The Scent of a Wood Fire
A great interior design/ life style blog that is always full of interesting ideas and images is Habitually Chic. Reading through the other day I saw a post on the authors favorite things listed in Lonny magazine. I loved seeing the photo my favorite summertime candle, Baies from Diptyque. The fresh, seaside fragrance of this candle wafting through the market in the summer is hard to beat.
In the winter, my favorite candle is also by Diptiyque, It is called Feu de Bois (firewood). The fragrance reminds me of the smell of the air on my trip to The Home Ranch in Clark, Colorado. The fragrance is woody, slightly smoky and fresh and sweet.
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| Diptyque Feu de Bois candle and spray |
These candles can be bought from Gorsuch. If you are not familiar with this company, click on the name and take a visit. These stores and catalogue are the epitome of Chalet Chic.
Oh, how I love to visit their Colorado based stores. Beyond the fashions featured in the catalogue, they offer amazing home furnishings. It’s probably for the best that I usually have to settle for the catalogue and the candle. Whenever I find myself alone in one of their lovely rooms, decorated with the perfect balance of rustic and refined furnishing, and those gorgeous linens, I really get the urge to very quietly, very secretly, just move in…
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Here's a message from a friend, a fluent french speaker, on the candle definition question. While you're reading this, I'm running off to find all of my french CD's, tapes, readers, dictionaries, because I SO want to be fluent….here is her explanation: "Anyway, since you asked…. I am fluent in french and wanted to offer my help on the question of Feu de Bois! This is indeed referring to that distinctive "firewood" scent, while the alpine strawberries that you mention are known as "Fraise de Bois".
I hope this helps!!
Monique 🙂
Merci Monique!!
You've definitely piqued my interest with these Feu de Bois candles. I will have to try them soon. Thanks for visiting my blog!
My favorite as well! And if you read my musings you will know that I've been having alpine lust this winter. I've accessed gorsuch for several outfits to accompany my chalet chic!!
my favorite fragrances…ok, well i love all of them..
and… i worked at gorsuch for years! i love it… fantastic store… renie gorsuch and her sister judy have the best taste in the world… xx
Q — I have been following your alpine lust.. I love it that we beat to the same drummer. I have a passion for the alpine as well!
Pam — we have to get together — this week is evaporating. I finally have an open day tomorrow – I am going to come up with some dates to get together. In what town did you work for Gorsuch??
These candles sound heavenly…familiar with the line, just not these particular scents!
Thank you for visiting my blog and adding me to your blogroll. I have added your delightful blog to mine.
I see we have Anegada in common. My family spent Christmas Eve there about 20 years ago and we had the most fabulous lobsters for dinner. We chartered a sailboat over the holidays and still talk about it!
Oh my, Lindaraxa — your story of Anegada gives me chills! We went for the day on a boat from the bitter end yacht club – to spend a leisurely evening there must have been amazing. It was a great memory for our family too — we are always trying to carve out time to return.
Zhush — I hope you can pick up the feu de bois – it is the best of winter in a scent! Thanks for visiting the market.
I bet these candles smells wonderful when lit. I'm looking forward to buy one as well.