Beauty

These Sublimely Beautiful Hand-Painted Candles Are a Mother’s Day Dream

By Laura Regensdorf
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    For the new limited-edition Régime des Fleurs candles, George Venson, of the design atelier Voutsa, transformed the vessels into miniature gouache paintings.

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    Swans, a musky sandalwood-violet scent, features a dueling pair of the long-necked birds: one white, one black.

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    The tropical flora call to mind some far-flung paradise; the scent, Naiad, brings together notes of heady jasmine, Egyptian mint, and shiso.

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    Aqua marine—a fragrance note and a vivid ground color—joins a blend of white florals (jasmine sambac, gardenia, tuberose) and Sicilian cypress in Thaleia.

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    Oakmoss, powdered tobacco, and ambergris bring a studied air to Return, an olfactory riff on Catholicism dressed in russet tones and a pale yellow poppy.