A fragrant home is a welcoming home, able to excite those who live in it and those who visit it.

A candle is not a simple decoration or a trivial gift for special occasions. Scented candles speak of us, our state of mind and how we wish to welcome our guests. For this reason, buying scented candles online is not always easy. We need to smell, imagine the smells in our living room, hallways and rooms in our home. But fear not, in this article I will provide you with all the information you need to choose the right scented candles for your home.

Scented candles for the home

We often buy a scented candle to purify the air, or as a simple gift to friends and relatives, but these elegant decorative items have a much more specific purpose: to create well-being, to evoke feelings.

Fragrance diffusers also have the arduous task of embodying our character, telling visitors about our home. Unlike candles, however, the task is delegated to the intense scenting, thus leaving out the romantic play of light from the burning flame.

Gifting a scented candle

If you are thinking of giving a scented candle as a gift, it will be important to start with a fundamental consideration. In what environment can the candle be displayed?

Living room candles, for example, are the most popular. The living room is the most versatile room in a home, and for this reason it allows us to be more daring. Depending on whether the house is at the seaside or in the mountains, whether the style is classic or modern, you can choose from cooler, summery fragrances or more intense, permeating scents. But be careful, if the living room is very small it will be important to avoid overdoing it so as not to saturate the air. Remember: less is more!

Bath candles are usually the most delicate, especially if they are tub-side candles, which are meant to help relax at the end of the day.

Beware of the bedroom! Choosing the right candles for the bedroom may be an impossible task. Remember: in the bedroom you rest and enjoy moments of relaxation. Very intense scents may be too stimulating and disturb sleep: try to avoid scent diffusers and prefer a very mild scented candle.

Finally, there are garden candles, which in addition to lighting up summer evenings have the arduous task of protecting us from mosquitoes. If you are tired of the classic yellow mosquito candles , which are very effective but not very decorative, Cereria Pernici ‘s Garden Line might be just right for you.

Italian scented candles: Cereria Pernici

Cereria Pernici in Bergamo, Italy, has been handing down a long tradition and mastery of creating handmade scented candles with all-natural elements and lengthy processes since 1892.

Cereria Pernici’s natural scented candles are divided into three main lines, all of course available at my store.

Scented candles Elements

The scented candles in Cereria Pernici’s Elementi Line are simple and essential, available in 24 scents to best describe you and fit any room in your home.

At Light House Locarno you will find Elementi Candles in 350g size and in the following scents:

• Fig Leaves & Ivy: the harmonious scent of fig leaf with tonka bean and sandalwood.
• Cotton & Linen: scent of clean, laundry, with notes of ylang ylang.
• Black Pepper & Tonka Bean: with black pepper, lemon peel, cinnamon, amber and woods. An energizing and edgy fragrance.
• Amber & Wood: Amber and wood, combined with the top notes of myrrh, create a striking fragrance.
• Iris & Rose: with orange and bergamot, accompanied by Turkish rose and lightened by musk and vanilla.
• Lime Ginger: a fresh fragrance with lemon, orange, mint and pine enhanced by sandalwood and vetiver.

Les Sens Candles and Fragrance Diffusers

Cereria Pernici’s Les Sens line, in addition to a wide selection of elegant candles in different sizes, also features fragrance diffusers with sticks in an elegant orange glass bottle.

The candles are made from natural wax and pure cotton wick.

At Light House you will find the following fragrances:

• Kit of 5 70g candles in different scents for use throughout the home or as a gift idea.
• Breath of the Orient: a lingering fragrance. Top notes: saffron and myrrh; middle notes: sandalwood and storax; base notes: balsam of Peru.
• Morning dew: fresh and summery fragrance. Top notes are mandarin, green accord and peach; middle notes: rose, jasmine, iris and violet; base notes: musk, amber, patchouli.
• Brera: with amber and musk woods as base notes, it can only be a candle with a lingering scent. Top notes are juniper, coriander, angelica, and pink pepper, and middle notes are nutmeg, cinnamon, jasmine, and cardamom.
• Esmeralda: with a spicy fragrance. Top notes: pink pepper, bergamot, cinnamon and lemon; middle notes with nutmeg, saffron, cedarwood and tonka bean; base notes with patchouli, vanilla, amber and musk.

All these fragrances are available for both the 210g candles and the 1l and 500ml diffusers. The 5l fragrance diffuser is available for spacious rooms in the “Brera” fragrance.

Garden Candles – Garden Line

Finally, Cereria Pernici’s Garden line is the perfect solution for your moonlit evenings. Available with citronella or without fragrance, with the fireproof paper bag they are perfect for both indoor and outdoor use, to enrich the table and brighten evenings with friends.

The bag has a shelf life of 55 hours.

In short, you must have realized that a candle is “not just a candle”! It is about light, emotion, conviviality and storytelling. It is a detail to communicate and communicate, and Cereria Pernici has a long and reliable experience in producing scented candles for every occasion.

Visit the Shop for scented candles online, or come visit me in the store to smell them one by one! You can find me at Via Torretta, 8 in Locarno.