Oh candles are so much bother anyway. Diptyque's new electric diffuser (shown above right, apparently installed with a dedicated outlet) promises to "activate with a simple touch anywhere on the vent to switch the device on and off". $120, cartridges sold separately for $45 each (it appears to use the same cartridges as the electric Un Air de Diptyque and the car diffusers).
Will Cire Trudon ever stop trolling me? I’ll take a few of the new L’Œuf diffusers, please (and a few rolls of that wallpaper shown in the background at right, while you’re at it). In biscuit porcelain with a satin-black turned wood base, available in the Ernesto, Abd el Kader and Cyrnos fragrances, and sold with 300 ml of the fragrance, $350. Below the jump, a video showing the production, and then below that, so long as we’re here, a video about Trudon’s partnership with the Orne Dark Bee Conservatory…
I probably want the Alabaster more, but I'd take a set of Buly 1803's "scented pencils" too. They're decorative sticks that you dip in the (included) fragrance oil, then "Choose wisely where to place your pencils so that their delicate scent is released fully and widely... in the most original way!" About €53.
Hyascent's hourglass diffusers (you turn it once or twice a day, the scent drips from the top to the bottom and is diffused through the wood rings) are pretty darned good-looking, with a price to match ($169 at Neiman Marcus — only $11 less than the Diptyque version*). They last for about 6 months, and they say they are going to sell refills but there aren't any on their website yet. There are 9 scents, not one of which grabs me offhand but Bourbon Joy (vanilla, mandarin, cedar and muguet) or Bliss Me (fig, jasmine, violet leaf, vanilla and amberwood) might work for fall.
* Diptyque's Le Sablier comes with 75 ml of juice; the Hyascent comes with 180. No idea if they are of equal strength, though, so that might be misleading in terms of cost.
A refillable paper diffuser from Annick Goutal: "Reinterpreting the pleats of the brand's iconic godron fragrance bottles, the innovative origami folds of the paper diffusers allow for optimal diffusion of the fragrance, and adds a unique colourful, decorative touch to your interior." Shown in Un Air d'Hadrien, also available in Une Forêt d’Or. €60 for 100 ml at Annick Goutal in France.