Mogarden

The Present That Says What It Is For.

There is a familiar small panic that happens at about half past eight on the evening before: a present is required, nothing has been bought, and the shops are shut. Mogarden has quietly solved most of it by putting the occasion on the label. More than thirty designs, each one saying out loud what the candle is doing there, so the thing arrives already explained and you are spared composing a card at a kitchen table while somebody waits in the car.

They are hand poured in soy wax and packaged to be handed over rather than unwrapped and improved upon, which is the difference between a candle and a gift. Over twenty thousand of them have gone out across Britain, Europe and Canada, which suggests the trick works rather better than it has any right to. There are ceramic mugs in the same spirit, for the recipient who would rather be given something to drink out of than something to light.

For more good presents, have a browse of our candles and home fragrance and gift sets and hampers collections, or carry on to cups and mugs, home and decor and living room. There are more thoughtful things in our gifts for her edit, and more close to home in British brands.