We’re big Flamingo Candle fans here at V&L (in case you didn’t know already 😉 ) so when they launched there sale it was really hard not to buy more of their fabulous Christmas scents, but somehow I managed to restrain myself. BUT then I got an email letting me know that more scents had been added to their Half Price Sale and it also had a discount code for 25% off regular stock. Oh ok, fiiiiine, twist my arm… 😛
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So in November myself and my love finally got to go to Paris and I was lucky to get to buy some candles. I had planned to do some more candle shopping but we had to come home earlier than planned.
I wanted to share with you the purchases I made…
We went into the Francs Bourgeois Diptyque store and I was just amazed at how beautiful it was. I literally could’ve spent all day in there smelling all their wonderful products.
I’ve never tried any Diptyque products before but have heard wonderful things about them. I decided on four candles but really I wanted one of everything!
Baies – The irresistible freshness of a bouquet of roses, sweetened with blackcurrant leaves.
Figuier – The warmth of fig wood, the freshness of its leaves and milky sap. In candles and scented ovals.
Vanille – The floral elegance of vanilla orchid gradually gives way to the intensity of the pod. Spices take precedence, blending with sandalwood and elemi to reveal a balsamy Bourbon Vanilla with smooth and woody accents.
Liquidambar (From The Holiday Collection) – A celebration of nature’s delights, which embraces the redness of this large autumnal tree. Its enveloping liquid amber is spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon, then cloaked in the scent of muscovado sugar, providing a sweet and warm veil of gourmand accents.
The ladies in the store were so helpful and even gave me some stunning matchsticks for my candles.
We also went into just about every Ladurée store we could find and after buying about a million Macarons, I bought a lovely set of two candles.
MINI CANDLES GIFT BOX Paéva & Caramel – Which one to choose when the romantism of the wild violet is opposed with the delicious caramel flavour? Both of them, of course…
“Paéva”, a fragrance of violets floating in the air, taking us in its wake and making us feel dizzy with delight. A tender and generous home fragrance of today and from old times, a refreshing fragrance.
“Caramel”, this astonishing candle is inspired by the famous Ladurée caramel with salted butter macaron. Mouth watering yet?
I have yet to burn any of the candles I got, they’re all just too pretty, but if I do decide to be less crazy and burn them I’ll let you know all about them.
Have you tried anything from either of these brands before? Or do you have any recommendations? Let us know in a comment below.
We had been to visit some friends during the week and they have a huge Lush store near them, I couldn’t not go in. 😉
I initially wanted to just buy a couple of bath bombs but I was sick and had no sense of smell, so I was like let’s just go with anything pink and/or sparkly! (The blue one is for my man, who so kindly carried my basket and tried his very best to describe scents to me. I just love how freakin adorable he is.)
We LOVE WoodWick Candles here at V&L and when I saw that our friends at Love Aroma had a new WoodWick Christmas Trilogy Candle, I knew I NEEDED it!
But really, do y’all think I would buy just one candle? 😛
After a few manic weeks I quite fancied some comforting scents and scents that would make me feel like I was on holiday somewhere.
So what did I buy?
Since we first tried Village Candles we’ve become OBSESSED with them. They’re amazing value for money and the quality of them is just excellent.
I find the large jars the best value for money and holy wow do they burn for the longest time, sometimes I think they’re never ending.
I wanted to stock up on a few more Village Candles, from some different stores, to have over the winter, but a few turned into…well a lot more than a few. 😛
So what did I buy?
