CANDLES COLLECTION

CREATED BY HEDI SLIMANE, THE CELINE HAUTE PARFUMERIE IS BEING ENRICHED WITH A CANDLE COLLECTION. FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PERFUMES LAUNCHED IN 2019, THIS COLLECTION IS IN KEEPING WITH THE NOTION OF THE “COUTURIER PARFUMEUR” AND REVIVES A VERY PERSONAL RITUAL - THE REDISCOVERY OF THE OLFACTORY IMPRINT OF A PARTICULAR EXISTENCE IN SPACE OR TIME, RANGING FROM THE HOMES OF PRIVATE EVERYDAY LIFE TO THE SALONS DES MAISONS DE COUTURE.

THE COLLECTION IS COMPRISED OF EIGHT CANDLES, SIX WILL BE LAUNCHED IN 2021 AND TWO OTHERS IN 2022:

2021
L’INVENTAIRE
PALIMPSESTE
PAPIERS FROISSÉS
TAMBOUR NOIR
GRANDS LYS
NIGHTCLUBBING

2022
ILLUMINATIONS
SILENCE BLANC

THE PERSONAL THEMES OF HEDI SLIMANE

THE CANDLE COLLECTION REINTERPRETS THE THEMES AND STYLISTIC CODES HELD DEAR TO THE COUTURIER - PARIS, THE TIMELESS ELEGANCE OF A COUTURE HOUSE, AS WELL AS FRENCH TRADITION AND ITS CULTURAL ROOTS.

THE OLFACTORY SIGNATURE

THE CANDLE COLLECTION REMAINS WITHIN THE SAME OLFACTORY LINE AS THE PERFUMES: A POWDERY AND ADDICTIVE SIGNATURE.

FOR EACH COMPOSITION, THE HIGH-QUALITY NATURAL MATERIALS HARMONIZE WITH SOPHISTICATED ACCORDS. AS THE HOURS GO BY, THEIR NOTES UNFOLD IN THE ATMOSPHERE, LEAVING AN INVISIBLE AND MUTED PATINA ON FAMILIAR OBJECTS.

THE WAX-MAKER’S SAVOIR-FAIRE

GUIDED BY HEDI SLIMANE, PERFUMERS AND WAX-MAKERS COMBINE TALENTS AND SAVOIR-FAIRE. EACH PIECE UNDERGOES THE METICULOUS PRODUCTION METHOD DEVELOPED BY THE MAISON’S WAX-MAKER, ALMOST UNIQUE IN FRANCE AS TO HAVE ALSO RECEIVED TRAINING AS A PERFUMER.

THE STAGES IN PRODUCTION ARE DESIGNED TO FAITHFULLY RECREATE THE ACCORDS AND PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF THE INGREDIENTS CHOSEN BY THE PERFUMERS:
1 SLOW CASTING WITH A 24H RESTING PERIOD BEFORE THE SMOOTHING STAGE ON THE CANDLE’S SURFACE.
2 PRODUCTION IN SMALL LOTS OF A MAXIMUM OF 1000 PIECES. ONE SINGLE PROCESS TO AVOID THE PERFUME CONCENTRATE FROM HEATING FOR MORE THAN ONE HOUR WHEN IT IS MIXED WITH THE CANDLES AND OILS.
3 A LENGTHY PAUSE IN THE OPEN AIR, THE TIME NEEDED FOR THE WAX TO SOLIDIFY NATURALLY IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE PERFUME.