Diptyque’s holiday collection for 2022 includes the usual three candles. This year’s theme: the Milky Way. This year’s models: Étincelles (Sparks, shown above left and below), with coffee, chocolate and wood fire; Sapin (Pine, above center and below) with mountain pine and mimosa; and Neige (Snow, above right and below), with heliotrope flowers and white musks…
The candle I need for today's chilly rain: After Hours from Glasshouse. "The scent of Rum and sweet Vanilla swirled with Leather and toasty Tobacco will draw you in to a clandestine bar where the sound of jazz piano plays and Champagne is ever-flowing." 380g for $55 at Glasshouse.
Holiday candles from Paddywax: "a handpainted Nutcracker candle that fills your space with festive fragrance and makes a charming addition to your Christmas décor", in (left to right) Wassail, Balsam & Fir and Pomegranate Spruce. $60 each at Nordstrom.
A lemming for fans of (modern) Miss Dior: a candle from the new Miss Dior Millefiori Couture collection. "Miss Dior inaugurates its first scented candle that recreates the fresh and floral notes of the fragrance. The trail of Miss Dior is unfurled in delicate swirls of fragrance once the candle is lit, and lasts for 24 hours of burning time." $49 for 85g at Dior.
I also mentioned my favorite perfumes that I couldn't get anymore. I went looking for Norman Norell’s fragrance. Nobody even knows Norman had a fragrance. He was a huge fashion designer, especially for Hollywood, and he had this amazing perfume. Once he passed away, you just couldn't find it. We couldn't truly re-create it with the candle. We bought three bottles on eBay, but they had all gone bad. But we read all about it, and we took inspiration. We pulled the elements I love: musk, leather, and Jamaica–and that informed everything. There was this one fruit from Jamaica that we explored, the naseberry, which very similar to a pear flavor.
— Grace Jones, on talking to perfumer Jérôme Epinette about her new candle for Boy Smells, Grace. Read more in Grace Jones on Creating Her Debut Scent with Boy Smells at Harper's Bazaar.