Premium candle fragrances debut at Atlanta gift show

The Marrakesh collection

Colonial Candle is introducing three new collections for everyday and holiday.

The Collection by Colonial Candle is the name of a new luxury fragrance collection. The line features three-wick 16-ounce candles available in five exclusive scents. The trend-driven fragrances include Gardenia and Peony, Red Currant and Quince, White Jasmine and Freesia, Seagrass and Papyrus and Ebonywood and Nectarine.

Featuring contemporary color glass containers with a four-color foil logo, each candle is packaged in a gift box. Fragrances include:

• Gardenia and Peony: A sophisticated floral bouquet of fresh bergamot, Tahitian gardenia, and pink peony petals.
• White Jasmine and Freesia: A soothing blend of delicate jasmine and sweet freesia wrapped in sheer musk.
• Seagrass and Papyrus: A sensual medley of sea salted greens, wild vetiver, and oceanic moss.
• Red Currant and Quince: An intriguing aroma of ripe red currant blended with pure sun-blushed quince and lush greens.
• Ebonywood and Nectarine: A luxurious creation of juicy peach nectar and apricot with a touch of ebonywood warmth.

The new Destinations fragrance collection is said to be "evocative of renowned locations across the globe, including the luxurious island getaway of St. Barths, the summertime bliss of Cape Cod, and the allure of exotic Marrakesh."

The St. Barths Spring Collection consists of four fragrances called Topaz Waters, Cocoa Plum, Coral Hibiscus and Melon Mojito. Cape Cod Summer and Marrakesh are other collections in the Destinations collection.

A fall and holiday collection has 10 fragrances.

The fall and holiday collection

Each of these three Destinations segments includes four exclusive fragrances designed to transport you to each destination. All Destinations fragrances are available in 22-ounce, 8-ounce and 3.5-ounce signature oval jars, as well as glass votives.
 

These new collections will debut in showrooms across the country during winter 2012 markets, with delivery available starting in March.

The Atlanta showroom

Candle warmers and fragrances for the holidays

Candle Warmers Etc. has introduced several new festive candle warmer designs that are said to help protect against holiday candle fires. The products promote the use of flameless candles in the home, while providing the appearance and fragrance of a regular lit candle. “Fall Leaves” is a ceramic pitcher in a gold-tone leaf motif. "Santa” has a merry smile.

New cheerful Plug-in Fragrance Warmer designs make decorating every room an especially safe and easy option for hosts this holiday season. The new “Jack-o-lantern” and “Snowman” Plug-in Fragrance Warmers use scented oils and wax melts.

The company suggests pairing its fragrance warmers with its Jamie Clair Wax Melts in new holiday fragrances: Pumpkin Spice, Peppermint, Evergreen, and Chocolate Mint. New Jamie Clair Home Fragrance Oils include Vanilla Crème Brulee.

Illumination Fragrance Warmers use a soft light to create the ambiance of a burning candle. The company’s candle warming lamps and lanterns use a patented top-down design to warm a wicked or wickless candle. Four hand-painted fall and winter lamp shade designs are also available this holiday season for the company’s popular Aurora Candle Warmer Lamp.

Award-winning bath and body products

Six companies were presented with Best New Product Awards at this month's Ex•Tracts show in New York. Tatine received “Best of Show” honors for its Foundry collection of scented candles. Ex•Tracts is one of 10 divisions of the New York International Gift Fair held twice a year at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The winter 2011 winners and finalists, selected from nearly 100 entries, are:

BEST OF SHOW
Tatine (Chicago) for Foundry, a collection of candles in five unique fragrances with packaging reminiscent of vintage-modern found objects from a motorcycle foundry. The handmade soy and bee wax blends in recycled glass and paper create an allure of industrial tones mixed with the romance of candle light.

Illume's ginger and sea salt lotion candle

BATH & BODY CATEGORY
Winner: ILLUME (Minneapolis) for Ginger & Sea Salt Lotion Candle. A luxurious blend of shea butter, olive oil and soy, the lighted candle provides ambiance and creates a rich lotion as it melts.
Finalist: Caswell-Massey (Edison, N.J.) for ONYX Natural Bath Soap
Finalist: FarmHouse Fresh, Inc. (Frisco, Texas) for Hello! Yellow body cream

Ecoya

BEAUTY ACCESSORY CATEGORY
Winner: Ecoya (Botany Bay, Australia) for Body Nourisher Vanilla Bean, a luxe, rich, hypo-allergenic body moisturizer, free from parabens, sulfates, propylene glycol, silicone and artificial colors.
Finalist: Baudelaire (Swanzey, N.H.) for Baudelaire Sponge Boxes
Finalist: UNII Cosmetics (Arcadia, Calif.) for UNII Cosmetics Coal palette

Royal Apothic

COSMETIC & FRAGRANCE CATEGORY
Winner: Royal Apothic (Los Angeles) for its Society of Scents, a collection of eight distinctive fragrances inspired by the social clubs of England’s Victorian Age.
Finalist: Sonoma Lavender (Santa Rosa, Calif.) for Ocean Air Sachet-By-The-Yard

Jao Ltd.

