Candles Part 9

Best Gift for Your Spiritual Leader or Spouse: Diptyque. We say spouse because that means that you’ll get the benefit of these fantastic (and fantastically expensive) candles. Again, nothing we’ve ever bought, but have been super lucky and have been gifted. There’s something very late 1700s/early 1800s about them. They are so not cheap. They’re $48 each. We don’t know how many ounces they are, but they’re supposed to burn for 50 hours. Oh. It’s 190 gms. They say this: All the Diptyque fragrances are natural, whether they are woodsy, spicy, green, floral or fruity. It is Diptyque's proudest accomplishment to have never used a synthetic fragrance in developing its products. The individually hand-poured candles burn for an average of 50 to 60 hours and are made of paraffin wax with a lead-free wick. A speciality of Diptyque is to allow one the opportunity to create their own fragrance! To that effect, Diptyque suggests to burn two different scents of candles at the same time. The recommendation is that the candles should be from different families of scents (do not burn two floral or two woodsy at the same time). Please note the candles should also burn far from each other so that the blend created can be best appreciated in the middle of the room. We haven’t timed our precious Diptyque. They’re also sold on the internet, at various boutiques. www.diptyque.tm.fr