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Godiva Candle Collection, Mmmm

Filed under: Decor, Cosmetics and Fragrance

Chocolatier Godiva recently introduced its Home Fragrance Collection of five candles, in collaboration with Laura Slatkin, wife of Harry, of Slatkin & Co.

The nicely-packaged candles come in five scents: Holiday Peppermint Bark, Milk Chocolate Truffle, Black Almond Truffle, White Chocolate Magnolia, and Raspberry Ganache.

The candles are the brand's first foray into the home fragrance category in its more-than 80-year history and represent a departure from Godiva's traditional culinary products.

Neiman Marcus carries the collection. One of these would make a lovely host gift. Reasonably priced at $22.50 each.

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Celebrity Restaurant Grease Fuels Growing Business

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Filed under: Decor

Is there a market for celebrity restaurant grease? Further makes hand soap and candles from waste grease of some of Los Angeles's finest restaurants. The business began when Marshall Dostal began using restaurant grease and converting it to biofuel for his car. His wife Megan, a former event planner for Vogue Magazine, saw the drums of glycerin, a byproduct of the process and a business was born. Further products use an aromatic scent of bergamot, olive and exotic grasses. The Further candle is made from purified waste grease from Mario Batali and Nancy Silverton's delicious Mozza restaurant and sells for $24. I love this idea, I think there could be a whole line of signature candles for various restaurants.

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Diptyque Spring 2009 White Candle Coffret

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Filed under: Decor, Cosmetics and Fragrance

Ultra-luxe Parisian parfumeur Diptyque is offering a White Candle Coffret gift box (above) for Spring 2009 evoking the fresh scents of the season. The three scented mini candles offer a "fragrant harmony of floral and herbal notes", comprised of Roses, Freesia and Lierre (Ivy). Presented in a crisp white box, the trio can be burned together or individually; each candle burns for 30 hours. Roses "evokes the world's most universally loved flower", Lierre "evokes the branches of ivy leaves running on the walls of an antique house", and Freesia "presents the scent of delicious, peppery white flowers wafting in the air of a beautiful spring morning." Priced at $98, the Coffret is available at the Diptyque stores in San Francisco and New York, as well as select boutiques. The firm was founded on Paris' famed Boulevard Saint-Germain in 1961.

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Valentine Essentials: Scented Candles

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor, Cosmetics and Fragrance

The other day I heard a couple of talk show hosts, a man and a woman, talking on the radio about romance and whether it is "manly" for a man to light scented candles. I like to think we are beyond such narrow viewpoints, pleasant scents and mood lighting should be for everyone. Valentine's Day is the perfect occasion to light fragrant candles in the name of love and it can be wonderful if you do it right, which may mean a little planning ahead. You won't find truly transcendent scents at the local grocery store.

We'll start this off with the obvious choice, a chocolate scented candle. Chocolate is a popular scent but one that is pretty hard to get right. The Flare Chocolate Bark candle is chocolately without being overly sweet or fake. It sells for $22. Check the gallery for ten more ideas.

Gallery: Ten Valentine's Day Candle Ideas

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Flammable Wood Gift Box

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Filed under: Decor

This nifty Flammable Wood Gift Box by Baxter of California could help you cross a few people off your Christmas shopping list this year, possibly even including a few hard-to-shop-for bachelors who like to keep a nice place. The box was designed by Mark Atlan and comes with three "Flammable" soy-based candles inside in the scents Cassis Noir, Jasmin Noir, and Tubereuse Noire.

Candles can seem a little stale when given as a gift these days but the truth is people do like using them and the packaging is what makes this set unique. $135

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The Either-Or Dish Set

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Filed under: Decor, Dining

This Either-Or Dish Set by by troels seidenfaden for magppie and available from Unica Home is insanely simple considering it's designed to serve two very different purposes: beautiful candle-lit centerpiece or classic serving dish. Made of sleek, tough, and timeless stainless steel, the set consists of three bowls, three tea light holders that double as lids, and a specially-shaped tray designed to hold them all in elegant style. A high-quality and uber-useful party staple for yourself, plus it could make a great gift for the friend or hostess who already seems to have everything. $158

Gallery: Either-Or Dish Set

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Bravit Candles Shift Shape While Burning

by Lisa Palladino (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor

These very cool "pathing" candles -- Bravit Decoration Candles, by Authentics ($28) -- leave you in the dark as to what shape they will become while burning. Due to the weaving wick, they will continually change shape as the wick moves about. The wick formation also will cause the flame to split into two at any intersection. Available in a number of patterns on different Web sites, and also available in the numbers 0-9 ($24); great idea for birthday parties! You'll also want a base ($6-8), available on the same page as the first candle linked in this post. As seen on youTube!

