High End Candle Review: Seda France Japanese Quince Candle

Japanese Quince is the Seda France scent our customers buy most. Across every format, it outsells French Tulip, the brand's next best seller at our store, more than two to one. The Japanese Quince candle in its pagoda box is one of our ten best-selling luxury candles of the past year. Seda France is based in Austin, Texas, and pours its candles by hand. Its Classic Toile print, Seda France says, draws on a French design more than 200 years old.

The "Perfect Gift"

Seda France calls its candles the gifts that need no wrapping, and the pagoda box is the reason. Its press includes Romantic Homes, Palm Beach Illustrated and O, The Oprah Magazine, plus an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, courtesy of Colin Cowie. On its site, Seda France quotes HGTV's Genevieve Gorder: "I can't think of a better scent than Japanese Quince."

What Japanese Quince smells like

The Japanese Quince candle has a powerful, fresh fruity scent. The piquant candle has a hint of rhubarb, and a slight dose of passion fruit gives it an exotic note. A touch of white-fleshed peach underlines the fruit, and white jasmine petals round it off.

Sizes and formats

We carry the Japanese Quince scent across the Seda France candles range, from the 2-ounce mini pagoda to the 88-ounce candle. The pagoda box candle is the original: 10.2 ounces, more than 60 hours of burn time, $37.50. For a bigger room, the three-wick candle holds 26 ounces. The scent also comes as a reed diffuser, a room mist, hand soap, hand lotion, hand cream and bar soap.

Hand Poured

Every Seda France Japanese Quince candle is hand-poured. The white candle comes in a decorative pagoda box with a gold tassel, the trademark of Seda France.

Reviewed and updated November 5, 2026.

Written by Anthony Carro

Founder & Luxury Fragrance Expert, Candle Delirium

Anthony Carro has spent over 20 years scouring the globe for the world's finest scents, building relationships with the most respected fragrance houses across Europe, the US, and beyond. As founder of Candle Delirium, he has curated more than 100 luxury brands over the years and can identify a fragrance oil's quality by scent alone. He knows what makes a scent worth living with.

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Seda France Japanese Quince candle: scent, sizes and where to buy

What does the Seda France Japanese Quince candle smell like?

The Seda France Japanese Quince candle smells fruity and a little sharp. Seda France calls the fragrance piquant and lists rhubarb, passion fruit and white-fleshed peach over a heart of white jasmine petals. According to Seda France, Japanese Quince is one of its best sellers.

Is there a dupe for the Seda France Japanese Quince candle?

The Seda France Japanese Quince blend of rhubarb, passion fruit, white-fleshed peach and white jasmine is made only by Seda France, so any dupe is a different fragrance. If price is what sends you looking for a dupe, the Japanese Quince mini pagoda candle is the original scent for $17.90, with 15 to 20 hours of burn time. A set of three Japanese Quince votives costs $21, and each votive burns 12 to 15 hours.

Which Seda France Japanese Quince candle should I buy?

The pagoda box candle is the original Seda France Japanese Quince candle and, at Candle Delirium, the brand's best seller: 10.2 ounces, more than 60 hours of burn time, $37.50. The 2-ounce mini pagoda ($17.90) burns 15 to 20 hours. For a larger room, the 26-ounce three-wick candle ($57) burns 60 to 70 hours, and the four-wick 88-ounce candle ($190) runs more than 160 hours. Without a flame, the reed diffuser ($69) holds 8 ounces of alcohol-free oil and lasts three to four months.

Where can I buy the Seda France Japanese Quince candle?

Candle Delirium, an authorized Seda France retailer, carries the Seda France Japanese Quince candle at candledelirium.com and at its West Hollywood store, 7980 Santa Monica Blvd. The range runs from the 2-ounce mini pagoda to the 88-ounce candle, plus the reed diffuser, room mist and hand care.