The World's Oldest Candlemaker Is Now in Austin — And We Carry the Full Collection

There's a candle on our shelves that has been made continuously since 1643.

That's not a typo. Cire Trudon — founded in Paris more than 380 years ago — began as the official wax supplier to the French royal court, illuminating Versailles and the churches of France with a quality of wax that simply didn't exist anywhere else. Today, that same commitment to craft has evolved into one of the most coveted luxury fragrance lines in the world. And Maaribu is one of the only places in Austin where you can find it.

We don't carry a few Trudon pieces. We carry the collection.

What Makes Trudon Different

Walk into almost any luxury retailer and you'll find beautiful candles. What you won't often find is a candle house with a genuine point of view — one where every fragrance tells a story, every vessel is designed as an object in its own right, and the experience of burning one feels genuinely different from anything else in the room.

Trudon's scents are literary and specific. They're not named after abstract feelings or seasons. They're named after places, people, and moments in history, and they smell like it.

Abd El Kader opens with Moroccan mint tea and drifts into tobacco and cedar — a fragrance that conjures the medinas of North Africa. Ernesto is Cuban: cigars, leather, and rum-soaked wood. Josephine is lush and feminine, built around jasmine, rose, and warm sandalwood. Figuerie captures something almost impossible — the green, milky, slightly sour scent of a fig tree in summer, leaves and all. Cyrnos is the coast of Corsica: myrtle, eucalyptus, and salty air. Gabriel smells like a cold stone chapel with a wood fire burning in the corner.

Each one is a destination. And in the iconic black and gold Trudon vessel, they're as beautiful to look at as they are to smell.

The Full Maaribu Trudon Assortment

We've curated what we believe is one of the most complete Trudon collections available in Texas. Here's what you'll find at our Austin showroom and online:

Scented Candles — Classic candles in the 70g La Petite Bougie size (a perfect entry point or gift), and the 270g size across the full fragrance range. For something truly grand, the 800g Intermezzo makes an unmistakable statement in any room.

Alabaster Candles — The Alabaster collection presents Trudon's fragrances in marbled white vessels that look like sculpture. The 270g Alabaster is one of the most striking objects we carry, full stop.

Limited Edition Candles — We currently carry the Rose Poivree, a collaboration with Giambattista Valli, and the Tuileries 270g — both limited and worth snapping up while they're here.

Madeleine Taper Candles — Trudon's tapers come in an extraordinary range of colors, sold in boxes of six. Whether you're setting a dinner table or styling a mantle, these are the tapers that make people ask where you got them. We carry ten-plus colorways in store.

Diffusers — The 350ml reed diffuser delivers Trudon's fragrance continuously and without a flame — ideal for a bedroom, bathroom, or office. Available across the core fragrance collection.

La Promeneuse & Cameos — La Promeneuse is Trudon's wax melter: a beautifully designed vessel that gently warms wax melt cameos to release fragrance without a wick. The cameos come in sets of four and are one of the most giftable things we carry.

Room Sprays & Scented Matches — For an instant hit of atmosphere, the room sprays deliver Trudon's signature scents in seconds. The scented matches are a small luxury that makes lighting a candle feel like a ritual.

Hand Soap — The Trudon Medie hand soap in its distinctive green ribbed bottle with gold pump is one of those rare things that makes a bathroom feel genuinely elevated. It also happens to smell extraordinary.

Accessories — We carry the full suite of Trudon brass accessories: the Dutch candlestick, candle snuffer, and accessory base for the tapers, plus La Cloche, Trudon's glass bell jar designed to preserve fragrance between burns.

How to Choose Your First Trudon

If you're new to Trudon, the 70g La Petite Bougie is the smartest starting point — at $56, it lets you live with a fragrance before committing to the 270g. If you already know you love the brand, the 270g Classic in your signature scent is the move. If you're buying a gift, the Madeleine tapers (beautiful packaging, instantly useful, deeply considered) or the cameos with La Promeneuse are our top recommendations.

And if you want to smell all of them before deciding — which is really the only way to do it — come see us at 3402 Guadalupe St. Our team knows the collection well and loves talking through the fragrances.

Shop the full Trudon collection at Maaribu →

Maaribu Home & Design is one of Austin's only authorized Cire Trudon retailers. We carry the full collection in our showroom at 3402 Guadalupe St., open Monday–Saturday 10am–6pm.