Candles, the Perfect Present?

Candles make great gifts any time of the year, but they seem especially apt during the holiday season. They are great for a coffee table, and blend well with the scents of the season … pine and brisk cool air.

And they can be  — and why buy any other kind? — works of beauty. The embossed glass holder from Voluspa and the ceramic vessel from master perfumer Olivier Polge and Fornasetti, inspired by opera singer and muse Lina Cavalieri, will be keepsakes  long after the wax is gone.

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