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Candles of Italy

6 stores · curated ORBIS register

Florence / Online

The Florence house treats room fragrance as a system of vessel size, diffuser sticks and refillable scent. Its catalogue includes sprays, candles, car diffusers and scented accessories alongside the familiar glass bottles.

Best for Rosso Nobile diffusers and home fragrance.

⚒ Perfumers & Apothecaries · Created in FlorenceORBIS register

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Porta Ticinese (Via Santa Croce, 21) / Online

Independent Milan florist and home shop combining flowers and plants with linens, cushions, soaps, candles and decorative glass.

Best for Fresh blooms, exotic plants, homeware

⚒ Florists · ItalyORBIS register

Milan / Online

Fornasetti turns Piero Fornasetti’s imagery, especially Lina Cavalieri’s face, into Milanese surrealism for the home. Tema e Variazioni plates and candles are central to the range, with decoration carried out in Milan.

Best for Tema e Variazioni plates.

⚒ Home & Design · Decorated in MilanORBIS register

PRINTEMPS

An Italian lifestyle brand conceived in Rome and launched in New York in 2015 by Francilla Ronchi and Michelangelo Brancato, Coreterno makes vegan, cruelty-free candles and fragrances in Italy inspired by 19th-century engravings and rock-and-pop iconography.

Best for Gothic dark-romantic candles and scents in matte-black vessels from Rome

⚒ CandlemakersORBIS register

Piazza San Donato, Civita di Bagnoregio

Founded by three siblings on Piazza San Donato, this maker produces natural fragrances, soaps, candles and cosmetics inspired by Civita, including lines built on donkey milk and botanical extracts. Its products are made in Italy and sold from a boutique on the village square as well as online.

Best for Natural fragrances, soaps and cosmetics

⚒ Perfumers & Apothecaries · Civita di Bagnoregio / ItalyORBIS register

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