Malkia Candles

The #WFH trend is going nowhere. (As indeed a lot of us arenโ€™t, right now. Rather a time for bunkering down, isnโ€™t it?) But to us, #WFH also stands for โ€˜Wafting From Homeโ€™, as we seek to ensure that our home environment smells lovely, since weโ€™re spending so much time here.

So we want to introduce you to a new and lovely scented candle brand thatโ€™s made it onto our radar. The inspiration for the founder of Malkia โ€“ raised with diplmat parents โ€“ is travel, with the idea that smells can transport us, and each candle has been researched โ€˜to respect and celebrate different cultures.โ€™ To date, Oman, the French Riviera (yes, please!), Iceland, Cuba and the Maldives have been captured in candle form, although the paraffin-free candles themselves are proudly hand-poured in England.

Our particular favourite is Oman-inspired Rose & Oud, pictured below, a fabulous waft of clove, orange, cinnamon, lashings of rose and some tuberose, on a smoky base of musk, woods, amber, incense, patchouli and vanilla. โ€˜Imagine going for an evening stroll in one of Salฤlahโ€™s souks, shopping for oud, frankincense and rose oil,โ€™ Malkia say.

And we can, we really can imagine! While waxing lyrical about this transporting home fragrance brandโ€ฆ

ยฃ40 each for 220g โ€“ buy here