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DESIGN DESTINATION the embassy

Nobody needs another candle,” deadpans scent aficionado Craig Andrade as he stands, almost defiantly, inside his atelier preparing to host a candle-making class. But what he’s really saying is that nobody needs another average candle. His Raconteur creations at The Embassy, the company’s base in a laneway of Sydney’s Paddington, are Craig’s own combinations of Australian native botanicals – and their sophisticated fragrance profiles make them far from average.

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