Candles
Candles
Compersion… “To take direct pleasure from the happiness of another, when it doesn’t in any way directly benefit yourself.”
I started this summer, coming back to life slowly with a new life in Glasgow, conquering demons that were long overdue and necessary in their demise. And without effort, as I walked the path into the sunlight of the spirit, came the gift that I didn’t know I ever needed. Helping others selflessly.
The journey of an artist and self-expression can be a self-serving endeavour. Solely focused on long periods, deep in the process of creation, can forge a rather myopic life perspective. I started to help and support others this summer and give back the gifts that I had been freely given, and it has been life-changing.
And as in many of my creations over the years, inspiration can come in different forms. Sometimes I like to delve into the historical archives and use history as the jumping off point. Sometimes, I like to look closely at individual ingredients and build the concept by molecularly finding newness and innovation. In the case of “Compersion”, it is a feeling that I am trying to bring into the olfactory realm. How to create a “feeling” using fragrance notes?
Starting with white woods and oak-moss, which I loved as a child, in texture and fragrance, adding Ambergris and fresh citrus accords (grapefruit rind) and sensual tonka. The key was to harmoniously blend the core notes and bring them to a gentle symphony. Using saffron, white vanilla, violet and rose, this blend finishes with the same kind of inexplicable enchantment as Kartushya. Unusual but addictive.
Two full size double wick Fig Ultimatum™ Itlaian glass candles, plus three refills. Incentively priced at a lower price than purchasing individually.
Two full size double wick Roscuro Itlaian glass candles, plus three refills. Incentively priced at a lower price than purchasing individually.
Two full size double wick Kartushya Itlaian glass candles, plus three refills. Incentively priced at a lower price than purchasing individually.
Enjoy a range of summer scents available in two unqiue rigid gift boxes.
Box 1:
1 × 3-wick Cosimo Candle
1 x ‘From Firenze with Love’ 8x wax melts
1 x Carmen 30ml Room Mist
1 x ‘From Firenze with Love’ pure electric diffuser oil
1x ‘FROOT!’ 10ml perfume sample
Box 2:
1 × 3-wick Peneloque candle
1 x Cosimo 8x wax melts
1 x Carmen 30ml Room Mist
1 x Cosimo pure electric diffuser oil
1 x ‘Mink Opal’ 10ml perfume sample
**Priced at £202 individually
Choose rich sumptuous and bold or perfumed green. Not much of an ultimatum really. The former wins every time.
(Designed by Jonathan Ward in 2009)
Enjoy 380 hpurs of candle burn time with the new 6 wick Citadel candle. Housed in Italian hand blown glass designed to not only perfectly house 3.5 litres of candle wax burn time but to then live a second life as a luxury vessel for fruit or flowers.
Send the vessel safely back to me to be refilled once empty.
A Spring Summer melody of citrus vegetal. Torn tomoato-leaf, sage, verbena, white grapefruit and a finish of subtle peppery mint. This aroma truly uplifts and cleanses the air with its nuances of bright and bold notes. Most certainly not a wallflower aroma.
Spiced cognac, birchwood, and pine. Paid homage to soldier spirit.
(Designed by Jonathan Ward in 2011)
The perfect wickless melt to quickly freshen any space without following using the usual candle guidelines. Use a conventional tart melter with a tea light to release the fragrance from each tart. Each tart lasts for 8-10 hours of melting time. There are eight pieces in each box, perfectly housed in a drawstring bag inside a gilded exterior box.
Fragrance Intense: Blackberry leaf peaking through wet peat peppered with black amber.
(Designed by Jonathan Ward in 2016)
A poetic journey from darkness to light. Oud, Amber, and Iris entangle in warm nostalgic sensuality.
Designed in 2015 by Jonathan Ward.
Tabitha was inspired. She dreamed in the art of making clothes. One evening as she ascended into an almost hallucinogenic slumber, she dreamed of a dress like no other. A sweeping gown made entirely of flowers. Geranium, peony and violets seemed to merge vibrant cerise, bold oranges and poetic purples into a tecnicolour painting to don her slender frame. Ever the modernist, Tabitha’s penchant for originality was as alive in sleep as it was during her waking hours… She gave the dream her own vivid artistic frame. Pairing a beautiful amber leather cropped pant under the gown before her neck decorated in multiple strings of pearls woven with tiny golden jasmine buds. Her look was almost complete.
Peneloque™ boldy takes vibrant florals to a finished symphony in the classic Jonathan Ward way. Unexpected and so far away from predictable , this summer statement blends bold geranium, peony, rose, violet into sensual peppery jasmine. But how to make florals original ? I created a platform of amber, tobacco leaf and the tiniest hint of leather which balances to give each florald depth and a truly original composition.
“I haven’t created a new candle statement since Covid and very much felt it was time. As I looked at the collection as a whole, it needed something that danced a little outside the spice and wood categories. However and I stress, this isn’t a classic floral. It really explores that magical harmony that can be achieved when you strive for originality in a category that can feel ‘mumsy’ or mainstream.”
Jonathan
If you like The Gypsy or Fig Ultimatum, this will be a good sister.