Gift Guide: 5 Gifts That Give Back... Make a difference with feel-good finds that help great causes! Handmade Wax Candle: For every one you buy at Giftsthatgive.com, $5 is donated to the cause of your choice. Seda France and Gifts That Give "Cameo Patina" handmade wax candle

Holiday Gift Guide, recommendations from retailers: Marci Toombs of Lula Mae in Pasadena... For a Host – For the perfect hostess gift, we recommend a candle by Seda France.

FINALE: 10 Obsessions, as chosen by Mary Freitas, Palm Beach local and leader in many charitable endeavors. #7, "Ultimate Hostess Gift: Seda France Pagoda Box Candles, especially the French Tulip and Hyacinth scents."

The O List: Burn Baby, Burn... These ceramic containers with hand-painted gold accents will last long after their gorgeously scented two-wick candles have melted away.

Manhattan Bride, Fall/Winter 2011, feature: Beauty and Skin Care for the Bride... spa treatment includes Seda France Classic Toile Ceramic Two-Wick Candle in Citron du Sud

Fall Scent for Your Home: A Designer Dad Favorite by Stephen Saint-Onge, featuring Autumn Spice Pagoda Box Candle and Diffuseur by Seda France

Your Home, Your Haven: Surround yourself with Fall's feel-good fragrances! Make your home look and smell scrumptious with autumn's most scent-ual mood-boosts!

Everyone has a "go-to" list of some sort—of favorite shops, restaurants and people to call. Here are some related to living in paradise: Fancy soaps and great gifts. ...Royal Incense by Seda France.

Inspiration: Travel Ideas, etc. ... Fall in love all over again on a European-style honeymoon. Whether you choose a chic city escape or a relaxing retreat, here are the must-have essentials with a French twist. Heaven scent: Seda France Travel Candle.

Scent-sible Splurge – Part of its newly released collection of affordable luxuries, the Jardins du Seda France Red Amber Votive offers a rich fall scent for only $14. Sweet florals including gardenia, frangipani rose and jasmine mingle with the spicy notes of orange oil, clove and patchouli for 20 hours of aromatic bliss.

INSTUDIO, Fabulous Finds: In the Can – With fun designs and beguiling fragrances, these candle tins are created to go the extra mile.

Dare Devil: The daring bride pays no heed to tradition. The colour is irreverent, the silhouette uncoventional and the mood passionate...

Portrait of a Tastemaker, with Elizabeth Peyton... Favorite candle: Any fragrance from Seda France (88 ounce French Tulip Classic Toile Candle pictured)

FINALE with philanthropist, Tricia Quick, who reveals her top 10 obsessions. Number 3: "Must-Have Candle, Asian Pear by Seda France"

Le peonie sono tanto belle quanto delicate. Se vuoi circondarti del loro profumo tutto l'anno accendi una candela come quella di Seda France. Puoi comprarla on line direttamente sul sito ufficiale (25 euro).

Body lotion: Japanese Quince hand lotion by Seda France is not only creamy but smells amazing – I've been a fan of their candles for years and was thrilled when they launched a moisturizer.

Candles Aglow With Charm: This very well may be against the fire code (shh) but I now have a candle at my desk, and my did it make the world of difference.

Stop and Smell the (not-overpowering) Roses – "Monarch Quince" is especially nice, as a housewarming gift or to refresh your powder room.

Venezuelan style and fashion magazine, Velvet, featured Seda France pagoda candles in its November 2010 "Stream" section.

Let's Celebrate! Things We Love: Candles from Austin, Texas-based Seda France can be customized with your name or date – makes a great favor!

Fall into fall with seasonal decorating around the house... Featuring Seda France Classic Toile fragrances China Musk, Nutmeg Vanilla and Autumn Spice

Austin Aromas: Light up your space with enticing scents from these local candle makers.

With summer coming to an end and back to school commercials in full swing, you may either let out a sigh of relief knowing you will be getting your house back to yourself or you may hang your head thinking "Time to go back already?"

Get & give! Gifts to light their lives. Flickers of Marie Antoinette in Classic Toile (pictured Cutting Garden Classic Toile Pagoda Box Candle).

A Sweet Celebration: To commemorate its 10th birthday, Seda France is combining some of its favorite aromas of the past and present to produce an exotic new home fragrance, Anniversaire.

