The Best Smelling 2011 Calendar. 12 Months Of Designer Candles From Quintessence.

A Calendrier Olfactif- 2011 Candle calendar set by Quintessence
A box of twelve individually packaged candles marked for each month, from Paris based perfumerie Quintessence. From chefs and palmists to fashion designers, each container and scent has been created by a different artist.



Artists include Azzedine Alaia, Association La Voix de l'Enfant, Madison Cox, Frederic Fekkai, Christian Tortu, Jean-Pierre Vigato, François Catroux, Yaguel Didier, Ines Sastre, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Jean-Francois Lesage and Apollonia Poilane.




A very interesting and evocative idea from the fine Parisian distillateur’s Quintessence. Let each month fill your house with a specially curated scent; you can even keep the containers once the candle has burnt down and refill them with tea lights.

12 candles
30 hours burn time each
Includes a calendar with information about each artist for that corresponding month:






The 12 designers and scents:
• January by the Association La Voix de l'Enfant - Childhood Memories (strawberry)

• February by Christian Tortu - Hyacinth

• March by François Catroux - Geranium

• April by Yaguel Didier - Iris Intuition

• May by Ines Sastre - Sweet Pea

• June by Jean-Pierre Vigato - Basilicum- Helichrysum

• July by Azzedine Alaia - Beach

• August by Jean-Michel Othoniel - Melting Tar

• September by Madison Cox - Carnation

• October by Jean-Francois Lesage - Alpassi

• November by Frederic Fekkai - Almond and Honey

• December by Apollonia Poilane - Gingerbread

Price £470 ( $727.75)
buy it here at Browns

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Power Burn. Wax Power Cord Candles With Wax Power Strip Base.

Power burning.
Very fun and functional set of 11" tall wax candles shaped like three-pronged power cords complete with wax "power strip" base make a tech statement for your table or mantel. Sold as a set of four candles with the base. Available in black, white, or orange.




Buy the power strip candle set here.

Hand Gesture Candles from Atelier WM

L'atelier WM is a a group of young artists founded in Paris in 2008. They have a line of colorful candles, both in looks and attitude. Hands making gestures cast from real hands and whose burn time is approximately 3 hours each.

Cross your fingers:


Heavy Metal:




Live Long And Prosper:


Fuck You:


Above packaging created by Wakey of France.

They claim their candles shown above are for sale at colette , at the Black Block of the Palais de Tokyo , at the Printemps Design of the Centre Pompidou and at the Sam Concept store in France but they do not yet seem to be available.

Now available at A+R here.