Well, this year Diptyque have given us something to ponder on. What exactly are these Diptyque Christmas Candles called? It’s like a game of Boggle and even the easiest one, Sapin, I honestly thought was Spain. I couldn’t even begin to start on Liquid Ambar (although I did find an impressive number of actual words, a la Boggle rules). Nonetheless, if you love those spiced, traditional candle fragrances at Christmas these three are game on.
I haven’t sparked any of these up yet – there’s only so much Christmas you want hanging around your house in November, but Diptyque is a tried and trusted candle brand, so there’s no reason to think they won’t give good burn. Sapin is the most resinous one in a pine and mandarin combination which is so beautiful I would make it my top pick of the three. Oliban (or Banoil as I like to call it ;-)) is deeper and more woody with oriental accents and the more ‘church-by-candlelight’ of the three, while Liquid Ambar (don’t start me…) is sweet, smooth and warming.
If you love traditional festive home scents, the Diptyque Christmas Candles will definitely hit the spot – these are small size candles (70g) with a burn time of up to 60 hours (but beware, those hours very quickly clock up!) and they’re £28 each HERE.
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I bought the liquid ambar one in SpaceNK a few weeks back, not lit yet. I went for the big one as I had money on my InDulge card to use.
I bought Liquid Ambar at the weekend, it’s gorgeous!
The anagram aspect of Diptyque candles has always irritated me, and I thought I was the only one! Sapin sounds nice though (and it autocorrects to Spain, so Android is with you there!).
I bought Sapin and it smells like a Christmas tree. I have been using it every night for three weeks. Gorgeous holiday scent. I will buy Oliban this week. I think it’s less sweet smelling than Liquid Ambar.
Liquidambar (all one word) is a tree, with beautiful autumn colours, and scented leaves.
I do know a bit about candles and there’s no way that a 70g candle would burn for 60 hours – nowhere near it. A 220g candle burns for a minimum of 40 hours, which in my experience is about right. Diptyque is a great brand though and I’m sure the fragrances are gorgeous!
I have been burning the Sapin candle for about two hours a night for the past 20 nights and there’s still about 1/4 left in the glass container. I think it does go for 60 hours.
I’ve been eyeing up the Sapin candle, it sounds incredible!
Stephanie xxx
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