initial whiff. We don’t think there’s any other candle out there that’s as delectable as this one. It’s so good you’ll almost want to eat it (would not recommend).
Specifications & Styles
The large jar will burn between 110 and 150 hours. If you’re purchasing this in smaller formats, like the medium jar, you can expect a burn time of up to 75 hours. It comes in 15 styles, including pillars, car jars, wax melts, gel tins, and votives.
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Finally, last but not least, we have come to our final scent in this buying guide. We’re closing off this list with White Gardenia, a lovely floral scent that’s perfect for transforming your home into a beautifully smelling spring garden.
Fragrance Notes
While this candle is overwhelmingly floral, you’ll notice hints of peach and berries when you first smell it. The fruity fragrances will give way to floral scents like gardenia (of course), jasmine, and lily. Finally, the base of this scent provides some woodsy notes to really finish it off.
Specifications & Styles
This candle is available in just three different styles – large/medium/small jar. You can expect the large to burn up to 150 hours. The medium will last around 75 hours and the small can turn your home into a garden for up to 30 hours of burn time.
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It doesn’t matter the fragrance family you’re into, Yankee Candle has scents for you. Whether it’s florals, citrus, fruity, woodsy, or sweet scents, we think you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for in our buying guide above.
Drop a comment below to let us know which scent is your absolute favorite.
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