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The tomato, a berry of the Solanaceae family, is one of the most popular fruits in the world. Few people know that it was first grown in South America, and that its name comes from the Inca “tomalt”. Sweet and fleshy, whether in the fruit basket or veggie pot, the tomato agrees with our palates, but not all palates agree on how to pronounce it. I say tomato…Visit product page →
Benefits:
To be consumed without moderation.
Surprising, unusual and indulgent, its fragrance can be enjoyed all year round.
The tomato is known for purifying and cleaning the air.
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
Its origin is uncertain, but it is probably the result of an ancient cross between two species of mint. From the Lamiaceae family, spearmint is a perennial plant known for its heady and subtle scent, characteristic of the souks and palaces of North Africa.Visit product page →
Benefits:
Its green note accompanies spring days and warm Summer evenings.
Naturally fresh, spearmint is known for:
- Its invigorating properties
- Its calming and relaxing power
- Helping to reduce stress and excessive emotions
Duration: 8 to 12 weeks -
A herb of crowns and of troubadours. A beautiful, aromatic, leafy shrub that grows wild in the dry limestone hills of the Mediterranean basin, rosemary has been known since antiquity: the Greeks and Latins wove it into crowns to sharpen their memories.Visit product page →
Benefits:
Its herbaceous fragrance is reminiscent of Summer.
Renowned in aromatherapy, it is known to:
- Stimulate the cognitive faculties (memory and concentration)
- Reduce stress and fatigue
- Prevent insomnia
- Purify the air with its antiseptic power
Duration: 8 to 12 weeks -
Lavender grows wild in the south of France: highly fragrant, its flowers bloom in Summer and its perfume naturally evokes Provence. A grey-green bushy shrub, beds of lavender are topped with numerous mauve-purple spikes.Visit product page →
Benefits:
The scent of beautiful days, lavender recalls the nostalgia of Summer.
It is relaxing and known for:
- Soothing anxiety, nervousness and restlessness
- Helping to fall asleep fast
- Inducing restful sleep
- Helping to reduce agitation and insomnia
Duration: 8 to 12 weeks -
Visit product page →Its name comes from the Arabic 'yâsamîn', itself borrowed from Persian. The sweet-smelling flower grows on an Indian shrub of the Oleaceae family. Cleopatra is said to have gone to meet Marc Antoine on a boat whose sails we coasted with jasmine essence.
Benefits:
It blooms all Summer long. Jasmine is relaxing and known for being:
- Calming and soothing, helping to reduce anxiety and lack of energy
- A sedative, helping to fight against insomnia
- Antiseptic, helping to clear the air
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
The spathes of its flower are a source of wonder, and are as fragile and delicate as silk paper. A perennial plant of the Iridaceae family, iris pallida is native to the Dalmatian coast (Croatia): pale in colour, often mauve, it grows in clusters from a rhizome.Visit product page →
Benefits:
Its fragrance heralding the arrival of the Summer months, iris can be enjoyed through to the Indian summer. Iris is relaxing and naturally leads to positivity. It is also known for its softening, deodorising and even antiseptic properties.
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
A white flower that heralds warm days, orange blossom grows on the bitter orange tree. Known since Antiquity, it is a symbol of purity and beauty: intoxicating and discreet, it was used to make the crowns of young brides.Visit product page →
Benefits:
A sweet-smelling flower, orange blossom announces summer.
Soothing and relaxing, it is known for:
- Relieving sleep disorders
- Overcoming stress and panic attacks
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
Cultivated for 3,000 years, this citrus fruit originally from Kashmir belongs to the Rutaceae family. It appeared in Europe during the Muslim conquests in the Middle Ages before the Portuguese and Spanish introduced it to America.Visit product page →
Benefits:
An ideal fragrance for bringing freshness to hot summer nights.
Characterised by its acidity, Siracusa lemon is known for its medicinal properties and its fresh, invigorating scent. It helps to:
- Fight against depression and poor spirits
- Naturally stimulate and invigorate
- Purify and deodorise the air.
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
Visit product page →Its origin is uncertain, but it is probably the result of an ancient cross between two species of mint. From the Lamiaceae family, spearmint is a perennial plant known for its heady and subtle scent, characteristic of the souks and palaces of North Africa.
Benefits:
Its green note accompanies spring days and warm Summer evenings.
Naturally fresh, spearmint is known for:
- Its invigorating properties
- Its calming and relaxing power
- Helping to reduce stress and excessive emotions
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
A herb of crowns and of troubadours. A beautiful, aromatic, leafy shrub that grows wild in the dry limestone hills of the Mediterranean basin, rosemary has been known since antiquity: the Greeks and Latins wove it into crowns to sharpen their memories.Visit product page →
Benefits:
Its herbaceous fragrance is reminiscent of Summer.
