QUEENS SCENTED CANDLE

Like the borough, the scent of Queens is appropriately inclusive - a breakthrough tuberose-rich eau de parfum that isn't sugary or sweet, but rather will appeal to a broad base - male and female, king and queen, flamboyant and restrained.

Self-contained Queens needs none of Manhattan’s neon lights or Brooklyn’s hip-and-cool hype. After all, it was named for the 17th century Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza, ruler of England, Scotland, and Ireland. You don’t mess with her or her namesake landmass. Yes, the borough has a reputation for affability, but it’s also Martin Scorsese, John McEnroe, Louis Armstrong, Christopher Walken, Art Spiegelman, Howard Stern, and 50 Cent turf. And today it’s home
to Indonesians, Columbians, Chinese, Russians, Indians, Ukrainians, Malaysians, Sri Lankans, Vietnamese, Serbs, Israelis, Greeks, Italians, Irish, et al. What’s more, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the New York World’s Fair, held not far from one of Queens’s two international airports, La Guardia—the other being JFK. Queens, you see, is a busy entry and exit portal.

Queens, the scent, designed with plenty of diffusion, places its key ingredient, tuberose, in an unexpected contemporary context, preceding it with citrussy bergamot, come-hither blackberry and haunting cardamom top notes. And then when explosive and succulent tuberose does appear, it's tempered by velvety champaca and tea-like osmanthus and sustained by reliable base notes - sandalwood, musk, amber and benzoin resin.