SCENT LAYERING: HOME AND ABROAD
LOVE PERFUME LAYERING? TRY LAYERING AT HOME. “BE EXPERIMENTAL
AND BURN CANDLES LIKE A SIGNATURE COCKTAIL,” SAYS ROJA. TO DO THIS, CHOOSE SCENTS THAT COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER
WITH SHARED STYLES OR SOME SIMILAR NOTES. “I LOVE TO BURN A DIFFERENT FRAGRANCED CANDLE IN EVERY ROOM,”
SAYS CHRIS, “THEN IN THE HALLWAY IT ALMOST BECOMES MY OWN SIGNATURE SCENT WHERE ALL THE AROMAS MEET. GUESTS ALWAYS ASK, ‘WHAT IS THIS SMELL?’ AND THERE ISN’T ANY ONE – THAT’S HOME.” LIKE PORTABLE PERFUMES? TRAVEL CANDLES SUCH AS JO MALONE, NEOM AND DIPTYQUE ARE GREAT FOR SCATTERING AROUND THE ROOM OR BATH FOR A TOUCH OF HOME COMFORT. “I HATE HOTELS,”
SAYS NICOLA, “SO I ALWAYS TAKE WHATEVER SCENT I’M BURNING MOST AT HOME AWAY WITH ME WHEN I’M TRAVELLING. IT HELPS ME RELAX.”
CANDLE ETIQUETTE “A LOT GOES IN TO MAKING ONE SMALL CANDLE, BUT WHAT MANY DON’T REALISE IS THAT THESE LITTLE LIGHTED FRIENDS NEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF NURTURING TOO. ROJA ADVISES:
WHEN LIGHTING FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALWAYS BURN THE CANDLE FOR TWO HOURS TO ALLOW THE WAX TO POOL EVENLY FOR
THE DURATION OF ITS BURN TIME.
DO TRIM THE WICK BEFORE RELIGHTING TO PREVENT BLACKENING OF THE GLASS.
SNEAKY! LIGHT CANDLES ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF GUESTS FOR THAT MAXIMUM PUNCH OF FRAGRANCE ON A WARM EVENING. EXTINGUISH THE FLAME AND EVEN HIDE THE CANDLE JUST BEFORE THEY ARRIVE SO THE HOME APPEARS BEAUTIFULLY, NATURALLY FRAGRANT.
YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR YOU ONLY HAVE TO EXPERIENCE AN EXPENSIVE CANDLE TO KNOW WHY IT COSTS MORE. “A CHEAP, HIGHLY SYNTHETIC FRAGRANCE CAN SMELL LIKE SURFACE SPRAY,” SAYS ROJA. “IT CAN CHEAPEN THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE HOME, AND GIVE RESIDENTS AND GUESTS A HEADACHE. IT’S LIKE CHOOSING A PIECE OF FURNITURE, YOU CAN DO IT ON THE CHEAP BUT IT WON’T HAVE THE SAME EFFECT – FUNCTIONAL OVER FASHIONABLE.” CHRIS SAYS: “IT’S ALL ABOUT THE FRAGRANCE.
YOU’LL FIND 10-12% FRAGRANCE (NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC) IN EVERY PRESTIGIOUS CANDLE, AND IT’S THIS ‘THROW’ THAT MAKES IT SCENT A ROOM EVEN BEFORE IT’S LIT.” CHEAPER CANDLES GENERALLY HAVE A SIMPLER FRAGRANCE CONSTRUCTION AND CONTAIN LESS THAN 2% PERFUME IN COMPARISON.