This collection is inspired by the original scents of the Forbidden City. Infused with IFRA-compliant fragrance oil and organic soy wax, each candle offers a clean, long-lasting burning. 

雍正的巴尔撒末

1728年，两个耶稣会传教士罗怀忠、巴多明奉旨分别配制了避风巴尔萨木香，但呈进后，雍正皇帝经过比较后却认为还是“武英殿旧存的香方香味好”。

The Emperor’s Favourite

In 1728 two Jesuit monks presented the Yongzheng emperor with a host of exotic fragrances, but despite their efforts to impress Yongzheng, the emperor took no liking to their work. Yongzheng made clear that he preferred a strong scent based on balsam wood from an old recipe kept in the Wuying hall of the Forbidden City.

一骑红尘妃子笑

1641年，周嘉胄出版的《香乘》一书中记载了“杨贵妃帏中衙香”的配方。杨贵妃在世时就以“羞花”美貌闻名，但同时人们也把唐朝的衰落归咎于她。《新唐书·杨贵妃传》记载，她特别喜欢吃荔枝，唐玄宗遂“置驿传送，走数千里，味未变已至京师。”因此我们特意在她最爱的沉香味道中加入了荔枝味。

Concubine's Chamber

When Zhou Jiazhou published the first comprehensive work on fragrances in China in 1641, he described the favourite scent of the Imperial concubine Yang Guifei. Ever since she lived, Yang Guifei has been praised for her beauty and blamed for the fall of the Tang dynasty. We have added lychee to her favourite scent of agarwood, because the emperor was known to make imperial couriers bring his favourite consort fresh lychee from more than 1000 kilometres away.

Behind the Curtain

The empress dowager Cixi paid great attention to the smell of her chambers, and according to the biography of her servant, Rong, every day several kilos of fresh apples were placed in huge jars to freshen up the old wooden chambers.

老佛爷的果香

在《宫女谈往录》中，慈禧贴身宫女何荣儿回忆到：“在储秀宫里，包括着体和殿，在各条案、茶几旁边或桌子底下，有几个空缸，那是老太后熏殿用的。老太后不喜好熏香这类的玩意儿，就用南果子熏殿。所以太后的殿里永远是清香爽快的气味。”

Eunuch Musk

In the Imperial Palace nobody was more aware of smell than the palace eunuchs; because of their obvious inability to control the urine flow, the eunuchs carried small bags of agarwood, musk, and herbs to conceal the sour smell that invariably hung in their clothes.

太监的净味香

在宫里，太监们对气味极其在意。由于不能很好的控制排尿，他们会佩带装有沉香、麝香和其他香料的香囊，用来遮盖身上的味道。