If you searched for candles that smell like Yankee Candle Magical Frosted Forest, you want that icy, woodsy winter scent without hunting store shelves every December. The closest match we can recommend is MBur's Sunday Reset, because it opens cold with peppermint and eucalyptus and then settles into cedar and vanilla, the same cold-to-woody path that makes Frosted Forest so easy to love.
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Frosted Forest starts with icy eucalyptus and finishes on a woody base of cedar and amber. Sunday Reset follows that path in a candle poured from 100% beeswax on a wooden wick, which is why it sits at the top of this list. You can see it beside the rest of MBur's hand-poured beeswax candles, all made in New York City with phthalate-free fragrance and no chemical dye.
The ranking, in one line
Each pick is ranked by how close it gets to the Frosted Forest feeling and how cleanly it burns while it does. The two MBur candles sit at the top because they carry the closest notes in a wax that burns without paraffin soot.
The three that follow show where the rest of the field sits. Each one helps you decide which MBur scent and which size fit your room, so read the whole list with your own space in mind.
First, the shape of the scent you are chasing
Yankee Candle builds Magical Frosted Forest in layers. The top notes are icy eucalyptus, frozen strawberry leaf and raspberry ice. The middle brings pine needles, balsam fir and crushed pineapple, and the base is white cedar, tonka bean and golden amber.
What you notice first is the cold. Eucalyptus has a cooling edge that your nose reads as winter air. A few minutes later the fruit and the wood come through, and they keep the scent from feeling like a plain Christmas tree.
That structure matters more than any single note. A candle that copies the cold opening and the woody base will feel like Frosted Forest even if the middle shifts. A candle that smells only of pine lands somewhere else, which is why people who grab a basic balsam candle often feel let down.
So the test for every candle below is simple. Does it open cold, and does it land on wood with a little sweetness? That leads straight to the next question, which is what the wax does to the scent once the wick is lit.
Then the wax, which decides how that scent reaches your room
Yankee Candle's traditional jar lines use a paraffin wax blend. To see what that means, follow crude oil to a refinery. The refinery separates it into fuels like gasoline and diesel, and a waxy residue is left at the end.
That residue is cleaned, bleached and sold as candle wax. In plain terms, paraffin is petroleum waste, the part of the barrel left over once the fuels are gone. Research has shown that burning paraffin releases benzene, toluene and formaldehyde into the air.
Paraffin also leaves soot. Its flame burns the fuel only partly, so unburned carbon rises as black smoke and settles on jar rims and walls. Many candles also use toxic fragrances containing phthalates, which are chemicals added to help a scent last longer and spread further.
Beeswax starts somewhere else entirely. Bees make it, and beekeepers collect it as a byproduct of honey. It needs no chemical processing to become candle wax, and it has the highest melting point of any common candle wax.
A higher melting point means the wax melts more slowly, so the candle burns longer. With a trimmed wick, beeswax burns with little visible soot. That is the base both MBur picks are poured from, and it is why they lead the list.
1. MBur Sunday Reset: the closest cold-to-woody match
Picture the first cold Saturday of December. You open a window for ten minutes while you clean, and the air that rushes in smells sharp and clean. Then you close it, the heat comes on, and the room turns warm again.
That shift from cold to warm is what our Sunday Reset beeswax candle is built around. Its notes are Peppermint, Clove, Cedar, Patchouli, Vanilla, Eucalyptus. Peppermint and eucalyptus give the icy first breath, the same cooling edge that opens Frosted Forest.
Clove and cedar come next, dry and woody, like fresh-cut wood. Vanilla softens the base the way tonka bean does in the Yankee version, since both carry a sweet, creamy warmth. The finish lands in a place a Frosted Forest fan will recognize.
Standout feature: The cold opening and cedar base follow the same path as Frosted Forest, in 100% beeswax.
Best for: Anyone who loves Frosted Forest for its icy first breath and wants it in a living room or kitchen she uses every day.
