The Three Pillars of Achievement …
a daring aim
frequent practice
and plenty of frustrations and challenges.
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11.4.15
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Cire Trudon- a little history
LA MALMAISON: JOSÉPHINE'S GARDEN
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Page was born in 1763, in the West Indies.
Her love of fauna and flora took seed in that fertile island paradise.
At the age of 16 she travelled to France to marry Alexandre de Beauharnaisis.
They had two children Eugène and Hortense. It was not a happy marriage, they separated and in 1793, during the Reign of Terror, Joséphine was arrested for a short time and Alexandre was sentenced to death and guillotined.
Two years later, she met General Bonaparte,
who fell madly in love with her and Joséphine remarried.
Bonaparte continued his conquests, leading the French Army into Italy, then Egypt.
In 1799 Joséphine fell under the spell of Château Malmaison
and began to build a garden that replicated the landscape of her native land
with its rich flowers and colourful birds.
In 1804 after the Brumaire Coup D'Etat,
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor and Joséphine Empress.
With all the political turmoil, Malmaison became the ideal refuge.
Joséphine employed Europe’s best gardeners and seized the opportunities
offered by the Emperor's campaigns and travels to obtain
the world's most exotic, rare plants and birds.
Daffodils, hyacinths, camelias and tulips flourished in her garden
and a greenhouse was constructed to house the most delicate, fragile specimens.
In 1809, confronted with the impossibility of conceiving a child together,
Napoleon and Joséphine divorced. The Emperor left Malmaison to his first love.
The fallen Empress stayed there in solitude in her lush paradise,
surrounded by her flowers and her birds.
This history is the inspiration for Cire Trudon's latest candle … Joséphine.
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6.4.15
5.4.15
Inoui Toosh … Wrapt!
The lightest wool scarves with a touch of "bling"
sequins cleverly woven into the fabric,
subtle, sensuous and so soft.
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4.4.15
Cire Trudon's New Candle Joséphine
Joséphine, the latest addition to the Cire Trudon collection,
begins with head notes of kaffir lime and spices,
leading into heart notes of Turkish rose, Egyptian jasmine and Chinese camellia
and ending with Indonesian sandalwood, white musk and iris.
C'est Magnifique!
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3.4.15
Joséphine, nouvelle bougie de Cire Trudon
The muffled light of dawn slips through the flower beds.
A fine shadow sneaks smog the roses, jasmine, camellias and irises.
With her delicate green thumb,
she awakens the dazzling fragrances of a garden with an imperial destiny.
Ahh … Joséphine, the latest candle from Cire Trudon.
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2.4.15
Inoui Toosh … 100% Wool Scarves
Such fun, quirky designs in these 100% wool scarves
that are guaranteed to keep you warm this autumn!
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Joyeuses Pâques
A happy, joyous Easter to you all!
We are open Easter Saturday
from 9am to 5pm
Closed Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Monday.
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