French candle makers diptyque are known for their outstanding quality and big range of great scented candles. In time for Holiday 2010 they present the Holiday Candle Collection in a limited edition. As part of the collection they offer three scents – Spicy Orange, Pine and Oliban. All three come in special Holiday glasses and are now available directly from them.

Check out the others after the jump.

These days the choice of high end scented candles has become very big. From up and coming to more established brands, everybody offers something in the category now. AtelierMaisonMallon from Berlin has taken a slightly different approach, which we find quite appealing. They went out and searched for 100 crystal glasses, in order to turn them into candles. The end result are two scents, produced with a traditional French fragrance house, housed in beautiful crystal glasses, with each one being different from the next. The candles are now in stock at Soto Berlin.

More images of the candles can be found here.

New York’s Reed Space decided to get together with fragrance makers Joya and men’s cosmectics brand Baxter Of California to develop a custom scent. The outcome is LAPSANG NOIR.

“LAPSANG NOIR is a smoky, steaming black Lapsang Souchong Tea with inflections of exotic Indonesian herbal tones over a warm and radiant white floral mix of Tuberose, Pikaki, Ylang Ylang and Jacaranda blossoms.
We were burning the Baxter “Noir” Candle Series at the Staple Design HQ as well as Reed Space on a regular basis. It’s a unanimous favorite for everyone. This inspired us to create a custom scent that was uniquely ours, but still, shared the spirit of Baxter of California and Joya. The result is something that took 15 months to create and we are supremely proud of this collaboration: LAPSANG NOIR.

The Lapsang Noir candle will be available in two sizes: HALF KILO ($84) and FULL KILO ($151). The large
black wax candles have impressive burn times of 100 hours and 200 hours respectively. You can find the candles at Reed Space in NYC and at Baxter Finley (Baxter’s Barber Shop) in Los Angeles. Additionally the candles will be available online at select retail partners.”

Not only do these smell great, but the candles packaging is also simple and beautiful, inspired by the packaging of tea.

Take a more detailed look at the various sizes candles after the jump.

Parisian music producer duo and fashion designers Kitsune have joined forces with James Heeley to produce candles for the Holiday season. They present two scents in this first collaboration – Mint and Moss. Both are now available from colette, coming in a nice minimal design and matching packaging. Perfect for a small Christmas present.

Further images follow after the jump.

“QT Wax” is the theme of this collaboration between Japanese labels Real Mad Hectic and Skulss. Our Japanese isn’t the greatest, but we gather the candles are made of 100% pure oil – which doubles as hand cream – and the artwork was done by Kashi Da Handsome, a Freestyle MC, who is also apparently a fairly talented cartoonist. Releasing this week at real Mad Hectic.

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The oldest French candle maker Cire Trudon has teamed up with Japanese brand Undercover. Presented are the “GilApple” candles in two colorways and “The Blooming Hut” candles also coming in two versions. The candles will be released mid November at Undercover stores. Via honeyee.

Ligne Blanche continues to present artist designed scented candles. Their latest one features the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat. The amber wood theme candle is now availabel from colette.

Commonwealth created four different Beeswax Candles. “They burn with the spectrum of the sun emitting a brighter, longer burning flame. It has also been shown that while burning beeswax candles, naturally emitting negative ions clean the air and invigorate the body. The “Nice Dreams” beeswax candle is a enlightening higher meditation scent featuring base notes of chocolate fudge brownies with fresh air notes of the good sensimilla. A fragrance you can burn year round without having to worry about “the boys in blue.” Other scents include: Nag Champion, Green Thumb, and Peoples Choice.” Commonwealth Beeswax Candles are now available instore and online.

Surrender (storeguide) has gotten their delivery of Cire Trudon candles. The Parisian brand is manufacturing candles in Paris since 1643. The scented candles come in regular sizes, but also in the form of busts, looking really nice.

Take a closer look at the Cire Trudon collection after the jump.

Japanese brand NEXUSVII® presents their new Original Candle Collection. The line-up includes No.2 DAMASK, No.3 LONGING, No.6 RACHAEL, No.8 TEARS IN RAIN and No.9 FAREWELL. Look out for these in stores soon. Via Warp.