Hearkening back to old apothecaries, Curio Noir candles come in handblown glass jars stamped with a wax seal design, which make beautiful vases after the candle’s burned away. The lake-blue Feather My Tears, inspired by the ballet Swan Lake, has fresh notes of orchid and water lily, underpinned by cedar and moss Curio Noir | Illustration … Read more
Featuring the Italian fashion brand’s signature chevron stripes, this candle evokes days at the beach, the salty tide moving over heated rocks, with piquant notes of lavender, white cedar and birch leaf. Tessuti | Illustration by Sarah Larnach
20th century artist Piero Fornasetti made groundbreaking, witty, graphic design-inflected paintings, furniture and interior objects, and his son has just launched their first home fragrance collection. Inspired by the profusion of flowers that surround the Fornasetti house in Milan, this candle has notes of rose, lily of the valley, iris and orange blossom, housed in … Read more
For flower lovers, it doesn’t get much more decadent than this subtle mix of soft, fresh may rose (a rare variety highly prized by Grasse perfume makers), lilac, carnation, violet and magnolia with the sharp greenness of basil and mossy chypre, and notes of twiggy wood. Tessuti | Illustration by Sarah Larnach
Legendary product designer Tom Dixon has created a beautiful and unusual container that reflects a petrol-like sheen, and has melting edges and soft dents in it. The woody-smelling candle inside is a full-on blast of cypress, smoky guaiac and pine tar, and leathery styrax. Simon James Design | Illustration by Sarah Larnach
A reissue from Jacobs’ unfussy and enormously popular Splash collection, Rain is a deceptively simple, refreshing blend that evokes nothing so much as rain after a hot day, and the freshness of the road, grass and flowers after it. Simon James Design | Illustration by Sarah Larnach
The richly fruity savour of figs (and, by association, Mediterranean summers) is captured in this sophisticated offering from the Carrière brothers, a French company that’s been making candles since the 19th Century. World | Illustration by Sarah Larnach
From a French perfume house that’s looking to shake up its heritage, Lune Féline is a seductive mix of spicy top notes (cinnamon, cardamon, pink peppercorns) and sensuous, animalistic base notes (balsam, ambergris, musk, and just the right amount of Tahitian vanilla). Tiny flakes of gold make the ridiculously elegant bottle strobe when moved. World … Read more
