This is a new line of contemporary fragrances by UK perfumer and tattoo artist Freddie Albrighton. The inspiration is memories and nostalgia... teenage romance, love and loss, family, adventure, life. Each perfume is deeply personal and relatable; a dreamscape of colour and texture, wearing on your skin like hazy, distant memories.
11 Candles In Antwerpen was named after the number of candles lit in a cathedral in Belgium for all the family lost over the years. It is a conceptual fragrance focusing on the overlooked, smaller parts of a church such as the flowers, pillar candles and tea lights. It opens with a sparkling orchid accord that slowly melts into the ephemeral smell of gently burning candles. In the background you will find the memory of the church with a thick bed of myrrh and traces of incense just out of reach. 11 Candles features notes of orchid, pink pepper, beeswax and myrrh. It is an eau de parfum, edp.
Freddie Albrighton 11 Candles In Antwerpen Reviews
Fragrantica: Just received my bottle two days ago, so I obviously need to spend more time discovering it, but these are my first impressions. 11 Candles in Antwerpen took me on a weird and wonderful journey, from a fresh floral and peppery opening, through beautiful resins and cold candle wax, to coconutty, peachy tuberose in the drydown.
I've never smelled anything like it and I'm so happy to have added it to my collection. Very much looking forward to Freddie's future creations.
Fragrantica: This was my latest perfume purchase and I’m so happy with it. Freddie continues his quest for simplicity and themes which appeal to him, and this one spoke to me. The opening is floral, laconic, soapy musks and coconut (not any kind of conventional coconut note, think the toasted coconut of Santos de Cartier or something) also a kind of mild, classic chypre, peach fuzz. It’s powdery. Even a light damascene or even a spectre of violet. There’s a push n pull, a slight astringency of hairspray or ‘hairy’ salon things. The trump card though is the waxiness of the 11 candles… of the title. This is an accord which cleverly uses myrrh to create the effect of an ancient altar or something, coated in candle wax. My description probably makes it sound complex, like a lot going on, but there really isn’t, it’s one cohesive vibe, a wonderful idea, perfectly executed. Bravo!
