I've got about a million amazing candles to talk about this year, but I thought I'd start off with my carefully selected edit of Ones That Smell Like Christmas. I got into trouble with Mr AMR when I was filming the lit candles - I didn't want any of them to end up...
The Candle of the Perfume I’m Banned from Mentioning…
This candle shoots straight to the very top of my favourites list; the scent is supremely sexy. I adore Bottega Veneta's Eau de Parfum, but until now have been banned from talking about it here on the website. My friend Alex Byrne (supremo makeup artist...
Turning Bad Habits into Business Ventures: Mrs Todd’s Candles
Currently scenting my latest rented holiday "barn" (aka "four tiny rooms-with-annoying-feature-beams"): Mrs Todd's Figs in the Forest candle. It's absolutely beautiful; green and fresh but with a lovely warmth from the cedar, amber and musk that have been blended into...
Cire Trudon Positano Candle: Summer in Your House
One for those who want to skip past spring and head straight into summer: the Positano candle by Cire Trudon and Giambattista Valli. It's heady and exotic, packed chockablock full with white florals and jasmine and orange blossom, but it's also somehow very...
Jo Malone: My Wanderlust Collection
I think that the new collection from Jo Malone is just lovely; it's called My Wanderlust and the scent combinations have been inspired by the travels of the brand's style director, fashion stylist Charlotte Stockdale. There's a Night Jasmine & Oregano linen spray...
l’Occitane and the Mysterious Woman of Arles…
l'Occitane have launched their winter fragrance, Arlésienne, and I have to tell you that I know more backstory on this fragrance than on pretty much any other beauty product I've ever tried. (Apart from CoLab, of course.) Earlier in the year I visited Arles in the...
For Candle Connoisseurs: Under Milk Wood
This is the first of what will no doubt be a whole slew of candle-related posts; it's getting nearer to Christmas and I'm working up to filming my annual candle video again! Tom Daxon's Under Milk Wood definitely makes the final cut - it has the most...
The Silk Blossom Candle: Flower Fairies and Summery Daydreams
I didn't think that I'd like the Silk Blossom scent, at first; but then I had to tell my self not to be uncharitable, because for every one of these limited edition candles Jo Malone sells, they are donating the full value* to their various charity garden projects...
Must-Have Candle of the Season (with hidden bugs!)
It takes quite a lot to get me excited about a candle but this new release from Jo Malone is really worth taking a look at. It's from the new home collection that's been created in collaboration with the talented wallpaper and textile designer, Michael Angove. If...
Massage Candles: Do Not Share
Now here's a concept that on paper seems completely unessential: a candle that, when melted, doubles up as a massage oil. It's probably not something that you've ever considered to be missing from your life, but let me tell you: massage candles are pretty amazing....
Packing Away the Christmas Candles…
We have finally taken the Christmas tree down (late due to laziness, not through any particular sense of sentiment or nostalgia) and packed away the baubles and the tinsel and all of the other oddments that get dragged from the loft throughout the festive season. This...
Ginsberg is God: The Greenhouse Candle
I don't know about Ginsberg being God but somebody definitely is - whoever made this candle, for a start. It's absolutely gorgeous! It has a really unusual scent that reminds me of when I used to hide in my granny's greenhouse, tucked into the tangle of branches and...