Bath & Body: Little Black Presents
Tracy Bulla -- Home Accents Today, 1/1/2007
It's back — black is the new black in candles and home fragrance. Following recent tabletop trends, black lends an urbane edge and distinctive presence to scented accents. Black glass and ceramic containers present the ultimate in chic modernism, upcharging a category that has scaled new heights of sophistication in the past few seasons.

1. From Niven Morgan's new NM 3 Collection, cubed candles exhibit cool and contemporary chic in intoxicating scents like Winter Fig and Rainwater ($40).
2. Black rounds out the feeling of seductive sophistication in Esteban's Fleur de Bougie candle in Vanilla and Pivoine Eau de Toilette ($34, candle; $65, eau de toilette).
3. Mimosa Marin blends mimosa with fresh sea breezes, evoking the French Riviera in L'Artisan Parfumeur's room spray ($70).
4. Amy Howard Home votives and linen spray come in an array of subtly elegant fragrances, matched by equally elegant packaging ($42, three-pack votives, with matches; $20, linen spray).
5. Voluspa's Japonica candle pays homage to Japanese papermaking with a floral-embossed ceramic pedestal bowl, perfected in glossy, glazed black ($40).



























