When it comes to getting completely and utterly engrossed in a good book, the season of summer trumps the rest. What else is there to do while reclining in some sun-drenched plot of earth? To forget exactly where you are, what you’re doing and how long you’ve been there is ultimately the desired effect of reading, and to do this surely all the senses must be satiated in some way? If you yearn to be fully immersed in Antoinette's world in Wide Sargasso Sea then it follows that you must possess the wonderful scents of tropical flora to take you there.

That is exactly why (with the help of our crack team of smellers and sniffers), we’ve bandied together the best novels of new and old with their spirit scents for a sensory imaginarium to get lost in. 

Take a look through the gallery to see our best book and candle combos for idyllic summertime escapes.