I’m so here for the luxury candle reviews! I found your channel through your Nest reviews! Fall candles are my favorite but I’m still burning my summer scents, not yet ready for the weather to turn.
I love and own many Diptyque fragrances and candles. I burn Ambre and Benjoin together and it smells just like my favorite MFK fragrance, Grand Soir. Some of my other favorites are Narguile, Myrrh, and Sandalwood. 😍
I love everything from Diptyque. Have you tried Astier de villatte Candles ? Omg they are so good. If you like diptyque you should try Astier de villatte too 😊
Diptyque is highway robbery. Here's why... This from Diptyque: "In addition to natural fragrances, Diptyque candles can also boast a high quality that is hard to match." Read between the lines. Natural fragrance does not mean essential oils. If Diptyque used essential oils they would say so. Diptyque uses synthetic oils, which almost all high-end perfumers use. There's an argument too that pure essential oils don't have a strong throw but that's another discussion. My main critique with Diptyque is that their candles are dry and very little oil is used, whether synthetic or natural. Many candles have little to no smell at all. Diptyque was once a small company making small batch artisanal candles. The amount of oil in their candles used to bead up on the wax surface. When lit, their candles filled the room with extraordinary fragrance. When unlit, their candles had a strong cold throw. No more. Diptyque's quality is gone but it's no surprise. Diptyque expanded to some 100 stores all over the world and with expansion comes compromise. Diptyque candles are mass produced, of poor quality, and sold for exorbitant prices. Then there's this. "Diptyque candles are all hand-poured and made of high-quality paraffin wax." This is crazy. You're paying $80 for a candle made with petroleum based paraffin wax. Is this paraffin wax from China or from France? Does it matter and how do we know? Oh, and thank you Diptyque for not using "poor-quality" paraffin wax. I can't make this stuff up if I tried. Of course, Diptyque couldn't use soy wax or beeswax because this would be too costly for them and they'd have to have to raise the price beyond what is already extraordinary. Better to pinch pennies at the factory and maximize profits. Sounds like something something, wink-wink, a private equity firm would do, not an artisanal French candlemaker. It goes on. "Each candle is carefully prepared individually and hand poured to ensure that a qualified person can spot any problems and flaws." Does it matter if a candle is hand poured or poured from a machine? Again, with 100 stores and candles being made en masse, all that matters is precision. Great candles must use high quality wax, high quality oils and fragrances, and high quality wicks centered on their bases. This is marketing gobbledygook and Diptyque knows it. It gets worse. Sure enough, in 2005, Diptyque was bought by... you guessed it... a private equity firm, Manzanita Capital. Their CEO, William S. Fisher's worth is $1.85 billion. He worked at the Gap and he's a hedge fund manager. It's Fisher's job to maximize profits at all costs, definitely not what I would associate with an artisanal, high quality candlemaker. There are salaries to be paid. I'm not talking about the pittance that Diptyque's staff are paid, though they're the heart of the company and should be well compensated. The real money is made at the top of the food chain. It explains why Diptyque's candles cost $80 and if you want to buy a lid for the candle, that's an extra $30 - $60 for a cheap piece of... whatever. If you're not careful, you can spend up to $140 for a 190g paraffin wax candle. Like I said, highway robbery. Diptique is no longer a French candle company. They are owned by a London-based conglomerate. Diptyque's gorgeous looking products and their extraordinary history keeps them from being a 1-star company, but their candles suck purple Twinkies. Be careful, there are several once vaunted candlemakers that have fallen into the hands of capital investment companies, more concerned with profits than with quality. Another befallen favorite is Le Labo. There are many better alternatives at all price points. Here are a few high-end candlemakers that use quality ingredients: Cire Trudon, Mad et Len, Maitre Gantier, Christian Tortu, & Carrière Frères ...and many come with lids.
Obsessed with these candles !!! They are pure class and luxurious…. I burn them all the time … they give such a wonderfull vibe .Great video Drew 🙌🙌🙌
You've convinced me...heading to the website now!
Yay!! Please let me know what you pick up!
Thanks for sharing your top 5 list, Drew! Have a great weekend and happy melting 🤗💚
I’m so here for the luxury candle reviews! I found your channel through your Nest reviews! Fall candles are my favorite but I’m still burning my summer scents, not yet ready for the weather to turn.
I just recently tried diptyque candles for the first time. They burn sooo long and clean to the bottom! Of course the smell is divine.