People Extra, October 2010: Aromatic diffusers attract Taylor Swift in Beverly Hills (Seda France Diffuseurs and Pagoda Box Candles pictured)

Best of the South, Made by Southern Hands: Hostess Gifts ... Beeswax Candles – These earthy, unscented Seda Naturals 100% beeswax candles are hand-poured into German glass jars in Austin, Texas. Eco-Chic! Reusable clasped jar.

James David of David/Peese Design calls Seda France beeswax candles his "Must-Have Item Under $50."

The Good Life, Summer Gift Guide - The perfect gift for ...

Vital Signs, Body and Soul In Harmony: In-Candle-Scent ... These beautifully-packaged scented candles from Seda France require no gift wrapping.

Bella Finds! Fabulous finds for you and your nest. Seda France: Color, fragrance, luxury. A collection of room mists, candles, and bath and body products to cater to every woman's need.

Get the look: Yellow fever! Featuring Seda France Bon Chic 100% Soy Wax Travel Tin Candles.

Stylish DIY Details: Make It Personal – Personalisation is the perfect way to put your stamp on your day – after all, it's all about you! Now stationer Magenta Ink! has teamed up with home-fragrance brand Seda France to create customised wedding candles.

FASHION: This Week's Stylist Style List, 30 desirable items we're lusting for this week: Prettiest Candle – Run a bath, lock the door and breathe in Seda France's rose, jasmine and amber candle.

My Christmas gift list ... Sophie Kyron.

The editors of House Beautiful searched our favorite stores across the country and countless catalogs (not to mention hundreds of websites!) to make your holiday shopping easier.

Somehow, weekend shopping can have you running all over the city. Thanks to these multipurpose boutiques, you can make one trip and cross two (or more) things off your list.

Real Shopping ... Seda France Bon Chic 100% Soy Wax Orange Flower Sumatra Travel Tin Candle

For pampering ... Japanese Quince Travel Tin Candle.

Candle Couture: Turn the tables on your hairstylist or other helper by gussying up her life with a Classic Toile Mini Pagoda Box Candle

OneKingsLane.com recommends Seda France's L'Argent Collection as the perfect gifts.

Rich rewards ... A luxe colour palette reigns.

Burn baby burn ... Make a luxe candle your latest love affair.

The simple life ... Add a soft touch to your home with blissfully bucolic toile.

Busy Bees: Austin fragrance company Seda France announces a new line of beeswax candles created in collaboration with landscape architect James David.

Home Accents Today's "Color Wheel" feature on currently cool colors featured Seda France's Edition Limitee Russian Peony Pagoda Box Candle.

Christmas Gifts: Colour Me Happy

Spread the joy with vibrant hues and fun, retro styling ... Bon Chic Soy Candles from Seda France.

Batch of Ideas, bringing you the latest in scents. Decadent Fragrances: The glamour of old Hollywood inspired these eight luscious fragrances.

Hop to it with La Menagerie bunny candles.

Designer Susan Zises Green names Seda France's Japanese Quince as her favorite candle in a cover article entitled, "The Secret of Comfort."

Malibu Magazine cover feature on actress, Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone, Mission Impossible III, The Bourne Supremacy), in which she chooses our Bon Chic Soy Candles.

Show guests your appreciation with a favor inspired by nature ... Seda France Bon Chic Soy Candle.

Gifts Under $50: Thank your bridesmaids in style without spending a fortune.

Beauty Lab: A range of products that caught our eye this month.

Be Our Guest: With holiday visitors arriving, create a guest room with Old World Charm.

Holiday Gift Guide: Deck your halls! Fabulous Finds ... Seda France Bon Chic raspberry pomegranate soy candle.

Travel Lightly: Take your signature scents on the go with Seda France's Bon Chic travel soy candles. The colorful retro-inspired tins will give your temporary quarters a pop of personality.

The O List, A Glowing Review: The packaging of these heaven-scented candles is so charming, they don't even need gift wrapping.

Home Sweet (Smelling) Home ... French Tulip is my fragrance of choice for keeping my house smelling like eau de delicious!

Nicole Richie choose Seda France's Tunise Paisley Pagoda Box Candle as her favorite.

Introducing Bon Chic, the new candle collection made with 100% soy wax from Seda France. Available in six fresh fragrances with gift-ready, retro glam packaging.

The Look – Inspiration for a classic reception with a glamorous twist by Colin Cowie: The theme remains the same, but Cowie dials up the glamour as dinner is cleared. ... A luxurious candle in a custom box is a fitting endnote to an unforgettable party.

