The Best-Smelling Gifts of 2025

Welcome to the Gift Gurus blog, where we talk about all things gifting. Since we started this business at the end of 2021, I've come to better appreciate just how much the SMELL of a gift matters to the receiver.

With that in mind, here are our top 5 best-smelling gifts of the year so far! 

Moon Milk Artisan Candle by Tiny Bandit

When my sister, Kathryn, sent me this candle, I thought it was pretty. Now that I’ve used it, I can't get enough.

I light this candle every time I take a bath, and sometimes even when I'm just reading. It's a universal scent, not too sweet and not too overpowering.

Made by artisan Heather Beaudoin of California-based Tiny Bandit, this candle features 100% natural coconut wax blend in a recyclable steel tin. According to Beaudoin, moon milk is "a seductive blend of warm coconut milk, sun kissed tanning oil, sacred palo santo, sandalwood, cardamom and amber resin."

It is a small but mighty gift!

Featured in our original 7-Day Birthday Countdown Calendar for Women and the Deluxe version.

Bath Bubbles by Kai

This bath product makes the top cuts on a lot of best-smelling, most-soothing bath products, and can be gifted alone or in a gift basket!

The gentle gardenia scent and mellow bubbles are enough to chill out the most stressed of us

Astrid & Aurora Aromatherapy Mood Mists 

With four different scents, this small but mighty pack of mood mists was designed to be used on the face and body, but we enjoy also spraying them on pillows, linens and in home spaces.

Featured in our Deluxe 7-Day Birthday Countdown Calendar for Women.

Peachy Piggy Jelly Soap by Frolic Creations 

Washing your hands has never smelled so nice, or been so much fun.

This 100% vegan-friendly soap wiggles and wobbles when you use it, and has a fresh peach scent. On a hot day, you can leave your jelly piggy in the fridge for a few minutes before jumping in the shower for a cooling sensation.

I love to give these soaps to both kids and adults as a delightful, unexpected gift. The packaging is cute too!

Featured in our 7-Day Birthday Countdown Calendar for Women.

Sensory dough from Earth Grown KidDoughs 

​Play-doh has a reputation for smelling, well, bad. But it doesn’t have to.

For either a child you love or your child inside, this silky, handmade sensory dough smells ridiculously good. Plus it’s totally washable, heat-sanitizable, self-lubricating and resistant to drying.

Featured in our 7-Day Birthday Countdown Calendar for Kids.