Luxury Candle Vibes for Less: Walmart’s Best Flammable Scents

Imagine walking through a fragrant, magical forest where blueberry cheesecakes, leather jackets, and an occasional pinch of sea salt grow on trees. That’s basically the candle aisle at Walmart.

Luxury-candle lovers can burn through hundreds of dollars at fancy boutiques in the name of handcrafted ambiance, but you can find quality scents at a fraction of the price. Whether you’re sprucing up your guest bathroom or making your living room cozier, these affordable ($5.97 to $24.77) Walmart options can hold a candle to high-end brands.

ScentWorx Amber Oud

The ScentWorx Amber Oud candle (“Oud" is Arabic for wood) offers a warm timber scent with sweet fruit undertones. It’s subtle, inviting, and — with the unique octagon container and three-wick design — will absolutely have your guests wondering, “Where did you get that fancy candle?"

GooseCreek Blueberry Cheesecake

Sweet candles get a bad reputation for being basic, but who doesn’t want their living room to smell like pie crust? With cream-cheese-and-berry-scented essential oils, the Goose Creek Blueberry Cheesecake candle is so good and complex that you may want to pick up a Marketside No Bake Blueberry Cheesecake Parfait to pair with it.

Mainstays Raspberry Peach Frosé

If you want to capture the spirit of a summer night out (even if you are more of a homebody), this Raspberry Peach Frosé candle is, as an elder millennial would say, lit. The sweet and energizing combination of raspberry, lemon, and coconut water will make you want to blast pop music and dance, whether or not anyone is dancing with you.

Better Homes & Gardens Leather and Musk

In addition to feminine scents, Walmart’s candle selection has a nice balance of gender-neutral and masculine scents; one of the strongest is the Better Homes & Gardens Leather and Musk. With earthy tones of suede, cashmere, amber, and myrrh — and a classy wooden lid that resembles a hat — this candle is a true gentleman.

Better Homes & Gardens Oceanside Flannel

Another Better Homes & Gardens pick, the Oceanside Flannel’s beachy blend — sea salt, sea mist, and driftwood — smells like an expensive coastal vacation, except it’s under $13.

Allswell Relax

After a long day of smart shopping, you’ll need to relax. As the priciest candle on our list, the Allswell Relax candle — with no fewer than four wicks — is over twice the size of Better Homes & Gardens’ candles. The soothing combination of lavender, jasmine, chamomile, and coconut wax is all but guaranteed to keep you from, well, burning out.