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An authentically fresh scent inspired by the imagined pristine environment of the temple of an oracle. Freshly washed with rain, the marble steps begin to glow in the first raw rays of the morning sun. The blowing softness of heliotrope blooms (a flower named for the way it turns to face the sun throughout the day) accent the top notes.
Color: Gold Yellow
Notes: Rain, Sun, Freshly Washed Marble.
Aspects: Exalted, Flawless, Fresh, Real.
100ml Candle, by Volume has 15 hours burn, more or less
400ml Candle, by Volume has 55+ hours burn.
Reusable ceramic jars.
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Posted by Annie on 4th Apr 2024
I heard that this was a "petrichor"/rain scent before I smelled it and thought I probably wouldn't end up making any full size purchase because there are a lot of petrichor scents out there, and I have at least two candles already in my collection that feature that note. However, this blew me away.
A lot of petrichor/after-the-rain candles are quite dank smelling, kind of mossy, maybe a little moldy sometimes. Either that or they're barely rain-y at all. Not this one. This is the only rain scent I've smelled that is soaking wet with rain but also completely full of sunshine, and its really, really, glorious sunshine. It doesn't smell like beets or moss or anything dark, not that that would be super bad but it's just usually how petrichor candles present themselves and it's a different vibe. Citadelle literally smells like the sun is just making the world sparkle after the rain.
Cons: my wick seemed to produce a lot of soot.
Throw: extremely powerful, I usually use mine with my candle lamp to prevent any soot and also to have the overall smell be slightly more mellow.
Posted by lauren on 31st Dec 2023
I've been a longtime fan of this candle and I just picked up my 4th and 5th ones in the sale. I hope Goest will consider making this scent in other form factors, especially a parfum. I just want to smell it everywhere I go.
Posted by Brooks on 13th Jan 2022
This is the best smelling candle I've ever come across. I'm trying to move away from the artificial B&BW candle scents and look for more fresh, atmospheric scents, and this one takes the cake. Only issue I have with these candles is they tend to tunnel, but I'm using the tin foil trick with my new one to help it burn evenly from the get-go. For real, get this candle. Galaxie's the next one on my list.
Posted by Helen on 30th Mar 2021
I absolutely love this candle; the scent is one of a kind and totally captivating. Unfortunately, the candle itself burned very unevenly at first, but I’m going to try re-melting the wax to see if that will solve the issue!
Posted by Sam on 22nd Mar 2021
This is the best candle I've ever found. It is perfection. It is all I ever want, and I want it forever. It is how I picture a marble home on the coast of Southern Italy smells. So fresh and so clean. So intriguing, so alluring, so mesmerizing.
Posted by Nathan Fields on 3rd Jan 2021
I had a wax sample of this that I kept for over a year waiting for the day I wanted to spend this kind of money on a candle. I do not regret it.
This candle makes centers me. It reminds me of taking a shower on a spring day after you've cleaned your house. With a window open, drying your hair with a freshly laundered towel, the shampoo fragrance and heaviness of the humidity is cut by the crisp cool air from the outside with blades of grass and tulip leaves emerging through the earth. With full lungs and your eyes closed you take a deep breath and exhale as your toes grip to the drops of water on the cold clean tile beneath you.
Posted by Unknown on 16th May 2020
I usually hate scented candles / have never found a scented candle I have ever liked, but love this one. Unique and fresh scent.
Posted by katricia on 7th Oct 2019
as a child i'd walk barefoot through the garden after a summer shower, just as the clouds began to break. dragging my arms through those rain drops suspended in lush hedges; slick, uneven stepping stones underfoot, cold and wet; fresh warm sunlight twinkling through the canopy. this is citadelle. one of the only candles i've ever repurchased. please make a bigger size.
Posted by Rose on 31st Jul 2018
from buying their fragrances, i happen to know that goest has the ability to craft scents that are so. damn. accurate. to what they are supposed to smell like. however, the other night i was bragging about my new candle to my partner and i said "this is supposed to smell like rain and marble" and he was like, oh c'mon and kind of rolled his eyes. but when he smelt it and his whole face changed. he says it smells exactly like miami in a thunderstorm. he was blown away by the memories this scent conjured up in him, but that's exactly what goest does best. it smells good, but that's not what all this is about. it's about how it makes you feeeel.
Posted by tom on 1st May 2018
agreement with previous reviewer. this is the least candle-smelling candle i've come across. love this
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