I love and own many Diptyque fragrances and candles. I burn Ambre and Benjoin together and it smells just like my favorite MFK fragrance, Grand Soir. Some of my other favorites are Narguile, Myrrh, and Sandalwood. 😍
I love Diptyque candles 💝
What a fantastic review! Really enticing. Well done!
I love everything from Diptyque. Have you tried Astier de villatte Candles ? Omg they are so good. If you like diptyque you should try Astier de villatte too 😊
SO here for this!!! 😍😍
Yasssss
They sound wonderful
Love 💘 your hair colour 😍 💕 ❤!!
❤ oh I live in NYC need that
Have you tried Narguilé and Coing ? They are so good !!!
I have years ago yes, they will be in my collection again soon!
Oooh Excited for this one 🎃👻🍁🖤😍 I’ve never tried these, but I’ve been curious. I’ll give them a go now ❤️
Oooohhh these candles are expensive!!! Luxury, we deserve it
Diptyque is highway robbery. Here's why...
This from Diptyque: "In addition to natural fragrances, Diptyque candles can also boast a high quality that is hard to match." Read between the lines. Natural fragrance does not mean essential oils. If Diptyque used essential oils they would say so. Diptyque uses synthetic oils, which almost all high-end perfumers use. There's an argument too that pure essential oils don't have a strong throw but that's another discussion. My main critique with Diptyque is that their candles are dry and very little oil is used, whether synthetic or natural. Many candles have little to no smell at all.
Diptyque was once a small company making small batch artisanal candles. The amount of oil in their candles used to bead up on the wax surface. When lit, their candles filled the room with extraordinary fragrance. When unlit, their candles had a strong cold throw. No more. Diptyque's quality is gone but it's no surprise. Diptyque expanded to some 100 stores all over the world and with expansion comes compromise. Diptyque candles are mass produced, of poor quality, and sold for exorbitant prices.
Then there's this. "Diptyque candles are all hand-poured and made of high-quality paraffin wax." This is crazy. You're paying $80 for a candle made with petroleum based paraffin wax. Is this paraffin wax from China or from France? Does it matter and how do we know? Oh, and thank you Diptyque for not using "poor-quality" paraffin wax. I can't make this stuff up if I tried. Of course, Diptyque couldn't use soy wax or beeswax because this would be too costly for them and they'd have to have to raise the price beyond what is already extraordinary. Better to pinch pennies at the factory and maximize profits. Sounds like something something, wink-wink, a private equity firm would do, not an artisanal French candlemaker.
It goes on. "Each candle is carefully prepared individually and hand poured to ensure that a qualified person can spot any problems and flaws." Does it matter if a candle is hand poured or poured from a machine? Again, with 100 stores and candles being made en masse, all that matters is precision. Great candles must use high quality wax, high quality oils and fragrances, and high quality wicks centered on their bases. This is marketing gobbledygook and Diptyque knows it.
It gets worse. Sure enough, in 2005, Diptyque was bought by... you guessed it... a private equity firm, Manzanita Capital. Their CEO, William S. Fisher's worth is $1.85 billion. He worked at the Gap and he's a hedge fund manager. It's Fisher's job to maximize profits at all costs, definitely not what I would associate with an artisanal, high quality candlemaker.
There are salaries to be paid. I'm not talking about the pittance that Diptyque's staff are paid, though they're the heart of the company and should be well compensated. The real money is made at the top of the food chain. It explains why Diptyque's candles cost $80 and if you want to buy a lid for the candle, that's an extra $30 - $60 for a cheap piece of... whatever. If you're not careful, you can spend up to $140 for a 190g paraffin wax candle. Like I said, highway robbery.
Diptique is no longer a French candle company. They are owned by a London-based conglomerate. Diptyque's gorgeous looking products and their extraordinary history keeps them from being a 1-star company, but their candles suck purple Twinkies. Be careful, there are several once vaunted candlemakers that have fallen into the hands of capital investment companies, more concerned with profits than with quality. Another befallen favorite is Le Labo.
There are many better alternatives at all price points. Here are a few high-end candlemakers that use quality ingredients:
Cire Trudon, Mad et Len, Maitre Gantier, Christian Tortu, & Carrière Frères
...and many come with lids.
Thanks for your thoughts!
NYC- It doesn’t smell like trash homeless or dirt. 😂 🏙️ I live here also. You nailed it.
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