Les Cires de Bassompierre Scented Candles

Early morning strolls through the Jardin de Luxembourg, sunny afternoons on the Piazza Navona in 1970’s Rome, balmy evenings in Cap d’Antibes; these are the settings that sisters Anouk and Nathalie van Spaendonck had in mind when they created Les Cires de Bassompierre.

​Inspired by Betty de Bassompierre, their chic French grandmother whose garden was a panoply of roses, and by their ancestors Gerard and Cornelis van Spaendonck whose famous botanical paintings hang in the Frick Collection (NYC) and the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam) – the two sisters created a range of candles designed to evoke the scenes from their childhood.

With 50 burning hours, a natural wick and a high perfume concentration in a very chic dark blue glass vessel, their hand-poured candles made in Grasse, have been designed to transport you to a world of  delicious scents.

Choice of 6 scents
AGRIPPINA rose garden
Top notes: Geranium I Green Cassis I Bergamot Middle notes: Rose I Muguet I Lily
Base notes: Musk I Sandalwood I Vanilla I Amber

LIVIA DRUSILLA woody citrus
Top note: Cassis I Mandarin
Middle notes: Neroli I Geranium I Lavender I Chamomile I Cardamon
Base note: Oud

OCTAVIA rose berries
Top note: Berries
Middle notes: Rose I Geranium
Base notes: Oak I Musk I Patchouli

MERCURIUS archive spices of Asia
Top notes: Lime I Ginger I Nutmeg
Middle notes: Cedar I Sandalwood I Amber
Base notes: Balsamic I Musk I Vanilla

VITRUVIUS smoky leather
Top note: Conifers
Middle notes: Cedar I Amber
Base notes: Balsam fir I Leather

VASARI smoky wood
Top note: Bergamot
Middle notes: Moss I Frankincense I Cedarwood
Base notes: Guaiac I Amber