Shameless Indulgence

MANY of you probably spent last week’s heatwave wishing you were sitting in a sundrenched garden with a glass of chilled white wine to hand and the scent of sweet flowers in the air. Now that the sun’s more or less gone in, you can continue to enjoy the essence of summer with Jo Malone’s latest candle, which captures the scents of the English garden.

The Iris & Lady Moore Charity Candle (right, £46, jomalone.co.uk) is both refreshing and summery, with a mix of geranium and iris and a base of vetiver, a tropical grass from India.

A 75 per cent donation from the sale of each one will go to the brand’s charity partners, including gardens in Edinburgh, Liverpool, Bristol and Manchester, as well as St Mungo’s, a homelessness charity that helps to rebuild shattered lives.