Yankee Candle's 2022 Scent of the Year Is Meant to Inspire Joy

If you could use a little more happiness in your day-to-day, then Yankee Candle has some good news. The brand just announced its fourth annual Scent of the Year, and this one is meant to inspire.The 2022 scent is called Inspire, and the team created it to embody ikigai, the Japanese philosophy for living a long and happy life. The citrus-forward scent leads with lime and verbena, and is balanced by mid notes of bamboo and base notes of cedar and seaside driftwood.