Alcatraz, on the other hand (“Indian blond tobacco, yerba maté with its notes of dried hay, smoked lignum vitae and cinnamon spiced with black pepper”) seems to have been conjured not from an actual three-hour tour but a dream.
— On Astier de Villate candles, from Follow Their Nose at the New York Times. Hat tip to Kevin!
Oh my, I have such a weakness for candles; Cambridge, Jerusalem, Edinburgh, and Rue Saint Honoré sound perfect! Now to hunt down a source.
How did I miss the La Tournelle? That may have to be my very first purchase…
I really like the one I have, and now I can’t remember which one it is.
Sue Fisher King carries the whole line.
http://www.suefisherking.com/pro_collectiontypes/view_by_brand/7_40_6
Hope that shows up for you. I’ve ordered from this shop, they are very nice and good customer service.
Although I’d be off put by the Delhi candle. I’ve been there and yes it is an sense overload, but not always in a good way
Thank you!
Nothing could persuade me to buy a candle named Alcatraz.
I’d buy it if I had the money, in fact, I’d buy all of them. Plus all the Cire Trudon candles
I burned Cire Trudon’s Carmelite recently, very mossy and fresh. I”m kind of a candle whore
I need to check out Astier de Villate closer and smell one in person.
I agree it’s a weird and unattractively associated name.
Does it make you feel better to know it’s also the name of a sea bird, like the “booby”? (Really, it is.)
That is my “new thing I learned” for the day!
I guess it’s okay if you think of Alcatraz as the sacred space rather than the prison. Sound like lovely candles, but I have a hard time dropping that kind of cash on them, still.