Like dogs, scented candles aren’t just for Christmas. To light a posh candle when it’s still warm and bright outside, and to fill your living room with the smell of citrus and jasmine, and rum and oranges, and of gardens recently rained on, is one of summer’s great luxuries. Here are some of the most lingering, most unusual (and gorgeous) scents, including Bella Freud’s delicious Ginsberg is God candle – it smells of crushed tomato vines (£40, bellafreud.com). Burn them at home on a long lazy evening, then lie back and think of holidays.
Alternatively
Jo Malone London Home Candle £42, jomalone.co.uk Malin + Goetz Dark Rum £36, liberty.co.uk Cocolux Fig, Cassis & Punch £55, roullierwhite.com Produce Radish £19.99, iloveproducecandles.co.uk Roja Dove Jasmin de Brasse £75, harrods.com Guerlain Tahitian Tales £57, selfridges.com
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