Scents of Scents EDO IMMORTAL Featuring an invigorating, earthy blend of burnt Hinoki wood, cedar and cypress, Buly 1803’s marble-encased Sumi Hinoki candle is a nostalgic celebration of ancient Japan, buly1803.com MUSCAT REVERIE A poetic medley of cassis, lotus and frankincense, Lladró’s South Tower candle is a homage to the Arabian Nights, encased in a hand-engraved translucentporcelain vase with a lustrous temple lid, lladro.com PROVENÇAL PROMENADE La Prouveresse candle’s herbaceous scent was inspired by a fig- and cypress-tree-lined lane near the late Diptyque co-founder Yves Coueslant’s Grasse home, diptyqueparis.com CHINA IN BLOOM The delicate scent of Roja Parfums’ Peony of Luoyang candle is a lusciously redolent ode to the eponymous city’s annual Peony Festival, available exclusively at Harrods, harrods.com 60 CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM
Wonder With beguiling fragrances inspired by some of the world’s most distinctive corners, these covetable candles set the scene for armchair-travel at its most evocative. By Claudia Whiteus Wonder Styled by Teresa Lemme Photography by Andreas Achmann AMAZONIAN ODYSSEY Journey to the depths of the jungle with Costa Brazil’s Vela candle, which boasts an intoxicating bouquet of breu resin, vetiver and crushed cypress root, livecostabrazil.com BOTSWANA BLISS Emma J Shipley’s ethereal artwork, inspired by her travels across Botswana, complement sultry notes of peach, jasmine and rose in the Zambezi candle, emmajshipley.com BLUE MOUNTAINS SUNSET Notes of pine, cedar and tea capture the heady aroma of the majestic Australian mountain range in Lumira’s Wilderness candle, atelierlumira.com CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM 61
