The aroma of baked peaches sprinkled with sugar is what Pêche de Vigne releases upon being lit. The luscious, mouthwatering scent fills the air quickly, conjuring preparations of a peach cobbler. At first, it is a fragrance of ripe fruit ready to be sliced and arranged under vanilla scented crumbs. However, it deepens quickly to attain a sugared quality as well as a touch of milky richness. It is as if caramelized peaches are layered with apricot scented cream.
Peaches are among my favourite fruit, and I associate their scent with summers spent on the Black Sea coast. For this reason, Pêche de Vigne has a comforting and relaxing effect on me. While the scent is gourmand, it is not overly sweet. Yet, I do not tend to burn the candle for more than 30-40 minutes at a time, given the fact that the fragrance is rather potent. Half an hour more than suffices for scenting a room, which makes Pêche de Vigne one of the longer lasting candles from Côté Bastide, beyond its stipulated 60 hours of burning time.
While I like many Côté Bastide candles, given their lovely presentation and excellent throw, my other favourite scent is Figuier, a mélange of figs and green leaves, which is perfect for transporting one to the Mediterranean garden.
The candles are priced at $16 for 2 oz and $32-36 for 4.9 oz, and are available at aedes, beautyhabit, fourseasons, and scentsandsprays.
Oh yay – I just got a sample of the fragrance of this – hope it's as nice as the candle 🙂
V, you are annoying me! LOL!
You know I hate burning candles, but your lucsious, evocative reviews make me want to. :):)
Hugs!
The fragrance is fresher, more of a fresh peach scent, while the candle is sweeter. I love both, and in fact I have nearly everything from this Peche de Vigne range.
R, I am sorry to be your annoyance. 🙂 What can I say–Peche de Vigne is delicious….
Peach is my favorite fruit fragrance with fig close behind. Is the Figuier you mention in the article also a Cote Bastide product? I'd love to get each.
Thanks!
Figuier is a candle by Cote Bastide. Here is my review of it:
https://nstperfume.com/blog/homefragrance/_archives/2005/8/24/1156869.html
Dear V: I think you should add a “Smoke Index” to your candle reviews! Right now I'm burning Henri Bendel's Firewood candle and watching the swirls of black smoke rise to the pristine white ceiling. These days I'm limiting my choices of candles because of the SOOT factor…I'm opting more and more for room sprays and soy candles to avoid the smoke. Kevin
Good point! Cote Bastide burn cleanly. The worst offenders are the Yankee candles, which have lots of soot, and even though I love the scents, I tend to avoid them for this reason.