Oh soy! Invited to the beach? Don't go empty-handed. Bring your host a Bon Chic candle in luxurious White Cashmere Blossom.

Good smells are as much a part of design as color and shape. So fragrances have to be subtle, rich and decidedly unfloozy. Seda France does an exquisite line of concoctions packaged in toile with gold tassels; the Samurai Shopper favors Japanese Quince, which smells, well, like Japanese quince.

Around the World On a Scent: Travel to St. Petersburg with the Russian peony diffuser set by Seda France.

Add a touch of festive fragrance to the living room with Seda France Home Fragrances. The Room Diffuser gift set comes in a beautiful presentation box.

Last-minute buys that count ... Seasonal scents: Scents with wooden reeds make for a safer way than candles to aromatise a room, plus looking decorative. The Seda France Room Diffuser comes in an elegant round glass bottle with tassels.

Great Ideas for Your Mom: These scented candles are packaged so charmingly, they don't even need wrapping!

The Weekend Guide: Shopping ... Seda France products on sale in-store at Melange Apothecary.

Japanese Quince featured by event planner and stylemaker, Colin Cowie, on The Oprah Winfrey Show in an episode entitled, "This Is the Year to Live Well."

WIN IT! Seda France Pagoda Box Candles!

TV Guide Channel's own Joan & Melissa Rivers present their favorites for Mom, including a wide array of selections from various Seda France collections.

HGTV's Genevieve Gorder picks Seda France's Japanese Quince as a "living room luxury" and says, "I can't think of a better scent than this candle."

Bryan Batt, actor and owner of Hazelnut, New Orleans: "The first thing that happens when anyone walks in is that they're bowled over by the marvelous Japanese Quince perfume of Seda France candles, which are, funnily enough, made in Texas. 'What smells so good?' they'll ask. I always say, 'It's me.'"

Shop For a Cause: The leaves are changing, and so are the colors of many products on store shelves, as they emerge in various shades of pink to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

With a package this beautiful, you won't want to take this (Provence) Toile Pagoda Candle out of its box. Do, and enjoy the scent of French lavender, lotus petals, rose, and sage.

Whether you are staying the weekend at a friend's house or going to a dinner or cocktail party, it's customary to give your host a present. My gift closet is filled with beautifully wrapped ones, so I never have to run out the door empty-handed. Some of my favorite go-to gifts: A fragrant candle, Seda France in Japanese Quince.

Creating perfect bath atmospheres... featuring Seda France's French Tulip Classic Toile Pagoda Box Candle

No Fest, No Fuss – Fall isn't a many spendid thing for everyone. For those of you who prefer indoor recreation, spark up an autumnal harvest in your own casa by way of the newly launched flavors from Austin-based Seda France.

Seda France has just come out with a new line of Chinoiserie candles. With their sixty hour burn time, gold edged Chinoiserie boxes, and etched bamboo motif glass, one of these would make a lovely gift for any lover of Chinoiserie.

Often the packaging of a present is just as important as what's inside, and the Classic Toile home fragrance selection from Seda France is adorned with scenes from the French countryside and will surely win you an award for giving the best looking gift.

Singer/songwriter Charlotte Martin: "SEDA FRANCE FRENCH TULIP TRAVEL VOTIVE... Scented candles make every studio and backstage area cozier and more personal."

Get the Look – Sophisticated elements mix with whimsical, garden-inspired motifs in the homage to the enchanted life. HEADY DELIGHT – The gardenia is one of the most romantic, sweet-scented flowers in the world. It's beautifully captured by Seda France's Elegant Gardenia Classic Toile Pagoda Box Candle.

Lovely Lotion

Japanese Quince Hand Lotion, with a double tassel around the neck, is a great no-wrapping-necessary gift.

Really make the place your own by choosing a signature home fragrance. She likes Seda France Hyacinth, described as "a fresh, white floral."

Looking for the perfect bridesmaid basket gifts? Choose the scentimental route with a personalized candle from Austin-based Seda France. Colin Cowie approved, each candle can be customized with an imprint of the couple's name and marriage date.

Candles & Home Fragrances: Wintry Mix. A medley of earthy wood and fresh mountain air interlace with threads of holiday spice in the latest candle and home fragrance designs.

Fabulous Finds, A Little Luxury: A selection of bath and beauty essentials sure to shine on your retail shelves.

