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Sara Hesikova

It’s too hot for candles! This is what I’m using to scent my home in a heatwave instead

A wooden table with a wooden cutting board and halved limes, rosemary and lavender and a bottle of orange essential oil.

It’s the first official heatwave of this summer – and it’s starting with a bang! I don’t know about your local weather forecast, but in London the temperature is set to climb as high as 36 degrees. Needless to say, it’s too hot to be burning candles – but if you still want your space to smell lovely, there are other ways to scent a home in a heatwave that won’t add to the heat.

I love the best scented candles as much as the next person - if not more - but there comes a point when anything with a flame emitting heat just won’t do. But don’t worry as there are plenty of ways to make a home smell nice without getting any candles involved – these are the 4 ways that I’m relying on during this heatwave and for all the future heatwaves of this summer.

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