Whenever I burn candles in my house they are always food scented! I’m not a person who wants pine or leather or vague fabric scents. So I’m not surprised that when I looked back at my recent reads for scent inspiration, I only thought about the food in the books.
Chai
This cozy fantasy series revolves around revitalizing a tavern. One of the things they do is an afternoon chai and scones service so this candle will be chai scented.
Powdered Sugar and Fried Dough
Beignets are an obsession in this book. This candle will have the sweetness of the powdered sugar with the hint of fried dough scent.
Apple Tart
The cook at the center of this series always makes solid desserts in between solving mysteries. She’d appreciate a good sturdy apple tart.
Chocolate Rhubarb
I have no idea what rhubarb smells like but there is a brownie-run pie shop in this town and chocolate rhubarb pie is her magical specialty.
Coffee and Cream
What else would a Gilmore Girl’s candle smell like? Unless you add a hint of snow….
Key Lime Pie
Let’s go for the obvious in honor of a small time pie-review blogger who witnesses an alien invasion.
Tea and Honey
This one has to smell good to draw people into the shop.
Sugar Cookie
One of the protagonists has a custom sugar cookie business.
Gin and Sage
This is a good combination for a Prohibition-era witch running a speakeasy.
Maple Syrup and Pancakes
This is the obvious choice for the memoir of a year of making maple syrup.
Same! My favorite candles are the ones that make my house smell like I’ve been baking yummy treats all day 🙂
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Ok. I want to read The Sugar Rush book now, and have the candle too.
The Sugar Rush was one of my favorite books that I read last year!
The majority of candles I own are either fruity or some kind of baked good. How can you go wrong with a lemon candle, or even better yet a blueberry muffin one?
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/bookish-candles-i-want-based-on-recent-reads/
I like the food that you picked. It sounds good.
Here is my post.https://dmhoisington.wordpress.com/?_gl=1*1yocr42*_gcl_au*MTQyMjY1NTIzOC4xNzUyOTgzMTY0LjEwNzYwMzY2MjguMTc1MzEyNjMyMS4xNzUzMTI2NTc2
I love the scent of coffee!
Tea and Honey sounds like my sort of candle.
Good approach to the topic.
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 love literary candles so much. I used to have quite a few of them before my last move. I should start collecting them again!