From Diptyque, the limited edition Othoniel Rosa candle, made in collaboration with the artist Jean-Michel Othoniel (you can read more about his solo show, La rose du Louvre, here). It promises a peppery rose with vetiver and is sold in Diptyque boutiques around Paris and at the Diptyque France website, 190g for €60.
"Discover Lys [ fresh-cut lilies] and Narguilé [honey, tobacco leaves and a handful of spices], two new additions to diptyque's repertoire of 49 candle fragrances. Burned together, their scents mingle and banter, like a conversation between two lovers in a desert garden at twilight..." $130 for the two 190g candles in a box decorated with a Pierre Frey design.
There’s nothing like a winter’s night (or dim afternoon) with flickering candles burning inside dark rooms. Add a rainstorm, pot of strong Assam tea or Mexican hot chocolate, a gingerbread cake right out of the oven, stacks of thick European design, gardening and fashion magazines, some seed catalogs, and cookbooks to read…and I’m set for hours of light-hearted enjoyment (before the denouement: a nap).
I’d like to introduce you to some candles I’ve discovered over the last several months; all of them have great, intense aromas.
Diptyque Noisetier: hazelnut, clove, cedar, patchouli, vetiver
Noisetier invites a walk on the shady land, fertile and dry. A spicy, woody fragrance warmed by a smoky touch. — Diptyque
Like many recent men’s perfumes, this candle mixes standard fragrance notes with some gourmand nuts — this time the nutty element is hazelnut…
A new year, a new lemming from Diptyque. "Two singular rose scents in candles that can be lit together or separately. Individually, each candle releases its own singular scent. Together, they complement each other as the refreshing, delicate fragrance of one mingles with the luxurious, honeyed notes of the other." Damascena and Centifolia are available in 70g mini ($36) or 190g full size ($72), at Nordstrom.
Fans of Diptyque's Baies candle might be interested in their limited edition Black Friday version, which will be sold from Black Friday through Cyber Monday. It's $75 for 190g (that's $10 more than you'd pay for the clear glass version, and you can already buy a 300g version in solid black for $95, or the 5 wick, 1500g indoor/outdoor version, also in black, for $315).