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Vogue Singapore
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue Singapore
New candles with sublime scents to elevate any ambience
There's nothing like a resplendent candle and its delicious aroma to completely transform the atmosphere of any space. Fortunately for us, a host of new candles with scents as sublime as their flacons have arrived. It's all about versatility this season. While our favourites share a portal to instant comfort in common, it's in a variety of ways. There's the striking boldness of Jo Malone's new Cypress & Grapevine candle, whilst Commune's Vetiveria Nox is an enveloping blend featuring vetivert and vanilla, designed with evening in mind. Then, wherever you find yourself on your travels this season, there's a candle for the climate. Should you be fortunate enough to enjoy a Northern summer, consider the sunny notes of Acqua di Parma's Ulivo candle, featuring bursts of blackcurrant alongside evoking the olive trees of Italy. Meanwhile, Van Cleef & Arpels' Les Mimosas D'Hiver pays homage to the winter-blooming mimosa flower through its comforting medley, as Tsu Lange Yor's TLY 5755 utilises native ingredients grown in brand founder Troye Sivan's Australian homeland. Alongside their stunning scents, this season's most notable candles are also exquisitely housed. Long after their wax is depleted, their flacons can be held on to and cherished. View Vogue Singapore's edit of the best new candle scents to note now, below… Courtesy of Jo Malone London 1 / 5 Jo Malone Cypress & Grapevine Candle Sharing the same potent blend as its namesake fragrance, this gorgeously housed candle is sure to make a bold impression. Here, notes of cypress trees, amber and grapevine mingle for a mixture that reads pure sensual warmth. Jo Malone Cypress & Grapevine Candle, $155, available at Tangs Courtesy of Van Cleef & Arpels 2 / 5 Van Cleef & Arpels Les Mimosas D'Hiver Scented Candle This enchanting candle is just as luxurious as you'd expect from Van Cleef & Arpels, better-known for bringing us some of the finest jewellery there is. Its warm scent draws its inspiration from the winter-blooming mimosa flower, melded with bergamot, amber and tonka bean for comforting brightness. Van Cleef & Arpels Les Mimosas D'Hiver Scented Candle, $135, available at Escentials Courtesy of Commune 3 / 5 Commune Vetiveria Nox Candle Invite in the complexity of Vetiveria Nox. Ideal for an evening ambience given its notable depth, light the wick to draw in notes of vetivert, vanilla, sandalwood, elemi, black pepper and laurel. Altogether enveloping, its striking flacon is designed to be cherished. Commune Vetiveria Nox Candle, $189.06, available at Fwrd Courtesy of Tsu Lange Yor 4 / 5 Tsu Lange Yor TLY 5755 Candle A new arrival from Tsu Lange Yor, the collection of soothing objects for 'self and sanctuary' helmed by Troye Sivan, this candle is a portal to calm. Herbaceous and woody, indulge in a blend of natively grown Australian ingredients including sandalwood, mountain pepper and buddawood, alongside black pepper, vetiver and vanilla. Tsu Lange Yor TLY 5755 Candle, $124.64, available at Fwrd Courtesy of Acqua di Parma 5 / 5 Acqua di Parma Ulivo Scented Wax Candle Herald the summer season with this limited edition exclusive from Acqua di Parma. Its scent is pure sunshine: blackcurrant, olive wood and labdanum combine to evoke the vibrancy of olive trees in Italy. Acqua di Parma Ulivo Scented Wax Candle, $118, available at Selfridges
Los Angeles Times
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
A shopping experience bringing rare design, art and fashion — with a little bit of intimidation
It was clear while ascending to the Pacific Design Center that — the inaugural retail experience blending rare design, art and fashion — was for the heads. In the parking lot, I spotted a woman wearing a coat from the Row, another in a pair of Miu Miu thong-boots. The signaling was subtle but clear: We come to this place for flexing. I followed them and other stylish people to the top floor of the center, where rooms holding rare works of art, housewares, furniture and fashion awaited. The point for Jesse Lee — founder of the online design marketplace, which organized last weekend — was less see and be seen, and more: see, be seen, and most importantly: