If you’re looking for the best fall Diptyque candle and want a simple answer — well, that’s why God made ChatGPT, because the real, better, human answer is more complicated. This is because (as any human knows) there is not one fall but two: There is Fall Part 1 from Labor Day to Halloween, and Fall Part 2 Halloween to the winter solstice. Simple.
And so, there are two best fall Diptyque candles: one for Fall Part 1, and one for Fall Part 2. The best fall Diptyque candle until Halloween is undoubtedly Citrouille, the answer to the question What if Halloween smelled like the interior of the sweetest pumpkin ever grown? I’ve reviewed that candle separately here.
For Fall Part 2, however, the answer is different, and it’s the elevated-woodfire scent Feu de Bois. Feu de Bois is my favorite Diptyque candle from the regular range (which FTR Citrouille is not part of — it’s a limited edition that typically goes on sale in late September or early October.) In fact, you can read a whole post about how great Feu de Bois is — but the TL;DR is that it smells like the best woodfire you’ve ever smelled, in the tidiest little cabin in the coziest little forest glen. It’s perfection.
Moving on a few more exceptional Diptyque fall candles:
3. Cannelle
Cannelle means cinnamon, and indeed, this is candle smells exactly like it — though in the sense that cinnamon is the bark of a tropical tree. This candle smells like the whole of the tree — a classic cinnamon scent, yes, but also the bark, the roots, the forest in which it grows. It’s like the holistic experience of cinnamon, and it is lovely.
4. Chêne
What is it about autumn that smells like big oak trees? Chêne is — you guessed it — French for oak, and that scent is replicated here. If you love the smell of old bureaus, you will absolutely love this. I added it to the list (over, say, Pomander, which was close) because it’s unlike anything else on here — a little more masculine, a little more subtle.
5. Sapin
OK, so Sapin is definitely a transition to the holiday period candle — but it’s perfect for that time between Thanksgiving and Christmas (which, after all, is mostly fall). This is a limited-edition holiday candle, always presented in a special way — this year, as Diptyque notes, “in a vessel decorated with flames in green and gold.” As to the smell: It’s essentially a Christmas tree, but the best Christmas tree you’ve ever smelled. What could be better?