Specs: Wax: 100% beeswax | Wick: wooden, two on the 12 oz size | Fragrance: phthalate-free | Burn time: 40 hours (5 oz), 80+ hours (12 oz) | Dyes: none
Size and price: For a living room you light most evenings, take the 12 oz, 80-hour size at $65. Its two wooden wicks build a wide melt pool quickly, and a wider pool sends more scent into a larger room.
2. MBur Touch Grass: the berry and cedar side of the forest
Some people love Frosted Forest for its fruit more than its cold. The raspberry ice and strawberry leaf give it a sweet, green edge that a plain pine candle never has.
If that is you, our Touch Grass beeswax candle is the one to reach for. Its notes are Fig, Black currant, Galbanum, Coconut, Davana, Cedarwood, Amber, Orris, Tonka bean. Black currant brings dark berry, and galbanum adds a sharp green note much like a crushed leaf.
The base is where the match gets very close. Cedarwood, amber and tonka bean line up with Frosted Forest's own base of white cedar, golden amber and tonka bean. The dry-down, the scent that hangs in the room after the first hour, sits near the original.
Standout feature: A base that shares Frosted Forest's cedar, amber and tonka, with berry and green notes on top.
Best for: The reader who misses the sweet, fruity side of Frosted Forest and wants it in a bedroom or home office.
Specs: Wax: 100% beeswax | Wick: wooden, two on the 12 oz size | Fragrance: phthalate-free | Burn time: 40 hours (5 oz), 80+ hours (12 oz) | Dyes: none
Size and price: For a bedroom or a smaller room, the 5 oz, 40-hour size at $32 fits. One wooden wick fills a room that size, and 40 hours covers about twenty evenings of two-hour burns.
Scent throw is the question most Yankee fans ask before switching. One verified buyer who owns most of the MBur line put it plainly:
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
That lingering scent comes from the wax. Beeswax holds fragrance in the cooled pool, so the room keeps smelling of cedar and berry after the flame is out.
3. Yankee Candle Magical Frosted Forest: the reference point
The original belongs on this list because every other pick is measured against it. Yankee Candle has offered it in several formats, including the Signature and Studio lines, and it usually arrives with the winter season.
Best for: Fans who know the scent by heart and want a clear picture of what they are trying to match.
Its traditional jar lines use a paraffin blend, and that is the reason many longtime fans start looking for a cleaner candle. When the seasonal stock thins out after the holidays, Sunday Reset keeps the cold and the cedar in your home all year, in beeswax.
4. Goose Creek Candle: the winter pine catalogue
Goose Creek is known for a wide range of winter scents, many of them pine and snow-covered tree profiles in multi-wick jars. Shoppers often find it while searching for Frosted Forest dupes, since so much of its holiday line sits in the same mood.
Best for: The browser who likes having many winter tree scents to compare.
A straight pine profile tends to miss the cold opening and the fruit that define Frosted Forest. If your browsing keeps pulling you toward that icy, sweet edge, Sunday Reset holds the cold and Touch Grass holds the fruit and cedar.
5. The Candleberry Company: the traditional heavy-throw jar
Candleberry has a reputation for a strong, room-filling scent in the traditional style many Yankee fans grew up with. Candle makers call this throw, which means how far a scent travels from the jar.
Best for: Someone who judges a candle by how quickly it fills a room.
Throw depends on the melt pool, the layer of liquid wax around the wick. Fragrance rises from that pool, so a wider pool puts more scent into the air. The 12 oz MBur size carries two wooden wicks for exactly this reason, and it is the size to choose if throw is your first test.
The five picks side by side
| Pick | Scent style | Where it meets Frosted Forest | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. MBur Sunday Reset | Cold mint and eucalyptus over cedar and vanilla, 100% beeswax, wooden wick | Icy opening and woody base | Daily living room or kitchen use |
| 2. MBur Touch Grass | Berry and green notes over cedarwood, amber and tonka, 100% beeswax, wooden wick | Fruity top and matching base | Bedroom or home office |
| 3. Yankee Candle Magical Frosted Forest | The original seasonal blend in a paraffin-blend jar | The reference scent | Fans learning what to match |
| 4. Goose Creek Candle | Broad catalogue of winter pine profiles | Winter tree mood | Browsers of many tree scents |
| 5. The Candleberry Company | Traditional strong-throw jar style | Room-filling winter feel | Fans of a heavy traditional throw |
Read the table by the column that matters most to you. If the cold opening is what you miss, the answer is Sunday Reset. If the fruit and the dry-down are what you miss, the answer is Touch Grass.
