Boy Smells announces the launch of the second installment of the Chromesthesia candle series, Chromesthesia II, introducing four new scents and color ways to their collection of r e imagined personal care products. Each new scent features a blend of coconut and beeswax hand-poured into deep purple, burgundy, nav y and dahlia pink color -coated jars. Dubbed Philia, Damasque, De Nîmes and Cameo, the assortment features wax specially dye d to match the containers creating a monochromatic sensor y experience perfect for transitioning into the fall season.
Continuing to draw inspiration from Chromesthesia, a behavior which produces a visual impression based on scent, sight, or sound, the collection combines essential oils matched with their molecular identical: merging nature and the instinct to replicate it. Philia, offered in a shade of rich purple, features notes of ambrette seed, lilac, cassis, nutmeg, orris, sandalwood, musk , and hazelnut. Damasque, in a shade of burgundy, contains notes of rose, cherry, apricot, labdanum, cardamom, oud, cistus, olibanum, guiac and tobacco. De Nîmes, in a shade of regal navy inspired by the candle’s name sake city Nîmes (where denim was first produced ) combines almond, eucalyptus, rhubarb, violet, ambergris, blueberry and juniper. In a dahlia pink jar, Cameo features notes of crystalized ginger, rose, tuberose, vanilla, pomelo, heliotrope, and skin musk.
Each new scent is offered in the signature Boy Smells 8.5-ounce glass container and retails for $34.00 USD. Always push ing the boundaries of how one interact s with the products used every day, Boy Smells continues to juxtapose uniquely unexpected element sin to a harmonized blend of scent-specific items that offer a nod to nature, personal experiences, and modern lifestyle.
Packaged in pink and conceived beyond the gender binary, Boy Smells candles and intimate apparel make loving yourself a daily ritual. Boy Smells candles are all developed and mixed in the Los Angeles studio with fine perfume and essential oils, all-natural coconut and beeswax. The candles hand-poured in a reusable glass vessel, and hand- labeled in Los Angeles, California . Al l Boy Smells’ products are paraben, paraffin, sulphate, and phthalate free.
In 2016, Boy Smells began as an experiment in candle-making in the Los Angeles home of co-founders and real-life partners Matthew Herman and David Kien and their three dogs. Herman and Kien– both fashion veterans who worked in design (Herman) and product development (Kien)– began by making the things they’d want to use on a daily basis, products that were fluid and essential.
Boy Smells is currently carried in over 250 retail locations worldwide , with 22 original scents, votives, and 4 Unmentionables styles.
