Why Are Candles So Important For Christmas?
Candlelight has been irrevocably linked to the festive season since the Middle Ages when a large candle would be burnt to represent the star of Bethlehem, a tradition that has continued in some homes to this day. Later, in the 1900’s, candles were used for the decoration of Christmas trees before fairy lights were created to mimic the hue of candlelight – a much safer option!
We believe candles are the best finishing touch to most occasions, but especially Christmas. They will add joyful character to your festive décor and are the most wonderful accessory to a charming table setting. Their natural flickering glow is welcoming and intoxicating, creating an indulgent ambience that heightens the ‘Christmas feels’.
Christmas soy candles also make the ultimate heart-warming Christmas gift, ideal for treating yourself, your home and the people you love.
What Scent Means Christmas To You?
When you ask people what scents make the best Christmas scented candles, the responses can be quite polarised. For some it might be the traditional scent of fallen pine needles, or spicy notes of cinnamon and clove. For others the juiciness of red berries and orange slices. For a wintery twist some prefer the fresh and frosty notes of peppermint, eucalyptus and soft musk florals.
How Can Apsley And Company Bring Christmas Into You Home?
We pride ourselves on creating home scent ranges that make a luxury style statement perfect for any home décor or occasion. For the Christmas season we keep with that classic yet contemporary stylized approach with the addition of a few sumptuous gems of festive character.
Scented Space White Fir Candle
A winter’s woodland walk
We like to be unique so don’t tend to go down the traditional route but it quite simply wouldn’t be Christmas without the poignant scent of fir in our homes and we have worked endlessly with our perfumers to create truly authentic fragrance for this year’s festivities. Our Scented Space White Fir Candle’s aromatic blend of fir balsam, cedarwood and amber inspires an evocative scent of snow-covered fir trees and fallen pine needles.
We have hand-poured this richly Christmas scented candle blend into emerald green tinted glassware, so luxuriant in colour it too is reminiscent of the magnificence of an evergreen forest. For that final touch of elegance, the glass is delicately embellished with our Scented Space logo in gold leaf foil, wrapped around the bottom of the candle.
Scented Space Botanical Candle Collection
A touch of tradition
To keep with the traditional theme we do feel a festive room setting wouldn’t say “Christmas” without a Botanical Candle so it was essential to create our Scented Space Botanical Candle . Available in two sizes – 900g and a giant Christmas candle at 1.1kg and 17.5cm in height. Each pillar is caringly hand poured by our crafters before being carefully decorated with hand-placed festive fruit and spices. To scent the candle, we have created an exotic fragrance blend of ylang ylang and lily with sparkling notes of citrus. This artisan process ensures that the candle appeals to multiple senses by looking engaging and smelling extraordinary.
Each candle is presented with a beautiful red grosgrain ribbon and protected with a sheer sheath, making it gift ready for a special someone or a perfect treat for self
Scented Space Celebrate Candle Collection
The perfect mood setter for any occasion or celebration
We have curated our ‘Celebrate’ champagne mercury glass candles to help you celebrate not only Christmas but other events and milestones across the year. The fragrance has been carefully developed to fully immerse you in that moment of celebration. The sophisticated combination of cashmere, and heliotrope harmoniously blend together with the traditional Christmas touch of sweet orange to create an intoxicating fragrance with a deep herbal woody base lifted by the fizz of fresh citrus.
As the candles have been created to honour special times in our lives, we have packaged each one in a luxurious crisp white handmade box embellished with a gold foil inscription, making them the perfect gifting option.
The range offers three sizes from the statuesque Celebrate 4kg Candle which makes a wonderful standalone centrepiece or can be accompanied by a combination of the two smaller candle options Celebrate Candle 500g and Celebrate Candle 1.2kg
Apsley Glimpse Luxury Candle
Pure indulgence for your festive home
A monochrome Christmas design theme is a popular option for the more minimalist home, and for this we would recommend our Apsley Glimpse Luxury Candle collection. These unique candles are luxurious in design and nature. Each glass vessel is delicately hand-carved and polished by specialist artisans to allow an enchanting glimpse of the burning candle’s hypnotic flickering flame. Perfect for a Christmas dinner party, or when you are relaxing at the end of a hectic day of festivities.
