Mexican Baroque Candle

A spicy, gourmand scented candle inspired by the Baroque kitchen of the Ex-Convent of Jesus Maria. Mexican Baroque captures the scents that fill the kitchen, blending cocoa absolute, Mexican vanilla, and smoked chilies together with cedar wood and red clay.

From Arquiste
November 1695, Late afternoon in the Convent of Jesus Maria, Mexico City: Deep in the heart of Mexico City in 1695, a group of nuns gathers together in the kitchen to concoct a cherished recipe. The kitchen of the Royal Convent of Jesus Maria is a sacred space: Baroque carvings in cedar wood beams, thick stucco walls and earthenware pots that brew elaborate recipes. Blending together rich chocolate and spices in earthenware pots, the Sisters brew a hot cocoa formula rich enough to unleash rapture, a climax of the senses.

More History
The Royal Convent of Jesus Maria was founded in 1578 for the female descendants of the Spanish conquistadors. Wealthy and aristocratic, they turned the convent into their own secret world. There is an account from 1695 stating two gourmand recipes that were a specialty of the convent: A rich, spiced hot cocoa and a traditional Spanish bread pudding.

Perfumers
Nicole Mancini, Rodrigo Flores-Roux and Yann Vasnier

Notes
sesame seed, cinnamon bark, hazelnut accord, cocoa beans, red clay, smoked chili infusion, Mexican vanilla bean, cedar wood, labdanum, oakmoss, amber

FYI
High-concentration scented candle: 8.9 oz / 251 g. Estimated burning time: 55 to 60 hours.