PHOTO BY TODD SELBY
FLAMING LIPS
Would you burn a candle that smells like lipstick?
It's no secret we adore the perfume company Juliette Has a Gun, especially because their solid scents come in tidy silver bullets. But their latest creations (we almost put "confections") have us wondering how far we'll go to be darkly different.
They've released a line of candles named after three mythical figures: Lucifer, Marilyn, and Mary Jane.
Lucifer's light smells like burning wood and fire. Mary Jane smells like pot. And Marilyn? It smells like powdery lipstick, an homage to the movie star nobody's ever been able to eclipse.
Is this a discreet nod to "Candle in the Wind," the Elton John hit inspired by Monroe's death? Or just another excuse to flame out?
--FARAN KRENTCIL
Juliette Has a Gun candles, $58 each at Apothia
They've released a line of candles named after three mythical figures: Lucifer, Marilyn, and Mary Jane.
Lucifer's light smells like burning wood and fire. Mary Jane smells like pot. And Marilyn? It smells like powdery lipstick, an homage to the movie star nobody's ever been able to eclipse.
Is this a discreet nod to "Candle in the Wind," the Elton John hit inspired by Monroe's death? Or just another excuse to flame out?
--FARAN KRENTCIL
Juliette Has a Gun candles, $58 each at Apothia
This story was published on May 5, 2011.
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Elizabeth
05/06/2011
If I were extremely wealthy I would buy the Marilyn candle.
Jaynieka
05/09/2011
The Marilyn candle looks as if it smells of a delicate confusion. "Mythical" seems stagnate. Empirical if you will.
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