126 nights later, the Quince European Linen Sheet Set is the one I’d put on my own bed, and on value it isn’t close. Cooling: I never woke up sweaty on it, and it was the fabric my cold-sleeping partner and I were both most comfortable under. Wash and wear: It got softer after the first wash and held up through five laundromat cycles, with early lint that faded fast. Feel and fit: Textured, relaxed linen, 16-inch pockets that held on a 12-inch mattress, and a bed you make by fluffing.
Value: $184 for the full queen set, $95 less than Boll & Branch and $124 less than Cozy Earth. It isn’t for everyone. If linen’s grain bugs you, Boll & Branch is the crisp cotton pick and Cozy Earth is the silky one. And five washes isn’t five years. But I’ve slept on and washed linen like this for years, and it holds up. Quince got through a window-unit summer, five laundromat cycles and a cold sleeper’s veto, so if you’re buying one set of sheets this year, make it the $184 linen that made it here.
