Did anybody ever doubt that Cire Trudon would stop simply at candles? Those at court in 1643 might not have been able to quite put their finger on where the French candle brand’s future might take them, but might they have conceived something bigger, broader, richer but just as resplendent?
With fragrances that are potent, powerful, intoxicating and with incredible throw, followers of the brand describe using its creations as almost ceremonial. They transport, they transfix, they transcend what other candlemakers and fragrance creators have long tried to achieve.
Today, its reed diffusers (based on an 19th-century ostrich egg no less though theirs is ceramic and sits on a wooden black perch) are celebrated far and wide. Its travel candles provide die-hard fans a bit of Cire Trudon on their travels or serves as an entry point for newcomers. Its perfumes act as the signature scent for the well-informed and its room sprays are spritzed and savoured in modern-day versions of Marie Antoinette’s chambers (another known customer of the prestigious candlemaker).
Diversified as it might have done, no effort can ever distract from the true Cire Trudon backbone. Deo Regique Laborant as its motto reads, translating as, the bees work for God and the king. For it is wax that always has and always will be the brand’s beating heart.