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by Beau H.

The Friday Find: Give the Gift of Great Scent This Season with the All-American Maker Candle Club

As we’ve talked about lately on this Brooklyn style blog, the race is on to find the best gifts for men, and especially the best gifts for the guy who’s hard to buy for this season (and really, at any time of year). It’s crunch time, so to speak, but fear not — for if you love truly all-American style, a love of quality and heritage, and some great scent quality as you scour the market for the best home goods for guys, you’re very much in luck as we unearth another gem of a selection during today’s Friday Find.

Just recently, we talked about my good friends at All-American Maker, who craft incredibly high-quality, deeply scented beard balm, hand and body balm, leather conditioner and everyday carry essentials aplenty (all in the good ole U.S. of A, of course).

It gets even better: While I’ve become a huge new fan of standout beard balm from All-American Maker, there’s something else to keep an eye on — and to gift when the rubber meets the road (as in, right now, less than a week before Christmas).

Learn more and shop USA-made goods at All-American Maker

Yes sir, if you know a fellow who seemingly has everything, who values the cut of their flannel shirt and the design of their leather boots as well as the way his home office or den smells (like rich mahogany, I’d wager?), then the All-American Maker Candle Club is going to prove a life-saving and much-appreciated Christmas gift for guys.

And as someone who keeps a candle burning quite frequently around his Brooklyn apartment (through the fall and winter, but even into spring and summer), something like this candle club is an ingenious and plenty fun idea. Billed as a “subscription service for people who love candles,” the All-American Maker Candle Club ships out a new candle at random every month, with the company’s line of scents ever expanding.

All-American Maker Candle Club review.

It comes complete with a handy and playful log book to track your favorites and your burn time, and it could also include candles that the USA-made company makes for clients under its private label business. For the gentleman who has almost everything, and for the guy who loves a warmly scented space this holiday season (and beyond), I’d say the All-American Maker Candle Club is a last-minute slam dunk of a purchase.

by Beau H.

The Thursday Buy: Upgrade Your Space with this Tasteful Ranger Station Candle This Season

In the same way that you put careful thought into your ensemble, the way you dress from the ground up with the best boots for men or the right Oxford shirt or pair of jeans, you can (and should!) put the same care and thought into your living space. That can be something as simple as opting in when it comes to a seasonal scent upgrade with one of the best candles for men, a move that makes your space all the more richly crafted, fragrant and even stylish.

And in my experience, there are few fragrance companies doing it better than Ranger Station, the Nashville-based fragrance house with an emphasis on scents that are at once rugged and refined, complete with collaborations with the likes of rising star Noah Kahan and other guitar-driven luminaries.

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It’s an altogether wonderful approach that includes everything from candles to a line of excellent colognes, and selections like the Ranger Station Balsam Fir Candle can certainly bring a heck of a lot to your living room or den this season. A word to the wise: Don’t sleep on the company’s excellent lineup of colognes, with notes of leather, pine an even a whiskey-forward Old Fashioned fragrance on the menu.

What’s more, the Nashville-based company lives up to its rugged roots aplenty, with Ranger Station also offering a mighty useful fragrance quiz to expertly find and curate your signature scent.

The Ranger Station Balsam Fir Candle touches on seasonal classics in its scent notes, including balsam, pine sap and juniper, making for a truly elevated fragrance experience designed to make any room smell like a Christmas tree (or at least, it’ll have things smelling like the heart of the season itself, and that’s never a bad thing, is it?).

It doesn’t hurt that candle selections (and more!) from Ranger Station feature more than 30 hours of burn time, plus a hand-poured production process — and each Ranger Station candle comes complete with a stylish storage box and a crisp, often-playful logo on the side. To light up a candle from Ranger Station is a highly pleasing experience, one you should enjoy early and often this holiday season.