How to choose your candle scent
A LITTLE SCENT MATCHMAKING
You don’t need to know every fragrance note to find a candle you’ll enjoy. Start with a familiar favorite: bright citrus, a bouquet of flowers, a walk in the woods, or something that sounds suspiciously like dessert. Then read the whole scent profile. Our chickens have big personalities, but the fragrance notes do the matchmaking.
Start with the scents you already love.
Think about the aromas you naturally reach for, rather than choosing by a candle’s name alone. A playful name tells you something about the hen; the description tells you what to expect from the fragrance. Here are a few starting points from our flock.
Bright and fruity
If orange peel, lime or tropical fruit sounds inviting, explore Orange You Feisty? for orange, fresh greenery and herbal notes. Tropic Like It’s Hot pairs lime and mango with pineapple, coconut and a creamy finish. Both start in citrus territory, but they head somewhere different.
Soft and floral
For rose, violet and a nostalgic powdery finish, meet Powder Room Politics. If you like florals with a richer twist, Silk, Sass, & Saffron adds raspberry, saffron, leather and vetiver to its rose-and-violet profile. “Floral” can cover quite a flock.
Herbal and fresh
Sage It Ain’t So brings clary sage and eucalyptus together with lavender and soft woods. For a citrus-and-tea direction, The Audaci-Tea combines mandarin, lemon, bergamot, ginger, jasmine and white tea.
Woodsy and warm
If evergreen and forest notes are your kind of cozy, Fir Sure has cypress, cedar, fir, amber and moss. Smells Expensive takes a warmer, muskier route with sandalwood, amber, cedar and a soft powder finish.
Sweet and dessert-inspired
Basic & Buttercreamed leans into pumpkin, brown sugar, warm spices and vanilla. Caramel & Chaos brings caramel coffee, butterscotch, cinnamon, chocolate and vanilla notes. These gourmand fragrances are for enjoying as candle scents—the dessert comparison is strictly for your nose.
Compare the whole scented flock.
Know the kind of fragrance you love, but not which chicken to pick? Use this quick scent comparison, then open a candle for its full fragrance profile, current sizes and availability.
| Candle | Key fragrance notes |
|---|---|
| Basic & Buttercreamed | Pumpkin, brown sugar, warm spices and vanilla |
| Caramel & Chaos | Caramel coffee, butterscotch and vanilla |
| Citrus Got Real | Bright lemon |
| Cocoa Loco | Rich chocolate |
| Fir Sure | Cypress, cedar, fir, amber and moss |
| Ginger Snapped | Ginger cookie, brown sugar, molasses and warm spice |
| Golden Girl Energy | Soft, sunny floral |
| How Do You Like Them Apples? | Apple, orange peel and warm spice |
| Incense of Entitlement | Amber, sandalwood, powdery floral and dark musk |
| Leaf Me Alone | Fresh greenery, citrus and soft floral |
| Little Sass on the Prairie | Amber, barley, green apple, bergamot and soft floral |
| Mint To Misbehave | Peppermint, anise, vanilla and praline |
| Orange You Feisty? | Orange, fresh green and herbal notes |
| Powder Room Politics | Rose, orange blossom, violet and powdery notes |
| Saddle Up, Buttercup | Leather, amber, saffron and incense |
| Sage It Ain’t So | Sage, lavender, eucalyptus and soft woods |
| Silk, Sass, & Saffron | Rose, violet, raspberry, saffron, leather and vetiver |
| Smells Expensive | Sandalwood, amber, cedar and dark musk |
| The Audaci-Tea | White tea, citrus, ginger and jasmine |
| Tropic Like It’s Hot | Coconut, lime, mango and pineapple |
Look beyond the first note.
Top, heart and base notes describe different parts of a fragrance’s character. Read them together: citrus with creamy coconut has a different personality from citrus with tea or woods. If there’s a note you prefer to skip, check the full profile rather than relying only on the scent family.
Fragrance notes describe aroma; they are not a complete ingredient list or an allergy screen. Our materials and sizes guide explains the coconut wax + beeswax blend and wick details separately.
Then choose your size.
Our candle sizes are Bantam (3 oz), Standard (8 oz) and Brahma (11 oz). Each product page shows the sizes currently available, their prices and their stock status. Read those details before choosing, and follow the candle’s warning label and care guidance when you use it.
Still deciding? Let the flock help.
Take the candle scent quiz to choose a scent family, favorite notes, notes you’d rather skip and a season. No email needed. Or browse the whole candle collection and follow whichever good egg catches your eye.