June 1st, 2009
Eternal Flame
Freshly baked bread is one way to entice prospective homebuyers, but if you’re really in a bind, we say wow them with a scent that is totally unique.
Cire Trudon, founded in Paris in 1643, is the oldest candle-maker in the world and was official supplier of candles to the court at Versailles (supplying Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette).
Perfumes include the wonderfully smoky “Ernesto” and “Spiritus Sancti,” which conjures the rich scent of church incense. Our choice is the fresh minty scent of Abd el Kader.
The wick is made from organic cotton and the deep green glass casing is made by hand in an old glassworks at Vinci in Tuscany. Even the gold labels are made by an ancient champagne house.
No other flame holds a candle to it.
$89 at Putti, 1104 Yonge St.,Toronto, 416-972-7652, www.putti.ca
