Exhibit 21

Subsidiaries of Blyth, Inc.

|Subsidiaries of the Registrant/U.S.          |  | Other Names Under Which Subsidiary Does Business |  | State/Country of Incorporation                                                                                      
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|1.                                           |  | Aromatic Industries, Inc.                        |  |                                                                                                                     
|2.                                           |  | Candle Corporation of America                    |  | Old Harbor Candles
Colonial Candle of Cape Cod
Original Recipe
Carolina Designs, Ltd.
Blyth HomeScents International
|3.                                           |  | Candle Corporation Worldwide, Inc.               |  |                                                                                                                     
|4.                                           |  | CBK Acquisition Corp.                            |  |                                                                                                                     
|5.                                           |  | CBK Styles, Inc.                                 |  |                                                                                                                     
|6.                                           |  | Cobblestone Bridge, LLC                          |  |                                                                                                                     
|7.                                           |  | Endar Corp.                                      |  | Florasense                                                                                                          
|8.                                           |  | Fabrica de Velas Borinquen, Inc.                 |  |                                                                                                                     
|9.                                           |  | Fragrance Solutions, Inc.                        |  |                                                                                                                     
|10.                                          |  | FVB, Inc.                                        |  |                                                                                                                     
|11.                                          |  | Gift Holdings Acquisition Company                |  |                                                                                                                     
|12.                                          |  | Gift Intermediate Acquisition Company            |  |                                                                                                                     
|13.                                          |  | JMC Holdings, Inc.                               |  |                                                                                                                     
|14.                                          |  | JMC Impact, Inc.                                 |  | JMC, Inc.                                                                                                           
|15.                                          |  | KWA, Inc.                                        |  |                                                                                                                     
|16.                                          |  | Midwest of Cannon Falls, Inc.                    |  | Midwest                                                                                                             
|17.                                          |  | New Ideas International Inc.                     |  |                                                                                                                     
|18.                                          |  | PartyLite Gifts, Inc.                            |  | PartyLite                                                                                                           
|19.                                          |  | PartyLite Holding, Inc.                          |  |                                                                                                                     
|20.                                          |  | PartyLite Worldwide, Inc.                        |  | PartyLite                                                                                                           
|Subsidiaries of the Registrant/International |  |                                                  |  |                                                                                                                     
|21.                                          |  | Adam Gies Gmbh                                   |  |                                                                                                                     
|22.                                          |  | Asp-Holmblad A/S                                 |  |                                                                                                                     
|23.                                          |  | Beejay                                           |  |                                                                                                                     
|24.                                          |  | Blyth Asia Limited                               |  |                                                                                                                     
|25.                                          |  | Blyth, Ltd.                                      |  |                                                                                                                     
|26.                                          |  | Candle Corporation UK Limited                    |  |                                                                                                                     
|27.                                          |  | Candle Corporation Worldwide Sweden AB           |  |                                                                                                                     
|28.                                          |  | Candlelight Holding Gmbh                         |  |                                                                                                                     
|29.                                          |  | Carolina Designs, Ltd.                           |  |                                                                                                                     
|30.                                          |  | CCW Manufacturing Limited                        |  |                                                                                                                     
|31.                                          |  | Colony Private Label Limited                     |  |                                                                                                                     
|32.                                          |  | Colony Gift Corporation Limited                  |  |                                                                                                                     
|33.                                          |  | Colony SARL                                      |  |                                                                                                                     
|34.                                          |  | Endar de Mexico S.A. de C.V.                     |  |                                                                                                                     
|35.                                          |  | Endar Servicios S.A. de C.V.                     |  |                                                                                                                     
|36.                                          |  | Fragrant Memories Ltd.                           |  |                                                                                                                     
|37.                                          |  | Gies Holding GmbH                                |  |                                                                                                                     
|38.                                          |  | Gies Kerzen Gmbh                                 |  |                                                                                                                     
|39.                                          |  | Gies Natura Handelsgesellschaft mbH              |  |                                                                                                                     
|40.                                          |  | Ingena/Nordlicht Gmbh                            |  |                                                                                                                     
|41.                                          |  | Liljeholmens Stearinfabriks AB                   |  |                                                                                                                     
|42.                                          |  | Midwest of Cannon Falls Canada                   |  |                                                                                                                     

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|43. |  | Nature's Scents Ltd.                              |  |  |  | United Kingdom
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|44. |  | Nordlicht GmbH                                    |  |  |  | Germany       
|45. |  | PartyLite BV                                      |  |  |  | Netherlands   
|46. |  | PartyLite Gifts, Ltd.                             |  |  |  | Canada        
|47. |  | PartyLite Gmbh                                    |  |  |  | Germany       
|48. |  | PartyLite Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H.              |  |  |  | Austria       
|49. |  | PartyLite Importaciones S.A. de C.V.              |  |  |  | Mexico        
|50. |  | PartyLite, S.A. de C.V.                           |  |  |  | Mexico        
|51. |  | Partylite Oy                                      |  |  |  | Finland       
|52. |  | PartyLite Pty Limited                             |  |  |  | Australia     
|53. |  | PartyLite SA                                      |  |  |  | Switzerland   
|54. |  | PartyLite SARL                                    |  |  |  | France        
|55. |  | PartyLite S.r.l.                                  |  |  |  | Italy         
|56. |  | PartyLite Trading SA                              |  |  |  | Switzerland   
|57. |  | PartyLite U.K., Ltd.                              |  |  |  | England       
|58. |  | Promol SA                                         |  |  |  | Portugal      
|59. |  | Servicios Administrativos PartyLite, S.A. de C.V. |  |  |  | Mexico        
|60. |  | Zoren Ltd.                                        |  |  |  | United Kingdom

The Registrant also owns 75% of the capital stock of Colony Italy, S.r.l., organized under the laws of Italy, 75% of the capital stock of Colony Iberia, S.L., organized under
the laws of Spain, 99% of the capital stock of Wax Lyrical Limited, organized under the laws of the United Kingdom, and which is currently in administrative receivership.

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