Scents and sensibility: An expert guide to choosing the perfect candle fragrance for every room

Three fragrance pros show Carol O'Callaghan how to alter the atmosphere in every room

Grapefruit Shores has fruity, fresh notes for dispelling cooking smells, and for relaxation. True Lavender has calming properties; €30, Maxbenjamin.com.

A scented candle completes every deep clean and declutter. Usually, and partly for safety reasons, I’ll put one in the bathtub and another in the kitchen sink so there’s a scent wafting throughout the house as I move from room to room cleaning. It shifts the atmosphere from stuffy to uplifting, especially at this time of year when we’re missing summer and feeling nostalgic for sea and sand, fragrant blooms, and memories of holidays in hot places.

But this is Ireland, where the prevailing scent is fresh rain, and as autumn progresses, we’re also getting a whiff of earthiness when out for a bracing walk or getting a breath of fresh air in the early morning.