If you are looking for the best candles at David Jones, you want a luxury candle that fills the room and earns its place on the sideboard. The store stocks several famous names that do both. Of the seven picks below, the two we rank first are the only ones poured from 100% beeswax with wooden wicks, so they burn slower and give off a warmer light.
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Our top pick is Room Service. Its saffron and white tea opening makes a living room smell like a five-star hotel lobby, and the 12 oz size keeps it going for 80+ hours. Both top picks come from MBur, and because our pure beeswax candles, hand poured in New York City, are sold through our own site, you order them online and do not pick them up in store.
Why two beeswax candles rank above the famous labels
We ranked these candles by what stays in the room after the gift box is gone, and the wax decides most of that.
Beeswax has the highest melting point of any candle wax. A harder wax melts more slowly, so the flame pulls fuel at a steady pace and the candle lasts longer in the jar. That is where the 80+ hour burn on the 12 oz size comes from.
The wick does the rest of the work. A flat wooden wick burns with a wider flame than a thin cotton string, so the pool of melted wax spreads further across the top. The 12 oz size has two wooden wicks, which lets the melt pool reach the glass in a wide jar and push scent out into the room.
You will also hear a wooden wick crackle softly as it burns. Beeswax gives off light closer to natural sunlight than other candle waxes, and on a dinner table that reads as a warm, gold glow.
The label backs all of this up. MBur pours a single wax with nothing blended in. The fragrance is phthalate-free, and there is no chemical dye in the wax. Phthalates are chemicals often added to make a fragrance linger, and leaving them out is one of the clearest signs of a clean candle.
Those details set the floor for every candle we make. The scent decides which one belongs in your home, starting with the room where you host.
1. Room Service, the candle we would put in your living room first
Walk into a good hotel and the lobby smells like something you cannot quite name. Five-star hotels build that smell on purpose, hiring perfumers to design it, and guests keep asking about it after they check out.
Our Room Service beeswax candle brings that lobby into your living room. It is our best-selling candle, and it is the one people choose for the room where they host.
Notes: Saffron, White Tea, Purple Peonies, Orchid, Tobacco, Vanilla, Almond Milk, Tonka Bean
Standout feature: The saffron and white tea at the top give it a polished, lightly spiced lift. The tobacco and almond milk underneath keep it warm and soft, so the room smells clean at first and rich an hour later.
Best for: a living room where you entertain, and guests who will ask what they are smelling.
Wax: 100% beeswax | Wick: wooden, two on the 12 oz | Fragrance: phthalate-free | Burn time: 40 hours (5 oz), 80+ hours (12 oz) | Dyes: none
Size: For a living room, choose the 12 oz size (US$65). Its two wooden wicks carry the scent across an open room, and it burns for 80+ hours.
A living room sets the tone for everyone who walks in. The next pick is for the room you keep for yourself.
2. Retail Therapy, for the room that is only yours
Some evenings end with shopping bags on the bed and something new hanging on the wardrobe door. The bedroom or dressing room where you get ready deserves a scent that feels like that day out.
Our Retail Therapy beeswax candle is made for that room. It opens with ripe peach and dark berries, then settles into black tea and amber as it burns.
Notes: Red Currant, Black Currant, Jasmine, Peach, Black Tea, Amber, Anise, Tonka Bean
Standout feature: It fills a room further than its jar suggests. The slow, even melt of beeswax releases fragrance at a steady pace, so the scent keeps reaching the corners of a bedroom through the whole burn.
Best for: a bedroom or dressing room, and the person who wants that room to feel like a treat every time she walks in.
Wax: 100% beeswax | Wick: wooden, two on the 12 oz | Fragrance: phthalate-free | Burn time: 40 hours (5 oz), 80+ hours (12 oz) | Dyes: none
Size: For a bedroom or a room you light a few nights a week, the 5 oz size (US$32) with its single wooden wick burns for 40 hours.
This scent has me in a chokehold. I burn it in my room and my living room and it fills my space SOOOOO nicely... Theres nothing I hate more than a candle that can't fill the room and baby this is NOT that. This candle permeates every corner of the room.
Verified buyer
Those are our two picks. The five that follow are the names you will see at David Jones, and each one leads to the beeswax candle that suits the same shopper.
The David Jones names worth knowing, and where each one leads
3. Trudon
Standout feature: History. Trudon is a French house founded in 1643, and it is widely regarded as the oldest operating candlemaker in the world. Its Gabriel candle is one of the classics shoppers ask for by name.
Who reaches for it: someone who wants a gift with a long story behind the label.
That shopper will like where beeswax sits in the same story. People were burning beeswax as far back as about 5,000 BCE, which makes it the oldest candle material there is. For a host who values heritage, Room Service is the beeswax candle we would hand over.
4. Jo Malone London
Standout feature: A familiar British name with a clean, simple house style. Wild Bluebell is one of its best-known candles, and the brand is a common choice for gifts.
Who reaches for it: a gift buyer who wants the person opening it to know the label on sight.
What that person remembers after the box is recycled is the scent. Retail Therapy has jasmine running through its fruit, which gives a floral lover something to talk about, and its 100% beeswax burns slowly enough to last through many evenings.
5. Glasshouse Fragrances
Standout feature: A sweet signature. A Tahaa Affair, with its vanilla and caramel scent, is one of the most popular candles in Australia.
Who reaches for it: someone who loves a sweet, dessert-warm room.
