I hate candles that have the sort of perfume that you might wear on your body. Our smells are different – we re-create the smell of the Mirror Gallery and the polished wooden floor of Versailles (Roi Soleil); we conjure up the fragrance of old stone walls in the shade of cloisters and convents (Carmelite); of churches (Spiritus Sancti); of freshly washed linen and swilled-down tiled floors (Manon) and of leather and tobacco in an old hotel in Havana (Ernesto).
— Ramdane Touhami of Cire Trudon, quoted by columnist Lucia van der Post in Lucia loves: scented candles at the UK Times Online. See also: Kevin’s review of the Cire Trudon Mademoiselle de La Vallière candle.
6 Comments
Read more about commenting at Now Smell This.
“I hate candles that have the sort of perfume that you might wear on your body.”
I can't be the only one thinking that several of these sound like things I might wear…can I?
If they only made room sprays, I'm quite sure perfumistas would be wearing them!
I bought myself the candle that Kevin reviewed- it is really wonderful- I had it in my entryway and it was very pleasant to smell when I walked into the house (not even burning)- so I moved it to my bedside table. If I win the lottery I will order one of each!
Darn — was kind of hoping to hear he'd overstated their greatness!
I also don't mind candles that are scented like something I might wear, and as boojum said, I'd probably wear some of Cire Trudon's scents if I could as well.
The display they had of these candles at Aedes was impressive, but I'm definitely NOT starting a $75 candle addiction! LOL
Yeah — I need that like a hole in the head too.