The two questions readers ask before they switch
But I want the exact Yankee smell.
The exact formula belongs to Yankee Candle. What another candle can match is the shape of the scent, a cold top over a woody, slightly sweet base. That shape is what your memory holds on to, so a candle that follows it feels familiar from the first breath.
Choose by the part you miss most. Sunday Reset carries the cold, and Touch Grass carries the berry and the cedar base. Plenty of readers keep one of each, with Sunday Reset in the living room and Touch Grass in the bedroom.
But my living room is big and open.
Then size matters more than scent choice. A large, open room needs a wide melt pool, so take the 12 oz size with its two wooden wicks. On the first burn, let the melted wax reach the edge of the jar before you put it out.
That first full melt sets the pattern for every burn after it. A candle blown out early tends to tunnel down the middle, which shrinks the pool and weakens the scent in a big room.
How to get the most cold, clean scent from a beeswax candle
Trim the wooden wick to about an eighth of an inch before each burn. A short wick keeps the flame steady, and a steady flame burns cleanly. Brush away any charred wood so it does not fall into the wax.
Burn for no more than four hours at a time, then let the candle cool fully. Keep it out of drafts, because a flickering flame burns unevenly. A cracked window or a running fan is fine, as long as the air does not hit the flame directly.
Beeswax gives off a warm light, with a spectrum closer to natural sunlight than other candle waxes. On a dark winter evening, that glow suits a cold-to-woody scent like Sunday Reset.
Frequently asked questions
Does Sunday Reset smell exactly like Magical Frosted Forest?
It follows the same path, from an icy opening to a woody, sweet base. Peppermint and eucalyptus give the cold, and cedar and vanilla give the finish. Sunday Reset in 100% beeswax is the closest cold-to-woody match on this list.
Which MBur candle has the fruity side of Frosted Forest?
Touch Grass. Its black currant brings the berry, and its cedarwood, amber and tonka bean match the Frosted Forest base. Touch Grass on a wooden wick is the pick if the dry-down is what you love most.
Is there an MBur candle with even more eucalyptus and mint?
Yes. Slice of Life has the notes Spearmint, Eucalyptus, Tomato Leaf, Anise, Mint. The tomato leaf adds a green, just-picked edge close to the strawberry leaf in Frosted Forest. You can find Slice of Life in pure beeswax on its own page.
How long do beeswax candles actually burn?
The 5 oz MBur size burns 40 hours, and the 12 oz size burns 80+ hours. Beeswax has the highest melting point of any common candle wax, so it melts slowly and lasts. Every scent in the MBur beeswax collection comes in both sizes.
Why does my wooden wick crackle?
Wood holds tiny pockets of air and moisture. As the flame reaches them, they pop softly, which gives you that fireplace sound. Both sizes in MBur's wooden wick candles crackle once the melt pool forms.
Our pick
Magical Frosted Forest works because it opens cold and lands on warm wood. Sunday Reset follows that same path in 100% beeswax, with phthalate-free fragrance and a wooden wick, so you get the scent you love in a candle that burns without paraffin soot.
Our pick is Sunday Reset in the 12 oz size for your living room. It makes the room feel like cold air coming through an open window and then warming up around you. The logic matches the feeling: peppermint and eucalyptus on top, cedar underneath, two wooden wicks for a wide melt pool, and 80+ hours of burn time.
Another verified buyer, writing about a different MBur scent, described the room fill this way:
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
Order it now so it is on your table for the coldest weeks of the year, when this scent fits the room best.
Get Sunday Reset in the 12 oz size for your living room, because that is the room where its cold opening has space to travel.
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