The slow burn
I have a pet peeve: buying an expensive, awesome smelling candle that, once lit, only emits the scent of burning wax. It makes me crazy. I adore lighting candles and do so every night. It’s my ritual, a must-have luxury. A sucker for beautiful packaging and breathtaking fragrance, I can’t help myself. But when my olfactory senses are left with the scent of plain old, utterly free, boring air? I think you know where I’m going with this. Clearly (and thankfully), so did the lovely trio whom are the brains behind skincare phenomenon, Mama Mio. Captured in a sleek magenta glass cylinder, the Gravida candle ($28, at the Bay) gives off an intoxicating blend of mandarin, neroli and ylang ylang essential oils. Its heady scent is one part let’s-get-it-on, one part ooh-I-feel-so-mellow-now and fills my living room within moments of being lit. A win-win situation, really, because while totally appealing to my inner girly-girl and meeting my olfactory expectations, my manly-man of a husband likes it too.
