A24 x Joya Genre Candles
A24 x Joya Genre Candles
A24 x Joya Genre Candles
A24 x Joya Genre Candles
A24 x Joya Genre Candles
A24 x Joya Genre Candles

A24 x Joya Genre Candles

$48.00

Aromatically speaking, the movies have historically been limited to wafts of hot butter, worn velour, and failed experiments with Smell-O-Vision.

Hoping to change that, we collaborated with Brooklyn-based fragrance studio Joya on a line of six scented candles inspired by classic film genres: Horror, Western, Thriller, Noir, Adventure, and Musical.

7oz 200g / Soy wax blend.

Burn time is 50-60 hours, or approximately 33 movies.

Horror

  • Notes: mandarin, clove leaf, cypress, suede, cinnamon bark
  • Inspiration: fangs, glowing eyes, remote lakeside cabins, foreboding shadows on walls, bloody knives, low-angle staircase shots, dilapidated houses silhouetted on a hill, black cats

Western

  • Notes: fir needle, eucalyptus, saddle leather, firewood, bourbon vanilla, sweet balsam
  • Inspiration: boot spurs, campfires, wanted posters, saloon doors, bloody arrows, horses, saddles, guns in (or out of) holsters, whiskey glasses on a bar, men walking into sunsets

Thriller

  • Notes: blood orange, tobacco absolute, russia leather and metal, clary sage, juniper
  • Inspiration: fingerprints, ransom notes, cover-ups, bundles of dynamite, ticking clocks, police sirens, briefcases of money, binoculars, open windows with a draft coming in, the edges of buildings and cliffs

Noir

  • Notes: wild honey, lemon, concrete, amber, jasmine, vetiver
  • Inspiration: sheets of rain hitting pavement at night, a name stenciled on a frosted glass door, Lucky Strikes, face-obscuring hats, tape recorders, signi cant glances, typewriters, the lingering scent of a woman

Adventure

  • Notes: rosemary, Spanish sage, white grapefruit, white thyme, juniper twig, cedar
  • Inspiration: desert sand storms, treasure, torch lights reflected on cave walls, hand-drawn maps with burnt edges, cryptic symbols, swinging vines, machetes, precarious rope bridges

Musical

  • Notes: fig leaf, muskmelon, pink pepper, rainwater, magnolia, lily of the valley
  • Inspiration: lamp posts, top hats, pianos, snapping fingers, women dancing in concentric circles, tuxedoed men moving in sync, tap shoes, a black cane with a white tip, giggling around a telephone

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