AL BUIO – Forbidden Fruit - Fornasetti’s Original Sin Candle
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AL BUIO – Scented Candle, Original Sin Décor, Forbidden Fruit Fragrance is unapologetically theatrical.
It belongs to that rare category of objects that command attention while remaining deeply intimate. Sugary, reassuring, and irresistibly inviting, it evokes temptation in its most refined form—one that seduces through beauty, symbolism, and sensory pleasure rather than excess. This is spectacle designed for the domestic sphere, meant to be lived with rather than merely observed.
© Sigurd Magnor Killerud
Image, Scent, and the Art of Living
The decoration stages one of Fornasetti’s most evocative encounters: the iconic muse and the serpent. Together, they reinterpret the myth of original sin not as a moment of fall, but as an act of curiosity and desire. The imagery is bold, unmistakable, and layered with irony—transforming the ceramic vessel into a visual statement that oscillates between art object and functional design.
Once lit, the fragrance Frutto Proibito extends this narrative into the air. Mediterranean citrus notes open the composition with brightness and immediacy, soon embracing a floral heart dominated by jasmine. The scent then deepens into tuberose, lush and enveloping, softened by sweet, velvety nuances of rosewood. The result is sensual yet comforting, indulgent without heaviness—an olfactory expression of temptation rendered elegant and familiar.
Design and fragrance converge into a single sensory experience. The flame animates the imagery, the scent reshapes the room, and time seems momentarily suspended. With approximately twenty-five hours of burn time, the candle becomes a ritual, a recurring moment of pleasure within the home.
© Sigurd Magnor Killerud
The Fornasetti Legacy
Handcrafted entirely in Italy, each candle reflects Fornasetti’s devotion to artisanal excellence. Minor variations between pieces are intentional traces of craftsmanship, affirming the uniqueness of every creation. The wax is fully natural and vegetable-based, a living material that responds to its environment and reinforces the authenticity of the object. Designed to be refilled, the ceramic container embodies a vision of beauty that endures beyond a single use.
Born in post-war Milan, Fornasetti remains the creative echo of Piero Fornasetti’s radical imagination—an artist who rejected chronological value and embraced inspiration without boundaries. Today, under the guidance of Barnaba Fornasetti, the Atelier continues to merge art, design, and cultural exploration into objects meant not only to be admired, but inhabited.
AL BUIO – Original Sin stands as a distilled expression of this philosophy: a candle that transforms temptation into an aesthetic experience, and spectacle into an intimate, repeatable pleasure.
© Sigurd Magnor Killerud
The Ritual: Art in Air
To light a Fornasetti candle is to initiate a private performance where art stops being a static object and starts to breathe. It is an invitation to clear the table of the day’s noise and let the scent reframe the room’s geometry. Use this flicker of light as a creative reset: host a dinner that ignores the predictable, where the whimsical gaze on the ceramic vessel becomes your muse for a conversation or a sketch. It is a quiet rebellion against the functional—a chance to stop observing art and start living within it, turning an evening into a masterpiece of personal expression.
© Sigurd Magnor Killerud
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