Finalist: Jao Ltd. (Hatfield, Pa.) for OUTSCENT perfume with insect repellant

Lotus Love Beauty

NATURAL/ORGANIC CATEGORY
Winner: Lotus Love Beauty (San Diego) for Soy Wax Travel Tin Candle, all natural, hand-blended and hand-poured soy wax candles featuring a hand-braided wick and packaged in a recyclable tin.
Finalist: Ton Savon (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) for Pure Provence Moroccan Organic Soap
Finalist: Bare Kiss Skincare (Santa Fe, N.M.) for Deep Sea Soap

PACKAGING CATEGORY

Xela Aroma

Winner: Simpatico-Home (St. Louis) Hobnail Glass Candle, noted for the textured glass that creates its unique knobbed design, the candles are available in a rich variety of jewel tones and include a wax seal from an antique letterpress machine.
Finalist: Xela Aroma (Dallas) for Celebrate LOVE Candles
Finalist: AQUIESSE (Simi Valley, Calif.) for Trump Collection






Award judges were: Mary Bemis, Organic Spa; Leah Genuario, Beauty Store Business; Patricia Norins, Gift Shop; and Meredith Schwartz, Gifts & Decorative Accessories.

Winning products from the Ex-tracts show

Ex-tracts honored six companies with Best New Product Awards last week in New York. The winners are:

Royal Apothic

BEST OF SHOW
Royal Apothic (Los Angeles) for its Bathe Collection – City of Angels Fragrance, a distillation of gentle marine top notes blended with Night Blooming Jasmine, particular to Southern California, and a crisp base of Eucalyptus. The indulgent formulation provides skincare with next generation hydrators and micronized conditioning ingredients, and is paraben free. www.royalapothic.com

BATH & BODY CATEGORY
DayNa Decker (Los Angeles) for its Couture Body Treatment, offering Body Cleansing Crème, a creamy, lather-rich cleansing crème that gently soothes and nourishes the body with calming extracts; and Hydrating Emulsion, a naturally derived body lotion that combines sultry fragrances with Shae Butter, Gold and Pearl to enhance skin’s radiance and youthful glow. www.daynadecker.com

BEAUTY ACCESSORY CATEGORY
Archipelago Botanicals (Los Angeles) for its Pomegranate Purse Set, a sheer lip gloss wand, roll on EDT and travel lotion collection that carry the delightfully fresh scent of pomegranate and are blended with premium ingredients, including Phase II Enzyme boosters that help detoxify and cleanse. www.archipelago-usa.com

COSMETIC & FRAGRANCE CATEGORY
House of Lubin (Paris, France) for its Lubin Perfume, a reintroduction of the legendary force in the perfume industry with 10 designer scents and vintage perfumes crafted in the Grasse region, including Gin Fizz, a delicate fragrance of iris and swamp lily, inspired by the luxurious Metropolitan lounges, and Bluff, a new scent drawn from the tonics found in the saloons of the American Wild West. www.lubin.eu

NATURAL/ORGANIC CATEGORY
Winner: European Soaps LLC (Seattle) for its Rampal Latour, a certified organic soap made with olive oils and sweet almond oils, and natural mineral pigments, excluding preservatives (EDTA) or artificial coloring, that hydrates and delicately perfumes the skin. www.europeansoaps.com

PACKAGING CATEGORY
Altru (Los Angeles) for its Purity Collection, an exotic floral fusing ylang ylang, tuberose, gardenia and magnolia, with base notes of blond woods and tonka bean, in a hammered copper candle vessel, hand-blown glass diffuser and aromatic incense packaged in an antique Japanese kimono print.

Candle warmers are alternatives to traditional candles

Candle Warmers Etc. introduced new products at the Housewares Show in Chicago. The ceramic candle warmer lantern (top photo) uses a soft halogen light to warm the top of the candle so that it releases the fragrance. This eliminates the fire hazard and smoke damage from burning a candle indoors.
The fleur de lis candle warmer and dish line accommodates most 4- to 18-ounce jar candles. Plug-in styles are also available.

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