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Isabelle Helping the Children, Charity of the Day

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Filed under: Charity, Charity of the Day, Children

Isabelle Fields was inspired by the story of a little girl named Alex from Philadelphia who successfully raised a staggering 6 million dollars for cancer research through sales from her lemonade stand! Isabelle vowed to do the same, she began making scented soaps and candles, sales took off instantly... and every penny goes straight to cancer research programs and children's hospitals. Her cause is getting quite a bit of press, I first heard about her products in Us Magazine. Check out this little girls charming products, prices range from $14-$24, and help her realize her dream of helping others! Isabellehelpingthechildren.com

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Candle Trousseau by Jo Malone

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Filed under: Decor, Cosmetics and Fragrance, Preferred

Jo Malone is famous for their luxurious skin care products and delicious fragrances. Products are always presented exquisitely, the signature cream packaging evokes a similar response as the little blue Tiffany & Co. box! This mothers day, Jo Malone has designed the perfect luxury mothers day gift. Candle Trousseau offers a collection of the most popular scented candles (Pomegranate Noir, Grapefruit, Wild Fig & Cassis) and Jo Malone matches, along with a sterling silver candle snuffer and a key, all presented in a timeless leather box. This is a stylish and stunning gift that will be remembered for a long time. Available on BergdorfGoodman.com for $575.

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The Michael S Smith Collection for Agraria

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Filed under: Decor, Cosmetics and Fragrance

There's no easier or simpler way to both boost your mood and give an entire room a makeover than to infuse it with a beautiful scent. The Michael S. Smith Collection for Agraria is a great way to do that, with two scents available in your choice of mix and match candle, fragrance sheets, and AirEssence options. The new fragrances, Angkor and Palma, are born of quite different inspirations -- Angkor coming from deep in the Cambodian rainforests and Palma heralding from sunny Mallorca. Prices range from $28 to $105, depending.

Gallery: The Michael S. Smith Collection for Agraria

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Kissing Candlesticks

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor

A romantic dinner by candlelight is perhaps one of the most common, and most enjoyable, ways to spend Valentine's Day. And what better way to set the mood and light the evening than with a pair of classy looking Kissing Candlesticks from Nambé. The candlesticks cuddle up together to give off a sweet glow of love without being gaudy, cheesy, or over-the-top. And after Valentine's Day is over they aren't so themed you can't continue to display and use them the rest of the year. 7" or 9" high, $79-$110.

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DayNa Decker Chandels

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Filed under: Decor

The Botanika candle from DayNa Decker doesn't just burn, it also makes a soft crackling noise thanks to the ecowood wick. The Botanika "chandel" comes in five different fragrances using scents such as bergamot, freesia, plumeria, cedarwood and vetiver. The six ounce sells for $54 and burns for 40-45 hours. The 16-ounce size sells for $76. Designer DayNa Decker has a whole line of candles and oil lamps. The Luminesse sculpture uses a wood wick and burns the luminesse oil which is vegetable based.

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Seaton Surf Candles

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Seaton Surf, surveyors of casual beach chic clothing, have come up with a new candle collection to put you in a seaside mood. The candles , which were featured in December's Vogue magazine, come in scents named for exotic locales such as Bali and the Maldives. Unfortunately the website, doesn't give us any info on scent but the candles sell for $45.

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Ergo Pearl Collection Candles

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor

It always makes sense to stock up on beautiful and fragrant candles at the holidays, they make a perfect hostess gift or a nice office gift. These gold and silver ones from The Pearl Collection by Ergo Candles with their gold and silver packaging have a particularly festive look. The soy candles are hand poured and come in a variety of fragrances including Dark Chocolate, Ebony, Moroccan Cedar, Linen and Pomegranate. Each seven ounce candle will burn for 40 to 50 hours and sells for $22.

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Seven Deadly Sins Candles and Notes

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Filed under: Decor

Feeling wicked? The stationer Mrs. John L. Strong has partnered up with the purveyor of goth luxury, Douglas Little to create the Seven Deadly Sins Collection. The collection includes seven candles, Anger, Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Sloth and Vanity along with seven hand-engraved cards. The set sells for $225.

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