Sparkling Cuvée has all the trappings of a New Year's Eve candle: a pearly, iridescent white jar, a pop-the-cork story from Voluspa, even a holiday tie-in with the jeweler TACORI. Ask the people who own it, though, and it's an any-time candle. When someone on Reddit asked whether it was seasonal, the answer was no, just bright and a little fruity. One decade-long Voluspa loyalist ranks it second only to Baltic Amber, and another keeps one on a dresser, where it still smells good unlit after a long while.
Bubbles you can actually smell
Pomelo and sparkling wine lead Voluspa's note list, over rose petals and oak, with red currant and nectarine tucked into the fuller description. Buyers mostly describe fizz and fruit. A beauty blogger says it smells like sweet, bubbly sparkling wine, effervescent even, and compares it to Lush's Golden Wonder bath bomb; a Reddit owner calls it fruity and champagne-y; an Apartment Therapy editor who worked through Voluspa's advent calendar named it a new favorite. For a drier, oakier take on the same idea, the one to compare is Voluspa's older Crisp Champagne, and at least one Crisp Champagne fan has asked how the two stack up.
A light-to-moderate thrower
The blogger burned it as a refill in a Classic jar and rated the throw decent rather than strong: it drifted out of her room and into the hallway, but she wouldn't count on that size for a big open space. A Reddit owner happy with the white jar calls the throw nice, while one Bloomingdale's reviewer found it lovely unlit and very weak lit, with only a faint sweetness in the bedroom hours later. Bigger rooms are better served by the multi-wick formats.
A Classic holds 9 ounces for $36 and lasts around 60 hours; the Large Jar costs $40; and a $24 refill drops into a spent Classic, which pleases the blogger because its cup is biodegradable. When a jar is finally empty, that iridescent glass makes a pretty vase.
