Candle Trends
Some of the current trends in candles include:
- Formal dinner candles, typically 6 -18 inches in height, tapered, straight-sided or spiral
- Votive, small white unscented candles originally used for religious ceremonies, often grouped together for a romantic setting in almost any room of the house
- Container candles, decorative and highly scented candles poured into special glass, tin, and pottery pieces designed to withstand the heat, perfect for use at home to add fragrance or mask unwanted odor
- Aromacology candles
- Luminaria, an outdoor candle created by planting a 15-hour votive in a container filled with sand. Great for lighting walkways, decks/patios, pools, etc.
- "High" fragrance, room-scenting candles
- Thousands of scents, from the ever-popular Vanilla, to new and unusual scents, such as Toasted Marshmallow, Candy Corn, Sky, Ocean Breeze, Baby Powder and Forever Amber
- Scented candles in glass containers
- Large size candles, including pillars and columns, as well as unique holders for these candles
- Mini pillars, square pillars
- Ball candles; square candles
- Textured candles
- Multi-wick candles
- Botanical scented candles
- Natural-colored candles
- Hand-crafted candles; special metallic finishes
- Floating candles
- Design-oriented candles, e.g., grouping same color candles of different shapes together
- Candles for home decorating/accessories
- Creative and decorative candle holders for all decors (modern, colonial, etc.)
- Wall sconces with candles
- Candles as gifts for all occasions