Bois d’Orient Candle by L’Artisan Parfumeur
December 7th, 2006
Since we’re on the subject of the upcoming holidays, it only seems appropriate to review one of my favorite candles – Bois d’Orient by L’Artisan Parfumeur. Bois d’Orient (Oriental Wood) is a special Christmas candle (as you can also see from the festive packaging) that brings to your home a cozy wintery blend of cedar, cinammon, cloves, nutmeg, pepper, walnut, and vanilla. Besides its incredible throw, Bois d’Orient makes me feel all warm and fuzzy with its smooth fluffiness – as if it’s been whipped into a perfect creamy mousse and sprinkled with spices. It has a perfect amount of vanilla and just enough of a spicy kick to earn a place of honor in my living room at this time of year. Moreover, believe it or not, it even reminds me of my favorite Metallica perfume (a spicy carnation vanilla blend), and the more things I find that smell like Metallica, the better, even if it means stooping down to the level of bathroom plug-in fresheners. Bois d’Orient is an olfactory equivalent of sipping hot cocoa by the fireplace on a freezing winter evening and an invaluable mood-lifting accessory for all the cold-phobiacs like myself.
Bois d’Orient is available at Aedes and Luckyscent. For more retailer information, please check the L’Artisan Parfumeur web site.
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14 Comments
1. Elle | December 7th, 2006 at 7:33 am
Yep, incredibly delicious candle. Of course, I stocked up during the holidays last year so that I could continue to burn it all through the year due to an addiction to wintery scents – despite suffering from an extreme case of cold phobia myself. They need to make a scent to match this smell.
2. chaya ruchama | December 7th, 2006 at 8:12 am
Good Morning !
You know, Elle, you’re so right…
At least 1/2 of all the house, or candle scents, SHOULD be perfumes…
Dyptique’s John Galliano, for instance…[catch me, I'm swooning...]
3. Sara | December 7th, 2006 at 8:21 am
It smells like Metallica?? And I can burn it all day long?? Sigh. My credit card is weeping. Thanks for the lovely review!
4. Marina | December 7th, 2006 at 8:29 am
Want!
5. Leopoldo | December 7th, 2006 at 9:59 am
I also adore Diptyque’s John Galliano, unlike my feelings for the man himself (indifference mostly). And I’ll catch Chaya anytime, fo sho.
6. Patty | December 7th, 2006 at 11:32 am
I just got this one, and it really is so cozy and beautiful!
7. Ina | December 7th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Elle, I agree, they do need to make a scent out of this one. The room spray doesn’t quite do it.
8. Ina | December 7th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Chaya, I so agree!
9. Ina | December 7th, 2006 at 12:57 pm
Sara, it does to me. I can’t guarantee it will to you but you never know.
10. Ina | December 7th, 2006 at 12:57 pm
Marina, yes!
11. Ina | December 7th, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Leo, I love that one as well. You and Chaya are rascals!
12. Ina | December 7th, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Patty, yay!
13. Judith | December 8th, 2006 at 7:31 am
Ok, I swapped away my room spray (I liked it, but I decided it was too potpourri-ish for me to wear often) and now you are telling me I need the candle! And I probably do, I probably do!!
14. Ina | December 8th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
Judith, you do! Trust me!