The range offers a 440g scented candle and 1.7kg scented candle with two colour and fragrance combinations, giving you a number of styling and scenting options when creating a monochrome candlescape.
Apsley Glimpse Luxury Candle Noir is our black candle which is scented with a sophisticated woody fragrance of black tonka bean, cardamom and bitter orange
Apsley Glimpse Luxury Candle Blanc is a unique and alluring fragrant fusion of rhubarb, white musk and the much-loved festive fig leaf encased in an ice white vessel
Apsley Reykjavik Luxury Candle
Luxury in every sense!
If you want to be taken to colder climes of snowy mountain tops, ice caves and glacier lagoons our Apsley 400g and 1.7kg Reykjavik Luxury Candles are the perfect Christmas home décor addition. Exuding a tantalising medley of neroli, lime zest and vetiver encased in a mouth blown ice white glass vessel that is entirely unique, this candle is redolent of Iceland's awe-inducing Reykjavik.
Apsley Eclipse Luxury Candle
Perfect for family picnics and festive garden parties
If you like to take your Christmas celebrations outside and party until the sun sinks on the horizon, this is the one for you. The scent of sun-drenched days with Sicilian orange, blackcurrant and patchouli is encased in a one-off individually made mouth blown, artic white and black artisan vase. Available in 400g and 1.7kg
Apsley Twilight Luxury Candle
Taking you into the night
Twilight Luxury Candle
We would recommend our Twilight Luxury 400g and 1.7kg scented candles for the end of the day when you’re ready to wind down, curl up on the couch and play family games. Presented in a black and artic white artisan glass, the addictive fragrance notes of bergamot, papyrus, oud and sandalwood create a sultry intoxicating space.
Abode Aroma Crystal Collection
A Christmas table centre that is both unique and grand in style
The Abode Aroma Crystal Collection offers a broad range of coveted crystal pieces that have been hand-crafted by artisan masters, creating an exquisite fusion of classic and contemporary design. Combining the purity and brilliance of crystal with our sublime fragrances, creates the ultimate in timeless luxury for your Christmas home.
Decorative candles are an imperative part of any Christmas table setting and this collection of crystal candles and home déc or pieces are perfect as the classic styling foundation to which decorations, foliage and tableware can be added to create a festive dinner table.
As a starting point you could go for our impressively thick and weighty Cybus Crystal Presentation Tray . We have a few candle accessory pieces that sit beautifully on the tray and can be styled around.
With our Cybus Crystal Tealight Candles you will be enchanted by our meticulously blended Crisp White Linen fragrance, housed in exquisite hand-cut, hand-polished Cybus Crystal Tealight Holders to create an inviting ambience in your Christmas home.
Christmas candlesticks are essential for any table setting and we offer the most beautiful candle holders to present them in. Each one is hand-crafted by an artisan master with a passion for creating an elegant fusion of classic and contemporary design. The elegant duo of Cybus Pillar Taper Candle Holders are different heights to help create a unique tablescape. The Cybus Cubix Crystal Taper Holders have a multifaceted cubic shape that creates beautiful reflections that dance across the room. The trio of Cybus Grand Pillars are majestic in stature, the tallest standing at 57cm and weighing 3.35kg!
Cybus Maximilian Hurricane Vase and Cybus Middlemass Hurricane Vase are both distinguished and versatile in design. Influenced by the Art Deco period and our desire to encourage the repurposing of vessels, these beautiful cut crystal pieces can be used as a candle hurricane or a vase – hence the inspired conception of a Hurricane. Over Christmas they can hold mini Christmas baubles, festive blooms, fairy lights or place an Abode Aroma® Scented Refill Pillar Candle in the vase and wrap with greenery.
We have packaged our Abode Aroma® Cybus collection with luxurious elegance to make it the perfect gifting option. Each product is presented in a crisp white handmade box embellished with a silver foil inscription and wrapped by a protective acetate cover.