As the global air care market continues to
grow (scented candle sales in the UK alone are now said to exceed £90 million
p/a), fragrance companies are ever looking for new opportunities to expand
their reach. Whilst niche houses such as Diptyque have long offered their
customers the opportunity to match their own perfume to their home’s, the
recent announcement by Thierry Mugler of a new line of scented candles,
including their most iconic perfume Angel, marks a new era.
At £39 for the 6.4 oz wax version of Angel
and Alien and £49 for the others, Mugler have positioned themselves at the
lower end of the premium candle market. Yet, for all my admiration for Angel,
it would have to be the sole surviving candle in the wake of a power grid
collapse for me to put flame to its wick.
Which brings me to Dr. Vranjes’ home
fragrance Terra. The company describes Terra’s scent as including notes of
‘Syberian (sic) Pine, green brush musk, Occitan lavender, vanilla, wild mint
leaves’. I however, experience the fragrance as a mix of bright, terpy incense
with woody, green accents and warm, oriental balsams and vanilla.
Available as a room spray and as a
reed-diffuser, the blend works exceptionally well: in its diffuser form, throw
is sufficient to comfortably scent an average-sized living room; the evaporation
rate is very acceptable: a 250mL bottle lasts me around five months; and the
supplied bamboo reeds do not clog with resins. The faceted, clear glass bottle with
white labelling meanwhile, makes an elegant addition to the mantelpiece.
Price is also £49.
Sorry, Mugler.
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