Women Enjoy Candles, I Mean Who Wouldn't Candles Are Great

It's an adage as old as time: women, along with men and those who don't fall neatly within a gender binary, enjoy the ambience of candles. And since you totally spaced on getting your better half anything for Christmas, here's a carefully culled a-list of baller candles you can go out and buy right now to save your ass. You're welcome.

Be The Light New YorkMexico Cacao Mystique Candle - $98
While she may raise an eyebrow that you bought her a candle made by Petra Nemcova, you did schlepp her Kathy Ireland for Raymour and Flannigan sectional up to her fifth floor walkup. BTW, she never has to know that you and Petra arm wrestled over which flavor you picked. 

Jonathan AdlerMuse Bleu Candle - $68
This twin-wicked one is housed in a translucent porcelain jar with sculpted faces, wafting notes of sea moss and sea grains with hints of sage  and fir balsam. Pro Tip: She'll never know that fir balsam is code word for epic manly pine tree scent. 

DiptyqueRed Tubereuse Candle - $90
Any candle snob covets everything from these Parisian scent masters, and there's literally no scent that you could pick from their collection that she wouldn't be stoked to have. This particular ten-ounce floral number will burn up to 90 hours. Have her burn it for at least two hours the first time she lights it to ensure it continues to burn evenly through subsequent lightings.

CowshedSpoilt Cow Indulgent Room Candle Package - $400 (Call 646-253-6122 to purchase.)
Yes, 400 bones is a lot to drop on a single candle. But when you consider each purchase comes with certificate good for a one night/two person stay at Soho House New York (between December 17 and January 31), it's really not that bad.

DayNa DeckerClementine Chandel Candle - $42
Housed in a hand-blown glass vessel, it features a proprietary EcoWood wick that subtly crackles as it burns, wafting notes of citrus and sweet woods. Just think of all the EcoMorningWood jokes you just unlocked.

L'ObjetSet of 3 Noir Orient Candles - $285
Standing five inches tall, these urn-like porcelain pots are hand-painted with a 14-karat gold applique (what?!), and exude the stress-relieving scent of vitivier. No guy has ever heard of vitivier, which must mean it's really really good.

Missoni Home CollectionApothia Candles - $88
Available in a trio of scents — incorporating notes of wild thyme, fig, and aged leather respectively — these 80-hour burners are housed in the popular Italian designer's trademark patterns, a detail that alone should score you some points. Not to mention it looks like it was designed by a metrosexual Charlie Brown.