CELINE HAUTE PARFUMERIE - CANDLE COLLECTION

CREATED BY HEDI SLIMANE, THE CELINE HAUTE PARFUMERIE IS BEING ENRICHED WITH A CANDLE COLLECTION.

FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PERFUMES LAUNCHED IN 2019, THIS COLLECTION IS IN KEEPING WITH THE NOTION OF THE “COUTURIER-
PARFUMEUR” AND REVIVES A VERY PERSONAL RITUAL - THE REDISCOVERY OF THE OLFACTORY IMPRINT OF A PARTICULAR EXISTENCE IN SPACE OR TIME,

RANGING FROM THE HOMES OF PRIVATE EVERYDAY LIFE TO THE SALONS DES MAISONS DE COUTURE.
AS WITH ANY PERFUMED CREATION FROM THE MAISON CELINE, EACH CANDLE IS CONCEIVED IN THE FRENCH HAUTE PARFUMERIE TRADITION OF
EXCELLENCE. GUIDED BY HEDI SLIMANE, PERFUMERS AND WAX-MAKERS COMBINE THEIR TALENTS, CRAFT AND SAVOIR-FAIRE AT EACH STEP OF THE
CANDLE’S CREATION.
THE COLLECTION IS COMPRISED OF 8 CANDLES, SIX WILL BE LAUNCHED IN 2021 AND 2 OTHERS IN 2022:
2021
L’INVENTAIRE
PALIMPSESTE
PAPIERS FROISSÉS
TAMBOUR NOIR
GRANDS LYS
NIGHTCLUBBING
2022
ILLUMINATIONS
SILENCE BLANC


AVAILABLE AT: LE BON MARCHÉ CELINE POP-UP STORE (FROM SEPTEMBER 20TH TO OCTOBER 10TH, 2021) AND IN CELINE PARIS SAINT HONORE HAUTE PARFUMERIE

THE PERSONAL THEMES OF HEDI SLIMANE
THE CANDLE COLLECTION REINTERPRETS THE THEMES AND STYLISTIC CODES HELD DEAR TO THE COUTURIER - PARIS; THE TIMELESS ELEGANCE OF
A COUTURE HOUSE, AS WELL AS FRENCH TRADITION AND ITS CULTURAL ROOTS. INITIATED IN THE OLFACTORY SENSE BY THE PERFUMES, THEY ARE
FINDING ANOTHER FIELD OF EXPRESSION WITH THIS NEW PROJECT, FORMING THE SECOND CHAPTER PURSUING THE HISTORY OF THE MAISON CELINE
AND ITS HAUTE PARFUMERIE.
EACH CREATION RENEWS THE NEO-CLASSIC AND ELEGANT SOPHISTICATION FASHIONED BY ITS HERITAGE. IT MIXES PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND
MEMORY WITH A COLLECTIVE HISTORY AND ITS TRADITIONS. FOR EACH COMPOSITION, THE HIGH-QUALITY NATURAL MATERIALS HARMONIZE WITH
SOPHISTICATED ACCORDS. THEY TRANSPOSE THE EMOTION OF AN OLFACTORY IMPRINT, DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE ATMOSPHERE AND LEAVE A
LASTING TRACE IN THE MEMORY.

THE SECOND CHAPTER OF THE OLFACTORY JOURNAL
THE SECOND PROJECT IS JUST AS PERSONAL AS THE FIRST. THE OLFACTORY JOURNAL OF A COUTURIER ALSO FORMS THE STARTING POINT. WHILST
CONTINUING TO WRITE, HEDI SLIMANE HAS ADDED YET ANOTHER DIMENSION - A BASE CONDUCIVE TO THE CREATION OF AN HAUTE PARFUMERIE
CANDLE COLLECTION.
CENTRAL TO THIS ARE THE ATMOSPHERES AND PRIVATE MOMENTS CHERISHED BY THE COUTURIER: THE SYNESTHESIA OF THE SENSES EMANATING
FROM A FAMILIAR PLACE, A PARISIAN APARTMENT AND A HOUSE IN BEVERLY HILLS. OR THE NIGHTTIME MOOD OF THE PALACE AND COUTURE ATELIERS,
IMBUED WITH THE SMELL AND SILENT SOUND OF FABRICS. THESE RECOLLECTIONS ARE FOLLOWED BY DETAILS FOUND WITHIN BELOVED OBJECTS THAT
RESHAPE THE SILHOUETTES OF A SOUVENIR. THE 60’S FOLK SOUND OF A RECORD RESOUNDING IN THE CALIFORNIAN NIGHT, THE DELICATE THREAD OF
REDISCOVERED LETTERS, THE GLIMMER OF BOURBON IN A CRYSTAL CARAFE. THE PAGES OF A NOVEL AND VERSES OF A POEM BEING READ ALMOST IN A
WHISPER. BAUDELAIRE, RIMBAUD, COCTEAU, HUYSMANS...
IN THIS SPIRIT OF CONTINUITY, HEDI SLIMANE HAS CALLED UPON THE SAME PERFUMERS THAT COLLABORATED ON THE PERFUME COLLECTION. AND,
ONCE AGAIN, WITH THEIR DEDICATED INVOLVEMENT AND THEIR ON-GOING DIALOGUE THEY HAVE HARMONIZED THE COUTURIER’S INSPIRATIONS.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF CELINE