Zara Home launches a new unusual candle scent we never knew we needed

Refresh your home fragrance with Zara’s latest collection, inspired by natural earthy aromas

The candle range is priced between £17.99 and £25.99 (iStock/The Independent)

In the booming business of candles, it’s hard to be surprised by a new scent – that is, until now. Catching our eye among Zara Home’s new arrivals is a brand new candle range, inspired by natural earthy aromas.

Channeling vegetable vibes (yes you read that correctly), one candle in the new collection is called betterave (the French word for beet) and boasts notes of the root vegetable and a hint of the flowering plant patchouli.

The candle you never knew you needed (or existed) has launched alongside similarly earthy tomato and oregano scents – with all the candles coming in pleasingly utilitarian metal casing and ranging from £17.99 to £25.99.

This latest launch from the high street trendsetter follows the brand’s hugely popular collab with Jo Malone, a stylish pet collection of beds, collars and coats and a pair of TikTok-famous pink jeans.

With the fashion label delivering the goods time after time, it’s no surprise that Zara Home is one of our favourite places for interiors – from chic yet affordable bed sets to vases that rival designer collections.

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Its candles are among our favourites, too, with the brand’s dark amber and Almalfi sunray praised in the IndyBest team’s round-up of scented candles under £20. 

Here, we’ve detailed everything you need to know about the quirky new scent as well as some equally earthy alternatives for injecting some warming aromas into your home.

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Zara Home betterave scented candle: £25.99, Zarahome.com

(Zara Home)

Made from 100 per cent vegetable wax and entirely palm oil free, the earthy aroma of Zara’s latest home fragrance owes to the sweet beetroot scent, beetroot leaves and base notes of patchouli essential oil. With the candle said to last for approximately 130 hours and affordably priced under £30, now’s the perfect time to experiment with the fragrances in your home and introduce a new and unusual scent into your living space.  

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Zara Home tomato scented candle: £25.99, Zarahome.com

(Zara Home)

Not as unusual as Zara’s beetroot scent, tomato candles have become increasingly popular in recent years. Zara’s now tried its hand at creating a rich and tangy tomato scent – mixing fresh smelling of basil leaves, bergamot and tomato leaves with a base layer of vetiver, creating an appealing woody aroma.

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Zara Home oregano scented candle: £25.99, Zarahome.com

(Zara Home)

The third nature-inspired scent in Zara’s new range is an oregano candle, made from natural vegetable wax with top notes of Calabrian bergamot and a base of cedar wood – all working to muster up a warming and earthy fragrance. If you enjoy the aroma of oregano in your kitchen, you can’t go wrong.

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Loewe beetroot candle: £70, Loewe.com

(Loewe)

We’ve scoured the internet and Zara Home’s unique new beetroot scent is only rivalled by Loewe. Retailing at more than double the price of Zara’s affordable candle, the French fashion label’s beetroot scent is part of a recently launched home fragrance range. All scents in the collection, from tomato to coriander and juniper berry, are inspired by nature and Italian botanical gardens

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Diptyque ambre: £68, Diptyqueparis.com

(Diptique)

Praised by our tester in the best candles for autumn round-up, Diptyque’s ambre is a “rich, sophisticated blend of woods, balms and resins that somehow manages to be both earthy and outdoorsy and warm and comforting.” If your penchant is toward earthier fragrances then this one is worth investing in, with our tester adding that the luxury scent is the “candle equivalent of a blanket.” 

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Boy Smells gardener candle: £36, Cultbeauty.co.uk 

(Boy Smells)

This candle from Instagram’s most popular candle brand boasts a coconut and beeswax blend of vibrant oranges and flowering honeysuckle – all working to create a green and summery scent. Transport yourself to more botanical climes with additional notes of tomato, petitgrain and white tea, for a comforting and warming scent.

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Laboratory Perfumes tonka scented candle: £55, Laboratoryperfumes.com

(Laboratory Perfumes)

This peppercorn infused scent is the fourth fragrance from Laboratory Perfumes and earned a spot in our round-up of the best candles for autumn. “Sweet vanilla-y tonka bean, mandarin and pink peppercorns make for an earthy, spicy scent that’s properly cosy”, our tester said. Adding that “it’s also one of the longest lasting scents we tried”, they praised how the candle lingers for hours after being blown out. 

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