Best scented jar candles

Top pick: Goose Creek 3-Wick Warm & Welcome (14.5 oz) — three wicks give an even, room-filling melt pool, and it's the best-rated of the big jars here (4.7 from 3,200+ ratings). Warm, cozy and easy to live with in a living room or hallway.

Who the others suit:

• Better Homes & Gardens Cashmere Teak (2-wick, 12 oz) — a softer, woodier scent for bedrooms; the most-reviewed pick here.
• DW Home Warm Tobacco Pipe — smoky and grown-up, for a den or reading corner.
• Mainstays 3-wick jars — the cheap-and-cheerful route if you burn candles constantly and want to restock often.
• Le Labo Cypres 21 — a splurge for a gift or a statement scent; soy wax, long burn.

Tip: trim wicks to ¼ inch before each burn and give the first burn a couple of hours so the wax pools to the edge.