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Thank you to Heather @ The Frozen Library for submitting this theme!
Scents are an allergy, migraine, and headache trigger for me, so my first reaction to scented candles, along with any other scented item other than most types of food, is to run away from them as fast as my legs can carry me ;).
I’m going to tweak this topic just a little so I can answer it better.
1) Turkish Delight for The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe. I was well into adulthood before I realized that this type of candy actually exists and was not made up for this book. There are many different flavours of Turkish delight, but the kind I tried tasted a little floral and sweet which might make for a good candle scent.
2) Chocolate for Chocolat. I craved chocolate so much while reading this.
3) Sugar for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1). Yes, chocolate could be also included here, but so could bubble gum, cinnamon, blueberries, roast dinners, gum drops, and all sorts of other delicious scents.
4) Peaches from James and the Giant Peach. They’re such a delicious fruit and scent.
5) Flowers from Flowers for Algernon.
6) Tea from The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1). I feel like there aren’t enough tea-scented possibilities out there for people who enjoy scents.
7) Black coffee from Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot, #7.5). Now this is one scent I actually do enjoy!
8) Nutmeg from Silver Nutmeg. It makes me feel a bit fancy to use this spice.
9) Gingerbread from The Gingerbread Man. What a heavenly scent this is.
10) Oranges from The Christmas Orange. Citrus scents can be nice.
And that is my list. Heather, I hope I stuck closely enough to your idea and that there are many scented candles in your future.
Lots of great features you have for this topic!! I think it’s so fun and clever, I’m just not creative enough to dream up candles for books. 🙂
Thank you, Rissi. Yeah, it was tricky for me, too.
Aw, I’m sorry that scents cause such problems for you!
Thank you, Deb. It’s a real shame.
Great list, Lydia! So sorry they create such reactions for you. I am allergic to a lot of scents, but I love to think of them in other people’s houses. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. I’m glad you can enjoy some of them!
Citrus is so refreshing, I like it too. I don’t blame you about the scented candles, I’m not a fan of real ones either.
Here’s a link to my TTT post
https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/%f0%9f%93%9a-toptentuesday-10-books-matched-with-candle-scents-tuesdaybookblog-booktwitter-booktwt-bookx/
I’m glad you get it!
Love your take on this!
Thank you. 🙂
Glad you could come up with some! My only candles are emergency candles, so I just posted my Tuesday tease!
I’ll come check out your post, Stephen.
I really like that you chose sugar over chocolate for CaTCF. I imagine that place would just smell overwhelming sweet and sickly.
Heh, for sure.
Love your take on this!
Thank you. 🙂
My beloved has moderate to severe asthma, so we do not have scented anything in the house. But, I love scents that evoke memories.
Great scents linked to the stories: Chocolate, Peaches, Flowers, Coffee, Nutmeg and Gingerbread – all great memories.
Thank you. I’m sorry your beloved has asthma. I have relatives with that illness, too.
Brilliant interpretation of the prompt. I wish I had thought of it!
Thank you. 🙂
This is such a great interpretation of the topic!
Thanks. 😀
I’m sensitive to some scents, but not others. I think that’s why I tend to stay away from floral-scented candles. If the smell is fruit-based, or even better, baked goods-based, I’m in love.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/bookish-candles-i-want-based-on-recent-reads/
I’m so glad you found scents that work for you!
Oranges would be my favorite scent of them all!
Nice!
I can’t do strong scents, and I don’t tolerate floral scents (or even real flowers) in the home. I went a different direction, but I like what you did here. Have a good week.
Thank you, and thanks for sharing!
Great job making it work! My kids are allergic to many scents and can trigger headaches for me. We don’t really do scents, and I just was clueless this week. haha.
It was a tricky one for sure!
I like this!! The Christmas scent being orange makes me want the orange chocolate “oranges” we always have!
I’ve never tasted one due to allergies, but they always look so delicious!
You did a great job with this topic!
Thank you. 🙂
Oh, these are all great ideas! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tea-scented candle (or anything, really, except for actual tea) so I’m really curious how that would work. And I love the smell of coffee but not the actual drink, so that one would be perfect for me!
We have so much in common. 🙂
Love your candle names, especially Turkish Delight. Happy Wednesday!
Thank you.
Gingerbread is one of my favorite things!!!
Cool! yeah, it’s delicious.
Bummer that your allergies prevent you from enjoying scented items. I love a scented candle, especially cozy Autumn-ish ones. I also love peach and citrus ones. Great choices!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Thank you. I’m glad you get to enjoy them at least.
There are so many tea possibilities when it comes to candles. I picture these ones being a bit more subtle in their scents and I would not complain as someone who can only handle so much fragrance.
They would be for sure!
This is such a wonderful twist on the prompt, Lydia! I love how you took your own unique approach to the topic, and your list is so creative. *The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe* is a fantastic choice, and I can totally imagine that scent. I also love your choices of *Chocolat* and *The Gingerbread Man*! It’s great to see a list with so many different ideas. I hope the prompt was enjoyable for you to tackle despite the headache triggers!
Thank you very much! I think everyone did a great job this week, too.
Love your twist on the topic, Lydia!! Food is always welcome 🙂 and often reading books with food does make me hungry so having themed snacks is cool
Heh, same here.
I love this! It’s simple but so essential with all the best scents!
Thank you. 🙂
I love how you came up with such a simple but evocative list. It’s easy to picture these scents, and so many of them are ones that I really like. A tea-scented candle could be fantastic – why aren’t there more of these?
It isn’t easy dealing with scent triggers when they can be everywhere. I’ll be sure to think of you when burning my scented candles or incense!
Thank you very much, Leah. I appreciate your kindness.
I used to be obsessed with candles but as I’ve got older, scents trigger headaches and nausea so quickly that I no longer buy them unless they’re very mildly scented, lol. I love your twist on the topic though! The different flavours for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory made me a little bit hungry (might’ve just been the roast dinners part, haha) 🤭
Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. Yeah, I wouldn’t mind a roast dinner either. 🙂