Once upon a time, around about last autumn, a candle landed on my desk with the prettiest packaging.
(Hmm?could it be one of those pretty on the outside, disappointing on the inside samples" A bit like some ultra-handsome humans you meet).
Grab the matchbox, light the candle…
Wow.
In the same way that Diptyque?s candles are beautifully packaged and beautifully scented, Nathalie Allard?s artisan creations for Petits Rituels smell as delicious as they look. And they’ve just landed at LoveLula, too!
One reason, probably the main one, is that Nathalie uses a very high concentration of essential oils in natural waxes, so you get a really great scent throw (both cold and when lit) which is traditionally a very difficult thing to do using only natural oils in natural waxes.
?I believe I am an artisan and each of my products is its own work of art because I adore my craft and want you to fall in love with it? ? Nathalie Allard
One of my favourite awards categories to judge is always Best Luxury Candle ? not only because it?s such a joy, but because it?s such an art form. The perfect candle is an elusive thing!
Here are some ways they can go wrong:
Floppy wicks?(it happens!)
?Bad? waxes or waxes from unsustainable sources
Potential toxins in the ingredients
The candle smells better when it?s not lit!
The scent is too weak or too cloying/headachey
In fact candles with paraffin wax pollute the air, and the toxins stay in the air even after the candle’s...