Renowned in aromatherapy, it is known to:
- Stimulate the cognitive faculties (memory and concentration)
- Reduce stress and fatigue
- Prevent insomnia
- Purify the air with its antiseptic power
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
A white flower that heralds warm days, orange blossom grows on the bitter orange tree. Known since Antiquity, it is a symbol of purity and beauty: intoxicating and discreet, it was used to make the crowns of young brides.Visit product page →
Benefits:
A sweet-smelling flower, orange blossom announces summer.
Soothing and relaxing, it is known for:
- Relieving sleep disorders
- Overcoming stress and panic attacks
Duration: 8 to 12 weeks -
Visit product page →'Horn-shaped’, from the Sanskrit ‘singabera’. A perennial plant native to Asia with white flowers dotted with red, ginger was discovered in China over 2,500 years ago. It is highly valued for its many culinary, medicinal and fragrant properties.
Benefits:
Its warm and invigorating fragrance is suitable for all seasons.
Known for its numerous virtues – notably those that are aphrodisiac! – it helps to:
- Improve concentration
- Develop creativity
- Overcome fatigue
- Tone up in a natural way
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
Visit product page →A perennial water plant, waterlily or Nymphaea is a member of the Nymphaeaceae family. If the Nymphaeas gather today 35 species around the world, until the 19th Century, in Europe, we only know the white flowers nympheas. French horticulturists then decide to cross european and tropical species to create coloured hybrid that will later be exhibited in the Trocadero’s basins during the Paris universal exhibition in 1889 and featured in Claude Monet’s painting untitled « Les Nymphéas ».
In collaboration with the Paris national Museum of natural History, Carrière Frères highlights plants that are unusual, exotic and packed with history.
Benefits:The fruit-filled and aquatic notes of the waterlily help :
- To overcome sleep disorders
- To rest and overcome anxiety
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
This ancient wood comes from a parasitic evergreen tree. Native to the Mysore region of India, its fragrant and medicinal properties have been known for 4,000 years: Indian temples built with sandalwood have preserved its fragrance for centuries.Visit product page →
Benefits:
Its sweet and woody fragrance brings a welcome warmth in Autumn.
Used for 4,000 years, Chinese medicine has bestowed it with a positive influence on longevity, willpower and confidence. Sandalwood is reputed for:
- Helping to overcome exhaustion, stress and anxiety
- Helping to eliminate sleep disorders
- Calming the nervous system
- Its relaxing action: as a natural anxiolytic, it is beneficial for meditation
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
This year, Siberian pine welcomes the winter rose in a noble but subtle association. Celebrated since ancient times for its beauty and medicinal properties, the winter rose brings a hint of femininity in this wintery match where rose petals and pine needles meet.Visit product page →
Benefits:
Renowned since the ancient times for its medicinal properties, the winter rose combined with Siberian pine is good to:
- Help overcome fatigue
- Soothe nervous and anxious behaviors
- Create harmony on a psycho-emotional level
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
This winter, Siberian pine meets the woody scent of smoked wood: the ideal fragrance for the arrival of colder days. Its intense scent warms up the atmosphere creating a woody fragrance as enveloping as it is reassuring. By eliminating negative energies, smoked wood joins the Siberian pine for a comforting holiday season.Visit product page →
Benefits:
The association of pine needles and the smokiness of a crackling fireplace keeps us warm for the winter season. It is perfect to:
- Help with meditation and yoga
- Improve concentration
- Eliminate negative energies
- Reduce stress and anxiety issues
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
A spicy match, Siberian pine and candied ginger get together this winter to compose a woody perfume refreshed and sweetened by a hint of ginger. The scented candle brings together the traditional scent of pine needles and the gourmet touch of candied ginger.Visit product page →
Benefits:
Authentically beneficial, pine tree is broadly used in pharmacopoeia. Associated with ginger, it is:
- Invigorating, helping boost natural immunity
- Soothing for the nervous system
- Relaxing, helping overcome fatigue
- Good for inspiration, develops creativity
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
The fruit comes in all colours - green, yellow, red and even black! With more than 2,000 species, the pear comes from the common pear tree (Pyrus communis L.) or the Chinese pear tree (Pyrus sinensis), a tree of the Rosaceae family. Known since ancient times, it is called ‘pirum’ in Latin.Visit product page →
Benefits:
It is the embodiment of Autumn. Its sweet, juicy fragrance accompanies the end of the long Summer days into Autumn and Winter. It warms the hearts of those with a sweet tooth.