Room Service covers that craving with a more grown-up edge. Its base of vanilla and almond milk is creamy and warm, and the saffron on top keeps the whole scent from tipping into sugar.
6. Maison Balzac
Standout feature: Design. The Australian brand is known for colored glassware and poetic, nature-inspired scents such as Le Sel.
Who reaches for it: the shopper who wants the jar to work as decor once it is lit.
Light is a big part of how a candle looks on a shelf. Beeswax burns with a glow closer to natural sunlight, which warms the glass and the room around it. For the shopper buying a statement piece for herself, Retail Therapy is the candle we would put on that shelf.
7. Ecoya
Standout feature: Clean, modern ranges such as Madison and Metro that suit an everyday home.
Who reaches for it: someone who wants a candle to light on an ordinary weeknight.
The weeknight candle is the one you burn most, so burn time matters most here. The 12 oz Room Service runs 80+ hours on two wooden wicks, which covers a long stretch of weeknights on the coffee table.
Side by side, the only question left is which room
| # | Candle | Known for | The beeswax pick for the same shopper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MBur Room Service | 100% beeswax, two wooden wicks on the 12 oz, hotel-lobby scent | Our top pick, for the living room |
| 2 | MBur Retail Therapy | 100% beeswax, rich fruit and black tea scent that fills a room | Our pick for a bedroom or dressing room |
| 3 | Trudon | French heritage since 1643 | Room Service |
| 4 | Jo Malone London | A familiar British gifting name | Retail Therapy |
| 5 | Glasshouse Fragrances | A sweet vanilla and caramel signature | Room Service |
| 6 | Maison Balzac | Colored glassware and nature-inspired scents | Retail Therapy |
| 7 | Ecoya | Clean, modern everyday ranges | Room Service |
Every row lands on one of the two beeswax candles. What changes is the room, and the questions below settle the rest.
But a famous label feels safer as a gift
A known name feels safe because the person opening it recognizes it. A week later, what they remember is how the room smelled and whether the candle kept going.
MBur customers tend to say the same thing once they have burned one:
They smell up a WHOLE room during the burn & even a while after blowing them out. I won't buy other candles anymore, they're just that good
Verified buyer
So the gift question turns into a fit question: which scent for which person. Room Service suits a host who loves having people over. Retail Therapy suits someone who loves a rich, fruity room of her own.
But my living room is big and open
Size answers this one. The 12 oz has two wooden wicks, so two flames melt the top at once and the scent travels across a larger space. Set it near the middle of the room, away from a window draft, and give it a couple of hours to build.
But my last luxury candle tunneled
Tunneling starts on the first burn. Wax tends to follow the edge of its first melt pool, so a candle blown out early keeps burning down that same narrow ring. Let the first burn run until the whole top is liquid out to the glass, and the two wooden wicks on the 12 oz help that pool get there.
Wrapping it so it opens like a department store gift
A beeswax candle arrives ready to give, and a few small touches make it feel even more personal.
- Keep the lid on and wrap the jar in tissue before it goes in the box, so the glass stays clean and unscuffed.
- Tie the ribbon around the jar itself. Once the paper comes off, the candle still looks like a gift on the table.
- Write the room on the card, such as 'for the living room' or 'for your dressing table.' It tells them where the candle belongs and shows you chose the scent for them.
- Add one line of care: let the first burn melt the top all the way to the edge.
The packaging itself tends to stay with people. One verified buyer wrote:
I love the package and how carefully everything was wrapped. Im saving the wrapping paper to utilize during the xmas holiday.
Verified buyer
Questions shoppers ask before they choose
What luxury candle brands does David Jones carry?
David Jones stocks names such as Trudon, Jo Malone London, Glasshouse Fragrances, Maison Balzac, and Ecoya. If 100% beeswax with wooden wicks is the detail you care about most, Room Service is our top pick for a living room.
Can I buy MBur candles at David Jones?
MBur sells through its own site, so you order online. Every candle is poured by hand in New York City, and you can see all twelve scents in our pure beeswax candle collection.
How do I stop a luxury candle from tunneling?
Give the first burn enough time for the whole top layer to melt to the glass. After that, trim any charred tip off the wick before each burn and keep the candle out of drafts. With Retail Therapy on the 5 oz size, one patient first burn sets the candle up to melt evenly for all 40 hours.
Which MBur candle is best for a bedroom I sleep in?
For a room built around sleep, choose Do Not Disturb, our soft, fruity floral scent made for nighttime. One verified buyer wrote: It is lovely not overpowering. It's soothing fragrance more than covers my bedroom and bathroom.
Our pick: Room Service, for the room you are proudest of
The best candle for your home makes the room feel finished when people walk in, and it keeps doing that for weeks. Both beeswax picks earn their place through what stays in the room, a single wax and wooden wicks, and Room Service is the one built for hosting.
Our pick is the 12 oz Room Service for your living room. It is the scent people choose for the room where they host, so the people you love walk into a space that feels like the best hotel they have stayed in. Its two wooden wicks spread the melt pool wide enough to fill an open room, and it burns for 80+ hours.
It is our best-selling candle, and one verified buyer described the moment it won her over:
I couldn't smell much from the Room Service candle. Once I lit it, however, I fell in love!
Verified buyer
If there is a dinner on your calendar, order now so the candle is already burning when the first guest arrives.
Shop Room Service for your living room, because it is the candle your guests will ask about
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