There are certain scents that almost always make me either research the best travel deals, poll my group chat for an impromptu girl’s trip, or contemplate a last-minute staycation. The usual suspects are impossibly fresh-smelling fruits , any combo of essential oils, or flowers with a sweet, barely-there fragrance. In most circumstances, you’d be hard-pressed to sniff out all three in one space. That is unless you’re obsessively working your way through a row of Bath and Body Works candles.
Step inside any of the brand’s brick-and-mortar stores, and you risk losing a significant portion of whatever budget you weren’t planning to touch. Few can compete with its fleet of single- and three-wick candles, all of which carry addictive scents that would probably hurt a lot of feelings if they were ever discontinued. The ones released this time of year are especially buzz-worthy because they somehow embody those seemingly inexplicable smells that transport us to the vacation of our dreams.