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
The phrase mira bella is Italian for ‘beautiful to behold’. Known since ancient times as prunus domestica syriaca, the mirabelle tree grows in Asia Minor, from Persia to Eastern Europe. The mirabelle plum is yellow in colour and sometimes has a thin waxy coating.Visit product page →
Benefits:
Its fragrance is reminiscent of the Summer period. The mirabelle plum season is short, and its sweet and delicate taste is a real treat.
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
t is sometimes called ‘May bells’ by virtue of the shape of its flowers. A rhizomatous plant with small white bells and of the Liliaceae family, lily of the valley spreads in gardens and undergrowth. A single species exists on all continents in various forms.Visit product page →
Benefits:
A Spring flower, its sweet and enveloping fragrance is known to combat headaches.
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
Lavender grows wild in the south of France: highly fragrant, its flowers bloom in Summer and its perfume naturally evokes Provence. A grey-green bushy shrub, beds of lavender are topped with numerous mauve-purple spikes.Visit product page →
Benefits:
The scent of beautiful days, lavender recalls the nostalgia of Summer.
It is relaxing and known for:
- Soothing anxiety, nervousness and restlessness
- Helping to fall asleep fast
- Inducing restful sleep
- Helping to reduce agitation and insomnia -
Visit product page →Slash-and-burn agriculture is an ancient practice that has accompanied humanity throughout its history. In antiquity, people would burn wood chips and resins to honour their Gods.
Benefits:
Ideal for the arrival of colder days, its scent brings warmth.
Firebrand is known to:
- Improve concentration and relaxation
- Help with meditation and yoga
- Eliminate negative energy
- Help to overcome stress and anxiety
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
Visit product page →Grown for thousands of years in the Mediterranean, the common fig tree, a member of the Moraceae family, emerged in France under Louis XIV. La Quintinie, his gardener, had 700 fig trees planted in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles to satisfy his passion.
Benefits:
Its sweet scent can be enjoyed from Spring to Autumn.
The fig tree is known for:
- Helping to fight against stress and emotional disorders
- Soothing and promoting well-being
- Helping to induce sleep
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
Famous for its density and hardness, ebony is the name given to the heartwood produced by trees of the Ebenaceae family. Known since the days of the Old World, it is the precious and rare wood used for the most refined furniture and musical instruments.Visit product page →
Benefits
Ideal for warming up cold autumn and winter nights, its enveloping fragrance brings heat, comfort and warmth.
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
Carrière Frères welcomes a new format: a gift box with three little candles (70g). Enclosed are three distinctive scents, each coming from a different family. A fruit, a flower and an herb, Tomato, Orange Blossom and Verbena depict olfactory landscapes: from sun-drenched, Mediterranean vegetable gardens to Maghreb’s divine orchards, and all the way to South American plantations, the gift box hides a fragrant bouquet under its cover. Quite the ideal present.Visit product page →
Benefits:
The tomato is known for purifying and cleaning the air.
Verbena is used in cooking, its digestive and soothing properties have been known for centuries.
Soothing and relaxing, orange blossom is known for elieving sleep disorders and overcoming stress and panic attacks.
Burn Time: 20-24 hours per candle -
A symbol of immortality, its leaves remain green all year round. Head of the Lauraceae family, the bay laurel is native to Asia Minor: commonly found around the edges of the Mediterranean, it was used to crown kings, poets and victors. It was the symbol of Apollo in ancient times.Visit product page →
Benefits:
It embodies the Summer season. Its camphor note is known for:
- Being a general stimulant
- Strengthening concentration and memory
- Giving confidence, inspiring and helping to overcome limits
- Helping to combat insomnia and anxiety
- Being an excellent purifier and antibacterial agent
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
Native to the eastern U.S., the acacia, or black locust tree, has lush, cool green foliage, flat pods that hold their seeds and clusters of sweet, cream-coloured flowers. Cultivated in Europe since the 17th Century, the tree can live for over 300 years. Today, in Paris, you can still see two unique specimens, planted by King Henri IV's gardener back in 1601.Visit product page →
Benefits:
Authentically beneficial, the acacia appeasing properties help to:
- Soothe and improve your sleep
- Relax the nervous system
Burning Time: 40-45 hours -
Visit product page →Absinthe is a perennial shrub native to continental, temperate zones in Europe, Asia and North Africa. Called 'the green fairy,' absinthe was reputed to provide creative powers, and before being banned was the infamous muse that inspired writers like Emile Zola and Paul Verlaine, painters Vincent Van Gogh and Edgar Degas.
In collaboration with the Paris national Museum of natural History, Carrière Frères highlights plants that are unusual, exotic and packed with history.
Benefits:
Plant with energizing powers, absinthe is known to invigorate and help overcome fatigue.
Burning Time: 40-45 hours
