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The slow burn

By Adriana Ermter | September 24th, 2009 | 4:15 pm

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Photography by Nicole Stafford

Photography by Nicole Stafford

I have a pet peeve: buying an expensive, awesome smelling candle that, once lit, only emits the scent of burning wax. It makes me crazy. I adore lighting candles and do so every night. It’s my ritual, a must-have luxury. A sucker for beautiful packaging and breathtaking fragrance, I can’t help myself. But when my olfactory senses are left with the scent of plain old, utterly free, boring air? I think you know where I’m going with this. Clearly (and thankfully), so did the lovely trio whom are the brains behind skincare phenomenon, Mama Mio. Captured in a sleek magenta glass cylinder, the Gravida candle ($28, at the Bay) gives off an intoxicating blend of mandarin, neroli and ylang ylang essential oils. Its heady scent is one part let’s-get-it-on, one part ooh-I-feel-so-mellow-now and fills my living room within moments of being lit. A win-win situation, really, because while totally appealing to my inner girly-girl and meeting my olfactory expectations, my manly-man of a husband likes it too.

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  • Brandilicious

    I couldn’t agree more!
    In fact, in addition to lighting candles, I also light up my fragrance oil burner – it never disappoints.
    Oils are available in such a great variety of scents, you can’t go wrong!

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