Through Seda France's custom-candle program, couples are able to use their initials or special image on a tea light wedding favor.

The Daily Buy, 5/7: Haute Air ... featuring Seda France's Japanese Quince Classic Toile Diffuseur

The California Gift Show, now entirely managed by MMPI, incorporates both the LA Mart building and the temporary exhibit spaces at the Los Angeles Convention Center, in both South and Kentia Halls. Having not been to this market in several years, it was exciting to see how well organized it was, in both locations.

The Daily Buy 7/30: Aroma Therapy. Camellia Montangne

Seda France Japanese Quince Classic Toile Pagoda Box Candle, the BEST scent ever! Run... don't walk to get this.

Bring intoxicating, international scents in your and others' castles with the "French Tulip" or "Japanese Quince" oversize candles from the maestro of the wick, Seda France

Gifts for Them: Assuredly so, each holiday soiree you attend will have a decidedly different host[s]. For a personalized and two-sided approach to a host/hostess gift, take a cue from some of these items!

The new Jardins du Seda France candle collection is inspired by the opulent French tradition of Chinoiserie, the Chinese-esque gardens and pagodas depicted in elaborate decorations including intricate engravings and porcelain to ornate wallpaper and fabrics.

All I want for Christmas is ... There's a lot to choose from out there especially when it comes to re-decorating your home or just adding a few new pops here and there. I've given it some thought and if I could have anything at all for Christmas my list would include the following: Seda France Japanese Quince Diffuser

Hothouse Flowers: Enjoy the fresh-cut aromas of the garden with candles and diffusers in exotic floral blends.

Malaysian Bamboo by Seda France, "This hand-poured candle simply smells like summer. The large pagoda candle burns for 60+ hours and it even comes in a small travel tin size to freshen up any hotel suite."

Sensible Scents: Seda France. It is only 6 days away. For all you last minute shoppers you might need to do something a little bit romantic and creative rather than having handing over a kidney to have 1-800 Flowers deliver dead roses. Have no fear, your solution is here.

Decor Fit for a French Boudoir: Oh la la! Set a sultry mood with Seda France's Red Amber Jardins Du Seda France Two-Wick Ceramic Candle ($42).

Trendspotting at the New York International Gift Show ... Luxe apothecary packaging, inspired by sophisticated apothecary designs continue to lend a distinctly boudoir feel to bath and body products.

In this installment of Editor's Shopping List, I'm thinking of holing up in my house and ordering sushi take-out. It's just one of those weeks, you know? Column 2, top to bottom: An autumnal scent from one of the best candle companies around, Autumn Spice Classic Toile Pagoda Box Candle, Seda France.

BLU! Sulle nostre unghie quest'autunno sarà la volta del blu: avio, cina, elettrico, notte, di Prussia, zaffiro, denim, scuro quasi tendente al nero… l'importante è che sia blu!

Editor's Pick: Japanese Quince Classic Toile Ceramic Two-Wick Candle... The Japanese Quince Classic Toile Ceramic Two-Wick Candle gives off a scent with hints of rhubarb, passion fruit and white-fleshed peach over a heart of white jasmine petals. This is one of Seda France's bestsellers and is now one of my favorite fragrances in my home.

LIFESTYLE – Jardins du Seda France Boxed Candles Make the Perfect Gift... How lovely are these Jardins du Seda France candles? They just may make the perfect gift for that someone who seems to have having everything and need nothing. And the box is so beautiful, you don't even need to wrap it.

Tobi's Holiday Gift Guides: For the Traveler – "Bring a familiar fragrance on your travels to make a far away hotel room feel like home. I love the Japanese Quince Travel Tin Candle by Seda France." - Tobi Fairley, Interior Designer

Holiday shopping guide with local twist... We've gathered more than 30 gift ideas, from clothing to home goods, to keep your people stylish in the new year. We shopped local as well as large retailers. We've highlighted designers with local ties such as Austin-based Seda France's hand-poured candles in intoxicating fragrances.

Home Fragrance Gifts: Candles and Soaps – Jardins du Seda France Candles: Live like royalty, or at least let your friends. One taper is a fantastic French Faience-esque candle scented with fresh fields of tulips, perfect for any guest or powder room. The second is an Asian-flared wax candle with hints of pear, bergamot, and jasmine that will turn any setting into an ageless dynasty befit for monarchs of all kinds.