The Best Fragrance for Your Home: Check out the Latest Wax Melt Scents

The smell of burning wax has been known to have a positive impact on one's mood and can also bring about a powerful sense of nostalgia. If you're new to the world of wax melts, you might be wondering which fragrance is right for your home or what type of scent is best for your living space. With so many different varieties available, it’s hard to know exactly what goes into making each type of fragrance oil and what they smell like. Here we’ll look at some useful information about fragrance oils and how they can be used in your home. Keep reading to discover the pros and cons of each type with helpful advice from an expert.

What is a wax melt?

A wax melt is a type of wax that is solid at room temperature. This type of wax is commonly used when making scented candles and wax melts. Wax melts are used to scent a room, similar to a scented candle, but with a more powerful scent throw. Wax melts produce more fragrance than candles, and are a great option if you are worried about allergies or a weak scented room. You can use scented wax in electric wax warmers. If you don’t want to use an electric wax warmer, you can also melt the wax in a double boiler. Wax melts are made of paraffin or vegetable blends, common ingredients also found in candles. The advantage to wax melts is that they melt at a lower temperature than candles and don't sit within a naked flame unlike candles. This makes it easy to melt the wax and create a subtle, but strong, scent. Wax melts are available in a variety of fragrances, from fruity to floral scents.

Wax Melts Are Safer Than Candles

Aromatherapy fragrances are often used to create a relaxing and soothing atmosphere in the home. While candles are a great way to change the scent and mood of a room, they also have some inconvenient drawbacks. For one, they can be a fire hazard. If you have young kids or pets in your home, it’s important to keep candles out of reach. Another downside is that scents can be strong and overpowering, which can be unpleasant and distracting during certain activities. Wax melts solve both of these problems while still providing the same benefits as candles, such as helping you to relax, providing a positive emotional response, and reducing stress and anxiety. Wax melts provide subtle and long-lasting scents. Unlike candles, you don’t have to continuously light the melt or worry about blowing out a flame while you’re trying to work. Keep reading to learn about the different type of fragrances used in wax melts and their benefits.

Burning wax melts to relax

When you use wax melts, burning them can have a calming effect. It can help to reduce stress, improve your mood, and even improve your sleep quality. When you burn a wax melt, you not only experience the smell but also the visual of the flame. This can increase relaxation, especially if you use a lower-scented fragrance oil. Wax melts provide a great scent throw with the relaxing flickering of a tea light flame, which can help you to focus on the task you’re doing. Keep in mind that the smell of melted paraffin wax melts can be very overpowering at first, so be sure to pick our vegetable blends when using them in small spaces like bedrooms. Also pick lighter fragrance's such as Vanilla or sandalwood if your aim is relaxation.

Top 10 wax melt scents

To get a better idea of the type of scents you might want to try, here are some of the most popular wax melt scents available:

Black Opium, is addictive and energising. A captivating floral gourmand scent, twisted with an overdose of black coffee

La vie Bell's top notes are Black Currant and Pear; middle notes are iris, Jasmine and Orange Blossom; base notes are Praline, Vanilla, Patchouli and Tonka Bean.

Parma Violet is a soft, powdery floral scent. This fragrance opens with green violet leaf and violet flower, followed by a heart of Parma violets, warm rose and freesia all descending onto base notes of powdery violet and iris.

Rhubarb and Rose offers a mouth-watering rhubarb fragrance blended with tea rose and hints of pineapple on a base of musk, velvety woods and dry fruits.

Ginger is the lightest, most refreshing of the spicy ingredients. It's simultaneously fresh, warm, sharp, and spicy. Ginger is a popular fragrance ingredient in wax melts, as it is strong and long-lasting.

Unstoppable a diffusive fruity floral accord opening with clean ozonic notes and soft citrus orange, peach and green apple leading to a floral heart of translucent jasmine, rose and neroli freshened with aromatic nuances of anis, eucalyptus and green notes. The fragrance finishes with a soft trail of patchouli and vanilla.

Snow Fairy is a popular scent which gives a beautiful candy-sweet combination of pear, cotton candy, vanilla and cherry that reminds us of an elevated bubble gum type scent.

Bahama Breeze we think there's cool summer refreshment in this tropical blend of pineapple, grapefruit and mango.

Alien gives a powerful floral scent of jasmine linked to woody and amber notes. Alien is powerful, radiant and gripping.

Flower Bomb for a formulation of Mandarin, Orange, Sambac Jasmine, Orange Tree, Cattleya Orchid, Freesia and Centifolia Rose, subtly finished with a Patchouli base, to result in an unexpected and explosive floral bouquet.

Conclusion

Fragrance oils are used to make wax melts, and they’re also used to make perfumes and body sprays. Fragrance oils will be different based on the ingredients used during the creation process. There are a variety of different types of fragrance oils, each with its own unique scent and benefits. When it comes to choosing a fragrance oil, you have many options to choose from based on your personal scent preference. We hope that our guide gives you a good starting point, when it comes to chosing a scent that you can enjoy while relaxing, or entertaining guests.