There's an equally practical aspect to using travel candles: If you're stuck in a hotel room that has an odd or unpleasant smell, travel candles can mask it. Just be careful to keep your travel candles away from flammable materials and blow them out before sleep.
1. Pacifica Travel Candles
Pacifica creates travel candles in bold scents that transport the owner to exotic lands. Some of my favorite around-the-world Pacifica fragrances are Pacific Red Ginger, Tunisian Jasmine, Caribbean Sugar Pumpkin, and Mexican Cocoa.Vegan, hand-poured, and all natural, Pacifica travel candles are made from soy wax, essential oils, and rich natural fragrances. Pacifica candles are available in a variety of sizes, from 3 ounces to 10.5 ounces. The best buy for couples hitting the road is the 7 ounce travel size: These candles come in their own tin container, which adds to their safety. When you're ready to go to sleep, you can snuff out the candle simply by replacing the cover of the tin, then reuse it the next night.
2. Jo Malone Travel Candles
Jo Malone is a well-known, London-based fragrance brand primarily sold at select Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue stores nation-wide in addition to the company's freestanding shops and Jo Malone online. Additive-free, the perfumer's travel candles are nested in the company's chic cream-and-black box tied with a black grosgrain ribbon, which makes it an elegant albeit expensive going-away gift.The box of classic travel candles contains three subtly intoxicating scents — French Lime Blossom, Wild Fig, and Cassis and Orange Blossom — that can be used separately or lit together to create a unique, personal scent. Jo Malone travel candles are approximately 3 ounces each and poured into miniature glass vessels.
