The fragrances in the Voyage Collection by Vie Luxewere inspired from the fond memories of Marjorie Gubelmanns' favorite places.
Our favorite is Maldives - a blend of ceylon tea, heliotrope and palm leaves. It's a great summer scent and provides a great background fragrance when entertaining.
Cote D'azuris similar but more floral with white lily, water hyacinth, freesia, rose and French verbena.
BuenosAiresis a blend of jasmine, ceibo petals, ombu leaves and white pepper. If you liked the Slatkin Bamboo & Jasmine candle you will love the Vie LuxeBuenosAirescandle.
Palm Beach is similar to BuenosAires and is a blend of night blooming jasmine, frangipani, orange blossom and ylangylang.
All of the Vie Luxe candles are a blend of beeswax and palm wax. These 8oz candles last approximately 60 hours and are poured in nickel-finished glass.
AnticaFarmacistadiffusers arrived! We love these Mediterranean inspired fragrances. We brought in the demi size and a few of the petite size in stock.
The Aqua/Water diffuser has a nice, fresh, slightly citrus scent. It's is not ocean-side/salty like Anthousa'sOkeanos. It's more simple, crisp and clean. A slightly soft scent. The fragrance is tinted blue which causes the white reeds to tint soft blue as well.
Magnolia, Orchid & Mimosa has a strong floral fragrance - the Magnolia is the most prominent scent. This is a very feminine, strong fragrance.
The Antica Farmacista Green Fig diffuser has a nice, woody fig scent. It's not sweet or overly green like some fig scents. This is a great unisex scent.
Pompelmo/Grapefruit smells just like when you peel a grapefruit and the zest sprays out. It's very simple, clean and vibrant. Great for a bathroom or kitchen.
The Antica Farmacista Champagne diffuser is their signature scent. This does smell like bubbly champagne and slightly citrus with a hint of sweet vanilla. A great year-round, unique fragrance.
Blades of Grass is a new fragrance for AnticaFarmacista. It's a great version on grass because it isn't overly sweet. It's a great summer scent and it has a touch of citronella which could possibly keep bugs at bay.
We haven't come across an AnticaFarmacista fragrance we didn't like! If there is an AnticaFarmacista product or fragrance that you are interested in, but we don't have in stock yet, please let us know! We can order any AnticaFarmacista product for you.
What's Hot Now? This episode covers the best selling fragrance for the week of 5/10/09 at Candles Off Main in historic downtown Annapolis, Maryland and at www.candlesoffmain.com to give you inspiration on new fragrances to try.
DayNa Decker created beautiful diffusers to compliment the chandels in their Botanika Collection. The diffusers use the same hand-blown, green glass as the candle for a chic, sophisticated look. Packed with 20 rich brown reed sticks to diffuser the botanical oils, the overall look is stunning and effective. Large in scale, these diffusers will last approximately 6 months, though we guess longer than that. DayNa Decker offers diffusers in all their Botanika fragrances. We currently have Zelia, Sierra and Leila in stock, but can order and DayNa Decker Botanika fragrance if you are interested.
We thought we'd do a show on what people love. Here's a list of the top selling candles. Most of these candles are not only our best-sellers, but the best selling candles nationwide.
Tocca Grace - a gorgeous, and very fragrant, Casablanca lily scent.
Nest Bamboo - Slatkin's are know for their jasmine. Harry Slatkin had a national best selling candle, Bamboo & Jasmine, with his Slatkin & Co Classic Collection candle line. Now Laura Slatkin is setting records with Nest Fragrances Bamboo candle. This candle is available in a single wick, votive size and 3-wick candle.
The Seda France Japanese Quince is a popular scent. It's regularly featured on the Oprah Show and it's Colin Cowie's favorite fragrance. We currently have Japanese Quince in the Pagoda candle and diffuser.
Milk is the best selling scent for k. hall. The name is deceiving, it actually smells like vanilla. Think more cookies than milk. We have Milk in the 100% vegetable wax candle, diffuser, diffuser refill, bar soap, egg soap and hand lotion.
The Rigaud Cypres candle is a classic. It's been a top seller for Rigaud since it's creation over 100 years ago. We have Rigaud Cypres in the mini, demi and standard candle sizes.
Every candle line has it's stand-out fragrance. These fragrances are tops in their lines. If you're looking for a gift and you're not sure what to get, try one of these!
Ana Designs created the first striped taper over 15 years ago. They've graced the O List and many exquisite homes across the country over the years. Frank Weeden, Founder and Creative Director, for Ana Design stopped by to visit our shop yesterday so we thought we'd feature Ana Design striped taper candles on our show today! We're hoping to tape a show at his factory in Trenton, NJ sometime this summer.
QOTD: What two colors do you think would look good in an Ana Design striped taper candle?
Tocca drew from their most popular candle scents and added fragrance notes to create perfumes that are beautiful, feminine and quintessentially Tocca. The first four perfumes for Tocca were inspired from their Cleopatra, Florence, Stella and Touch fragrances. While the perfumes are similar to the candle scent, they are not a perfect match since the fragrances have been adapted to make a well-balanced perfume fragrance.
Perfumes are made up of three notes. The top note is the initial fragrance you notice and the first to evaporate. Tocca Cleopatra EaudeParfumhas top notes of grapefruit and lush greens. The second note is the middle or heart note which is the core of the fragrance. The Cleopatra perfume has middle notes of white jasmine and tuberose. The bottom or base note is the longest lasting portion of the scent that grounds the overall fragrance. Tocca Cleopatra parfum has a base notes of warm patchouli, golden amber and rich vanilla musk. The overall effect of this Cleopatra perfum is stunning. It's feminine but well balanced and our most requested perfume.
Tocca later launched Brigitte and will soon launch Giulietta. We will grow our Tocca perfume selection based on request, so if you have a Tocca fragrance that you would love to see in stock, please let us know!
QOTD: What is your favorite Tocca perfume or Tocca product?
As a child she would watch her grandfather steep tea. As she saw the clear water change to freshly scented water, she was inspired to create tea infused perfume. She is a self-taught perfumer. She now has five fragrances in her collection including Te, Element of Surprise and her best-selling scent, Mare.
