{"id":18251,"date":"2017-12-06T08:30:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T00:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=18251"},"modified":"2018-08-04T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T06:08:15","slug":"diptyque-christmas-candle-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2017\/12\/diptyque-christmas-candle-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Diptyque takes to the stars on the backs of the Unicorn, Dragon and Phoenix and leaves me starry-eyed!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am unabashedly a fan of scented candles, despite detractors, and I have amassed quite a collection over the years from different brands. This year, I told myself I’d be good. I’d burn through the candles I currently own, before buying more. Barring the odd local discovery<\/a>, I had been good.<\/p>\n

And then Diptyque unveiled their Christmas candles, and all resolve went out the window!<\/p>\n

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This year, Diptyque has collaborated with French artist, Philippe Baudeloque, for their Christmas collection, and I was smitten! Drawing on 3 mythical creatures and set amongst the glittering stars of the cosmos, they had fused 3 of my interests – candles, mythical animals and the stars. I once harboured ambitions of becoming an astronaut. But I was so bad at physics, I gave up on it \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

The other thing that caught my eye, was the use of coloured wax. Diptyque has, in its permanent collection, candles with coloured wax but I believe this is the first time they were using this coloured wax in their Christmas collection.<\/p>\n

Naturally therefore, I had to set aside funds to indulge, for this was not just a candle, it was a beautiful display piece. The question however, was which of the 3 I’d pick up? \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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The 3 mythical animals chosen were the Dragon (Red), Phoenix (Blue) and Unicorn (Green). The scents in each candle correspond.<\/p>\n