There's nothing like coming home after a long day (or if you're still on WFH mode, making the evening pilgrimage from your desk to the couch) and lighting your favorite candle. Those first few notes of scent that fill the air instantly bring peace and relaxation to your day. According to the experts, we're not alone.

“In the midst of a very frenzied life, there is something about a candle...you can’t rush it,” candle expert and curator Kudzi Chikumbu, also known as Sir Candle Man, told House Beautiful. “Candles bring us that mindfulness and stillness we all need from time to time."

Whether you're reinventing your wellness routine or just want to discover a new favorite scent, we're here to help. There's an abundance of options out there, so we dedicated our time to finding the best candles available on Amazon Prime (after all, what's easier than free two-day shipping?). To sleuth through our Amazon favorites, we tried the best-selling candles out ourselves and read through countless reviews to sort out exactly which candles are worth your buck. While scented candles and jar candles get all the love, we also included some mood-setting classic tapered and pillar candles, as well as some decorative candles.