Wanderlust Lit: Wonderful Scents That Carry The Heart Away

Some days, the urge to be somewhere else sneaks up on you without warning; a perfume in the street, a photo half-glimpsed, the metallic chime of a foreign language. Right then, all you want is to escape; to somewhere familiar or new, to a version of the world that feels different, even if it’s just for a while. Not necessarily the full passport-stamped, suitcase-heavy kind, but the invisible sort; a soul shift, a scent that pulls you by the wrist and says, come with me. Read more in Wanderlust Lit: Wonderful Scents That Carry The Heart Away

Escape doesn’t always physical, it can sometimes take another form. Our home is where we might light our travels more easily. The flick of a match, the wick lit, the soft bloom of warmth, and you are no longer in your living space but are transported elsewhere. You will find yourself beneath sun-soaked shutters on a coastal terrace. Walking barefoot on mosaic tiles, citrus thick in the air.

These days, our olfactory wishes can come in glass vessels; Baobab, the Belgian brand renowned for its luxurious hand-poured candles, transforms far-flung destinations into layered, lingering scents. Baobab’s new limited edition candles; each one a scented postcard from a place you can’t always go, but can always return to.

Riviera: Where the Sky Meets the Sea and Everything Smells Like Escape

The first time you would lit Riviera, it wasn’t seeking a memory, but it found you anyway. It was a grey morning in London, but suddenly you found yourself nineteen again, knees sunburnt, sitting on the edge of a yacht in Villefranche-sur-Mer, salt crusted on your lips.

Riviera smells like sunlight scattered across azure waters, like lemon groves flirting with the sea breeze. There’s a brightness to it; almost brash, but in that effortless French way, like a linen shirt unbuttoned just-so. Encased in hand-blown glass streaked with Mediterranean blues and sandy neutrals, the Riviera candle feels like a snapshot of the Côte d’Azur; cool, clean, and eternally sunlit.

Inspired by the coastlines of southern France, Riviera is a study in elegant simplicity: Salt, Citrus, White Blossoms. The scent doesn’t just transport, it transforms. It turns your cluttered kitchen into a cliffside villa. It reminds you that pleasure is not a luxury, it’s a necessity.

Fety: The Celebration You Can Carry Home

If Riviera is summer romance, then Fety is the party that came before it: wild, warm, and unforgettable. The candle is inspired by the vibrant spirit of Madagascar, and the name itself is pulled from the Malagasy word for “celebration.” One flick of the lighter and suddenly you find yourself on a street alive with music, dancers in jewel-toned fabrics spinning through golden light.

This scent is thick with joy: a spicy top note that tingles, a warmth that wraps around you like the first sip of rum at sunset. Notes of Ylang-ylang and Sea Salt bloom first, bright and tropical, before giving way to smooth Amber and rich, sun-warmed Vanilla. There’s a heartbeat of Cardamom pulsing underneath.

Housed in a boldly lacquered vessel streaked with vivid colour and metallic flashes, Fety looks like a party already in motion; vibrant, unapologetic, and impossible to ignore. It’s unexpected, addictive, and just a little wild. Fety is what celebration smells like; even when you’re alone, even when it’s raining outside. It’s proof that joy isn’t seasonal; it’s elemental.

Folia: Green Like Memory, Deep Like Earth

Some scents don’t demand attention; they arrive softly, like a breath of moss-laced air just before the day begins. Folia belongs to that quiet hour, when the city still hums in half-sleep and thoughts unfold slowly. With notes of Vetiver and Green Leaves, it leans Woody, subtly Herbal.

It smells like an overgrown path through tropical underbrush, the kind that tempts despite its secrets. And beneath it all, the forest pulses; steady, sacred, green. A scent that grounds, even while it stirs something wilder. Its vessel is deep green glass etched with organic lines, like filtered sunlight through dense leaves; mysterious, lush, and quietly untamed.

Sacred Trees Summer: A Ritual in Warm Tones

Some candles feel spiritual. Sacred Trees Summer doesn’t echo temples or incense; it lingers in the golden hush before a Tuscan dinner. Inspired by West African landscapes, it carries the warmth of Resin, the softness of sun-dried Bark, and a sweetness that lingers like a blessing.

Lit in stillness, it feels elemental. A quiet tether to earth and breath. The fragrance opens with creamy Sandalwood and golden Myrrh, rich yet airy, like heat clinging to skin. Beneath that, a base of earthy Vetiver and soft Musk settles in, quietly powerful. Clad in warm, earthy tones with a subtle sun-washed patina, the vessel feels like something found, not made.

Grounding doesn’t always come from silence; sometimes, it rises through scent, through the slow ritual of flame and presence. Through the quiet knowing that the sacred isn’t somewhere else, it’s here.

Tomorrowland: Where Fantasy Meets Flame

There’s something mythical about Tomorrowland. The third edition of this candle pays tribute to the legendary Belgian music festival, Tomorrowland. Where sound meets forest and strangers become kin beneath strobe-lit trees. The scent crackles with that same unexpected magic; layered, lush, electric.

Bright notes of Bergamot and Green Mint flash through first, sharp and exhilarating like the drop in a beat. As it burns deeper, hints of Cedarwood and warm Tonka Bean emerge, adding rhythm and depth; a scent that builds like a song you never want to fade out.

Wrapped in a luminous gold vessel adorned with delicate moons and stars, the candle reflects the magic of a dreamer’s world; where every flicker of flame feels like a cosmic journey. Tomorrowland is a candle for dreamers; for those who don’t just remember moments, but want to relive them, scent-first.

More Than Just Wax: The Baobab Philosophy

Baobab Collection isn’t just a maker of candles, it’s a keeper of stories. Born in the vast landscapes of Africa, and refined in the ateliers of Europe, the brand merges global inspiration with deeply rooted craftsmanship. Each candle is hand-poured in Belgium using mineral wax and scents curated in Grasse, the French cradle of perfumery.

Their vessels, often mouth-blown by artisans, aren’t just containers, they’re art objects, tactile memories shaped by fire and breath. The season’s designs mirror each geographic muse: Riviera’s swirling sea-tones, Fety’s joyful tribal patterns, Folia’s lush greens. Lighting one is more than mood-setting, it’s a small, intentional ceremony.

The Places We Keep Inside Us

In a world that demands presence but tempts with escape, Baobab candles offer a softer form of rebellion. They whisper that travel doesn’t always require motion, that some places are carried within. A flicker of flame, a bloom of scent, and suddenly citrus groves open, forest paths deepen, and music pulses in some imagined dusk.

Even when the wax burns low and silence returns, the memory lingers. The glass becomes a vessel not just of scent, but of feeling; a place visited, even if only in the imagination. Because sometimes the soul doesn’t need a departure gate. It only needs a match.

Find all the Limited Edition scents on BaobabCollection.com

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