From Paddywax, the Nashville Boot candle in Smoked Pistachio: "These 6 oz Nashville inspired cowboy boot candles come in a speckled glaze or a matte texture in three colors, each! Filled with western inspired fragrances to set the tone. Repurpose as a pencil cup or floral vase to add a little Tennessee charm to your home". 170g for $32, at Paddywax or Anthropologie.
From Anya Hindmarch's Anya Brands collection, the Coca Cola Candle: "With its nostalgic notes, the Coca Cola Candle is designed to evoke happy memories. Hand-poured in England, it comes in a logo-embossed leather-encased glass jar that can be kept and reused after you’ve finished burning the candle", $165 for 200g at Anya Hindmarch, and also available in Kikkoman Soy Sauce and Heinz Tomato Ketchup. (Also, if you ever wanted a Carmex coin purse or a Frosted Flakes phone case, this is where to look.)
Another new limited edition candle from Diptyque, this one for the Lunar New Year: Lamei (Wintersweet). "A bright yellow blossom, a beacon of hope in the frost of winter, emerges from a limited-edition vessel bearing artist Zinan Lam's poetic and contemporary design. The Lamei flower, also called Wax Plum, unfolds velvety floral notes softened by honeyed accents and lifted with woody undertones. An emblem of renewal and optimism for the year to come." 190g for $88, but hard to find and possibly sold out already?
A candle discovery set from Imaginary Authors, exclusive to Anthropologie, with three votive-ish (20 hour burn time) candles in Cherry Groove ("twist on a classic cherry cola"), Shake Shake Shake ("vanilla and heavy cream mingles with the sweet nuttiness of malt") and Spin Me Round ("grapefruit, buttery magnolia, and the delicate sweetness of Lily of the Valley"), $54, or, get a larger (30 hour burn time) single candle for $44.
“We humans have only about 400 types of smell receptors,” [Pamela Dalton, a cognitive psychologist at Monell Chemical Senses Center] said. The particular combination of receptors each person has determines how a smell is experienced. In other words, my husband and I may not even be smelling the same candle. When you multiply a finite set of receptors by an infinite number of possible odor molecules, Dalton said, you get countless variations in how people experience scent. What registers in my brain as comforting might land in his as something cloying.
— Read more in Why It’s So Hard to Find a Crowd-Pleasing Scented Candle at The Wall Street Journal.