I'll let you in on a secret, for the last seven years I have bought each and every Diptyque festive launch and more often than not, admired them on my mantelpiece rather than actually putting them to use. It's became a somewhat tradition crossed with a borderline obsession of preserving the pretty candles for future occasions and this year is no different - yes I have accumulated all three new scents, the matching candle carousel and I regret absolutely nothing.

Diptyque's Lucky Charms collection is based around creating wishes for the new year and centred around protection, luck and harmony. Each candle features beautifully detailed and dare I say cute illustrations by Olaf Hajek and I'm told that the colour palette was selected to strengthen the will and might behind each wish. With 2020 just weeks away, I am personally disappointed that more brands haven't created something special to mark the arrival of a new decade. None the less Diptyque have arisen to the challenge and have three beautifully packaged scents, each adorned with cute illustrations of various "lucky charms" to bring in the new year in style.
I've bought enough festive Diptyque candles over the years to tell you that typically the scents don't differentiate all that much; typically there's a pine offering, something floral and something spice based. I rather enjoy that I know what to expect and truly those are the type of fragrances most of us expect at this time of the year for vari...