Everyone knows that our favorite candles are made by French parfumeurs Diptyque. We’ve been giving the candles as gifts to friends and family for years now and we always take a little pleasure in successfully converting them from their drugstore or dollar-store knock-offs. We love Diptyque candles for their fresh, delicate scents and the way they burn cleanly in their glass jars (Plus we love their classic packaging design). Now, there’s another reason to love them: Diptyque has teamed up with fashion illustrators Olivier Kuntzel + Florence Deygas for a new series of candles inspired by the age-old romantic tale of “Beauty and the Beast” (or “La Belle et La Bete” en français). The series feature two individual scents — “Beast,” with a more masculine, woody violet aroma, and “Beauty,” which is light, incense-inspired and floral — that can be combined to burn together seamlessly as one. Check out the candles online at diptyqueparis.com (or buy them in select boutiques like Steven Alan and Space NK) and check out a short video put together by Kuntzel + Deygas to mark the new collaboration:

- TC