buy. Buy. Buy. Buy. Everything was for sale, from the niche perfumes of Troye Sivan's Tsu Lange Yor, to the red Chirac Sofa by Paulin Paulin Paulin X Christo & Jeanne-Claude X Parley for the Oceans, shown in an all-red room. Outside, French architect and designer Jean Prouvé's iconic gas station from 1969 made its debut on American soil. Other participants included fashion brands and vintage dealers, from 424 to Justin Reed; cornerstones of Italian design, like Memphis Milano and Edizioni del Pesce by Gaetano Pesce. One-of-one art objects, like the silver and crystal-encrusted can openers and martini glasses from the Future Perfect's Perfect Nothing Catalog. While many, if not most, of the pieces shown at the fair were museum worthy, was never intended to be a museum, says Lee. It's not a passive experience, but an interactive, high-stakes marketplace. Walking through felt like being in the fanciest department store in an upscale mall 30 years ago — before malls were mere skeletons, before we spent all our time scrolling on the Real Real or 1stDibs. was filled with the sexiness and tension of the shopping experiences of yore. There was crispy white carpet in rooms featuring iconic design pieces from the Italian design house Gufram, including the Pratone lounge chair in the vibrant shape and color of oversized blades of grass. There were performance art elements from other vendors. Enorme was selling its original 1985 phone designed by Jean Pigozzi, Ettore Sottsass and David Kelley in a set made to look and feel like an '80s office, including a model in period-perfect styling, hair and makeup, speaking on said phone. It felt like watching a movie. There were also moving moments of discovery. I was stunned to find that the beautiful, silver bean bag chair I was immediately drawn to (and almost plopped down on) was actually a 2007 sculpture made of rock-hard aluminum by Cheryl Ekstrom, presented by JF Chen. Lee was inspired by his own experiences of shopping at Barney's in Beverly Hills (RIP) as a design-obsessed youth, before he had the means to be shopping at Barney's. 'What we want this to be is obsessively curated and unapologetically commercial,' Lee says. 'What I miss is what Barney's was for me 10 years ago. It wasn't about the prices or what I bought, but it was more about the fact that I could easily spend six, seven hours really immersing myself in the experience of this luxury store.' also feels like a subtle protest of this new L.A. aesthetic that has emerged in the last 15 years — blond wood, airy, minimalist design, a plant in the corner — that Lee (and I, and many others) have grown fatigued over. These spaces scream: 'We're casual, we're accessible.' With Lee says: 'I want this experience to have a little bit of intimidation.' As we were scouring the racks from Archived, a rare designer fashion and furniture showroom, one of my companions, an editor, noted: 'Alex Israel just took his glasses off.' We collectively realized we'd never actually seen the artist without his sunglasses, but in this context it made the most sense. These pieces we were all poring over demanded a closer look: From an Autumn/Winter 2002 Gucci shearling fur coat, to a pair of perfectly worn-in Helmut Lang leather pants from the late '90s that made me salivate. In the same exhibiting room was Hommemade, A$AP Rocky's interior design studio. It featured the Hommemade Cafe, which was serving a meticulous espresso martini, and the Hommemade entertainment console and professional studio on wheels — complete with a projector, microphones, snack dispenser and rolling tray. Rocky's first collection with Ray-Ban as its newly appointed creative director was also on display. Later that evening, Rocky himself made an appearance, effectively consecrating his own corner of the fair and as a whole. was invite-only. And its invitees felt like a rare group, for whom niche furniture designers and archival fashion pieces existed in tabs that lived side by side in their brains. It was different from the crowd of patrons you might see at a traditional art fair (not enough rizz), different from those, even, whom you may see at a fashion party (performative rizz). These people, it was clear, were intentional about the capital D-design of everything in their lives, from their jackets to their salt and pepper shakers.
