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Hold onto your hats, fellow international candle addicts: Lemuria is now shipping to Canada, the UK and Australia!!

I ordered from Dani when I had family in the US, and they brought the candles back. I can attest that her scents are unlike anything I've found in the UK - they're atmospheric, original and rooted in the wide-open landscapes of the US. I'm super excited she's shipping internationally now.

For shipping to the UK, VAT is included, so I'm guessing there would be no additional charges at the doorstep. Diptyque is my yardstick for the cost of a candle. I played with different order sizes, and an order of 2 or 4 comes to around £14 more than a Diptyque (3 was a strange blip on the shipping cost/candle). 5 or 6 brings you to around £11 more than a Diptyque.

To me, this seems a worthwhile premium for a much better burn, true originality, and possibly a slightly better burn time per candle. And supporting an artisanal business in the process!

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Got the email this morning (UK). I'd be interested to know what the throw on Le Matin is like. I wonder if these are limited editions or new to the permanent collection?

After my visit to Liberty last week, where the SA said Chene, Coriandre, and Mousses were on the chopping block, I popped into the Covent Garden boutique and chatted to a manager. He said that they were wrong - because Coriandre is a refill, Chene has just been reformulated and that they had heard nothing about Mousses, in short, not to worry x

I was in Liberty, London today, talking to a sales assistant who said that she'd been told that Chene, Mousses and one other (she's not sure which) are going to be discontinued. I'm simply reporting what she said, but I'm surprised no one else has heard or reported this, given that many have good relationships with SAs in boutiques. So I'm just passing this on in case anyone else wants to ask about this rumour in other locations.

I love intensely green, tomato, greenhousey (and fig) candles, but I often have two problems with them. Either they don't have enough base to anchor their throw, or after a few burns, they smell bitter and burnt to my nose. A good example of this is FE's Heirloom Tomato - great throw, smelled wonderful at first, but by halfway down the jar, my nose registers a burned-rubber smell to the point I dread lighting it. I got this from True Grace Fig and a few other candles. I'm thinking this could be due to how my brain registers galbanum.

So I'm looking for recommendations for strong-throwing, very green/tomato candles that don't take on a burnt quality over time. Thanks!

Calling all polished wood enthusiasts! For anyone who has burned all three, how do they compare? I've only cold sniffed the Diptyque and Trudon. The cold throw on both was sweeter than I would have liked. I'm curious to know what happens to them when lit and how does Opera fit into the waxed wood equation?

Villa Kontor (Germany) has a selection of CF candles for only 20 euros, including discontinued Sichuan pepper and ebony, as well as a few favourites like tomato, cedar, lemon, etc. Discontinued Hemera and Vesta alabasters are 109 euros, but other Trudons are also discounted. If you sign up for the newsletter, you get an additional 10% off. I did have to pay 29 euros to ship to the UK and be mindful of the customs cut-off (£135 for the UK), but it's still incredible value.

One candle house for the rest of your life... who would it be? Let's be generous and say you can have the current and back catalogue!

I think I would go with Carriere Freres.

All those beautifully composed botanicals and food-adjacent scents are my jam. They've been going quite a while, so I think a back catalogue of botanicals would keep me very happy. Everything I've ever gotten from them is a hit. Benzoin and Cacao might have to work hard to hit the savoury gourmand comfort hit I crave, but I don't think I would mind!

How about you?