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Saturday, October 21, 2017

LAMPE BERGER, A FRENCH-STYLE ORNAMENT FOR MY HOME


I have always been a fan of home fragrances and scented candles, regular spray air fresheners and plug-in scent diffusers, even if they often simply mask the smells and don't neutralise them, especially when you want to get rid of cooking smells without filling the house with strong perfumes.  
My Lampe Berger
So I was extremely interested when I was shown a Lampe Berger at Galeries Lafayette in Nice, where I bought a very classic and elegant model to ornament the chest of drawers in my bedroom; then trying it out at home, I discovered that its perfumes are subtle and refined, and that they really neutralise, rather than mask cooking smells.
Aren't you familiar with the Lampe Berger?
Developed in France in 1898 by Maurice Berger, a pharmaceutical dispenser, in response to a major need of sterilising the air in hospitals, this is a system of scent diffusion which purifies the air in enclosed rooms. Thanks to its effectiveness, it was quickly adopted for use in private homes, and the Lampe Berger company was founded.
Very popular in the 1930s, the Lampe Berger quickly became a collector's item, each lamp being associated with a famous name designer or artist such as René Lalique, Coco Chanel, Picasso, to name just a few.
Today, there are over 5 million litres of fragrances and 800,000 lamps sold every year around the world and Lampe Berger is distributed worldwide.
So, how does it work, exactly? It's easy! Simply fill your lamp with your fragrance or non-fragrance of choice, wait at least 20 minutes while the wick soaks in the liquid, then light the lamp and allow the flame to burn for 2 minutes; then blow it out and replace the decorative cap. You should allow 20 minutes of "burning time" for each 8 sqm you are treating. When the room is sufficiently permeated by the fragrance, blow it out and replace the stopper.
Apart from looking very stylish, since there are a lot of different lamp models which are suitable to every kind of home style, the Lampes come with a great variety of fragrances, including the Neutral, a non-fragrance which deodorises and purifies the air without releasing any fragrance. It can also be used to dilute other fragrances to control their intensity, and when used in between 2 fragrances, it will optimise the functioning of the oil burner, cleaning it and therefore increasing its lifespan.
The Lamp Berger fragrance range is very wide, inspiring your imagination and inviting you to a daily state of wellbeing. There are also two Anti-moustiques fragrances, one neutral and one called "Ocean breeze", equally effective against mosquitoes and very useful in summer!
Thanks to the success of the product, the brand has created also a line of complementary, minimalist fragrance diffusers with sticks, whose scents are the same as those created for the Lamps; the combination of their "double action" allows a uniform and lasting fragrance diffusion of perfume in the room, even after blowing the lamp out.
Personally, I chose different fragrances in a thematic variation inspired by the different rooms:
Absolu de vanille with its warm and delicate floral scent dew on a vanilla background for the living area;
Savon d'Autrefois with its reassuring fresh and soft bouquet and arome soap memories, combining orange blossom, peony and cotton flower with sweet almond for the bathroom;
And my favourite among all, Paris Chic for bedrooms and closet, with its delicate, floral fragrance reminding of a stroll trough the Jardins de Tuileries. Particularly I love its timeless chic of this Haute-Couture fragrance, smelling as a bespoke perfume, whose heart note is the sumptuous Bulgarian Rose enveloped in green notes evocative of a rose garden, as well as minor fruity notes.
And for lovers of luxury like me, this scent is so personal, like a revelation of my most aesthetic inclination and the real embodiment of French savoir-vivre in a refined journey though time and space...
     

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