19-69
Female Christ Scented Candle
The Female Christ Scented Candle by 19-69 is a 6.8 oz (200 ml) luxury home fragrance candle made in Italy, with an approximate burn time of 48 hours. Its woody, earthy scent profile features top notes of eucalyptus, patchouli, and pepper; heart notes of rhubarb, wintergreen, red thyme, and geranium; and base notes of vanilla, amber, benzoin, cinnamon bark, and cashmere wood. Designed by Swedish artist Johan Bergelin, the candle references the 1969 artistic performance of the same name and is intended for ambient scenting of interior spaces.
- Category
- Home & Garden > Decor > Home Fragrances > Candles
Specifications
Scented candle with earthy, woody fragrance inspired by an artistic performance.
Made in Italy, 6.8 oz, approximately 48 hours burn time
- Material
- Candle: Vegetable waxes, fragrances; Jar: Glass
- Age Group
- adult
- Condition
- new
- Category
- Home & Garden > Decor > Home Fragrances > Candles
Additional Attributes
- earthy
- full-bodied
- woody scent
- scented candle
- made in Italy
- 6.8 oz
- 200 ml
- approximately 48 hours burn time
Product Insights
The 19-69 Female Christ Scented Candle (75 CAD, in stock) is a made-in-Italy vegetable-wax candle handcrafted on a 1961 formula with a single lead-free cotton wick, vegan-friendly by formula with no animal testing on finished products and a declared natural-and-synthetic fragrance including allergens such as limonene; it is also the autobiographical house of Swedish artist Johan Bergelin, whose name 19-69 marks both the 1969 counterculture crest and his birth year, with a philosophy of composing every scent from a different era rather than one house signature across 13 fragrances and 9 candles. Its core promise is the Female Christ scent concept: eucalyptus's chill over warm patchouli, opening cold, camphoraceous and green before settling into warm patchouli resin cushioned by amber and benzoin, with patchouli as the deliberate founder's shorthand for 1969 and the spine that the other eleven notes contrast rather than soften away. Provenance is the documented 29 May 1969 Female Christ action at the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by Lene Adler Petersen and Bjørn Nørgaard, archived under the Danish title The Expulsion from the Temple / Naked Female Christ and now called by the Exchange a generous work of monumental value, read as anarchistic criticism of a capitalist and patriarchal culture obsessed with material goods, which makes the luxury candle memorialising it an explicit commodity irony. The main tradeoff is that this is composed first and foremost as a patchouli scent and the same pyramid as the eau de parfum arrives warmer and flatter from the wax; it emits nothing until the flame melts a full pool, then throws denser than the spray, and its 48-hour life is roughly 12 four-hour sessions, about $6 an evening at 75 CAD, with a first burn of 2 to 4 hours so the wax melts edge to edge. Soot comes from an overlong wick or a draft, not from the wax, and made-in-Italy credits wax formulation and manufacture, not the scent's authorship.
Verified claims
- Provenance
- Restates a documented 29 May 1969 Female Christ action at the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
- Artists
- The 1969 Female Christ performance that inspired the candle was created by Lene Adler Petersen and Bjørn Nørgaard.
- Original title
- Archived under the Danish title The Expulsion from the Temple / Naked Female Christ
- Legacy
- The Copenhagen Stock Exchange now calls the 1969 action a generous work of monumental value.
- Artwork meaning
- Read as anarchistic criticism of a capitalist and patriarchal culture obsessed with material goods.
- Commodity irony
- A luxury candle memorialising a 1969 anti-capitalist art action.
- Scent concept
- Eucalyptus's chill over warm patchouli translates the performance's nakedness into scent.
- Patchouli
- Patchouli is the spine; the other eleven notes contrast it rather than soften it away.
- Positioning
- Patchouli is the founder's deliberate shorthand for 1969, threaded across the line
- Cold-warm accord
- Opens cold, camphoraceous and green; settles into warm patchouli resin.
- Base notes
- Amber and benzoin cushion the sharp herbal opening into a soft, warm resin, not dry cedar or vetiver
- Namesake
- The name 19-69 marks both the 1969 counterculture crest and founder Johan Bergelin's birth year
- House philosophy
- 19-69 composes every scent from a different era, not one house signature, across 13 fragrances and 9 candles
- Scent commitment
- Composed first and foremost as a patchouli scent; the other eleven notes contrast it
- First burn
- Light it 2 to 4 hours the first time so the wax melts edge to edge.
- Soot
- Black soot comes from an overlong wick or a draft, not from the wax.
- Session length
- Roughly 12 full four-hour sessions across its 48-hour life.
- Burn sessions
- About 12 four-hour burns per jar — roughly $6 an evening at 75 CAD.
- Scent continuity
- Same Female Christ pyramid as the eau de parfum, but warmer and flatter from the wax.
- Scent release
- Emits nothing until the flame melts a full pool, then throws denser than the spray.
- Made in Italy
- Made in Italy credits the wax formulation and manufacture, not the scent's authorship.
- material
- Vegetable-wax candle handcrafted in Italy on a 1961 formula, with a single lead-free cotton wick
- Vegan status
- Vegan-friendly by formula, with no animal testing on finished products
- Authorship
- 19-69 is the autobiographical house of Swedish artist Johan Bergelin.
- Composition
- Fragrance is a natural-and-synthetic blend; allergens like limonene are declared.
Product record
- Title
- Female Christ Scented Candle
- Brand
- 19-69
- Price
- 75 CAD
- Availability
- In stock
Buying Guide
1 comparison · 9 sourcesUses
Scenting a room with an earthy, woody fragrance
Light this candle when you want to fill a space with an earthy, full-bodied, woody scent. Its fragrance layers eucalyptus, patchouli, and pepper over heart notes like rhubarb and geranium, settling into a base of vanilla, amber, and cashmere wood. The candle offers approximately 48 hours of burn time.[1,2]
A candle that keeps the memory of the 1969 Female Christ performance alive
Burn this earthy, full-bodied, woody scented candle at home as a way to connect with the Female Christ art performance by Lene Adler Petersen and Bjørn Nørgaard at the Copenhagen Stock Exchange in 1969. The brand says the fragrance is meant to ensure the memory of that performance lives on forever, and the scent is described as evoking it. A fitting pick for lovers of art history who want their home fragrance to carry a story.[1,3]
Product comparison
Compared within this brand.
| Female Christ Scented Candle: Choose this if you want an earthy, full-bodied, woody fragrance built on top notes of eucalyptus, patchouli, and pepper, a heart of rhubarb, wintergreen, red thyme, and geranium, and a base of vanilla, amber, benzoin, cinnamon bark, and cashmere wood. It is a 6.8 oz (200 ml) vegetable-wax candle with a glass jar, handmade in Italy with an approximately 48-hour burn time. Because each 19-69 product is handmade, small variations are considered part of its character.[1,3,4] | Chinese Tobacco Scented Candle: Choose this if you want a nostalgic woody and spicy scent — top notes of Italian bergamot, tobacco, red pepper, and lemon over ginger, coriander, and a resinous base — inspired by the creator's visit to a Kuala Terengganu restaurant where cooking aromas mingled with tobacco smoke. The 6.8 oz (200 ml) candle is hand crafted in Italy from a blend of vegetable waxes in a traditional 1961 formula and offers approximately 48 hours of burn time in a translucent red-orange glass jar. Because each piece is handmade, the brand notes small variations should be considered part of its character.[5,6,7,8] | Kasbah Scented Candle: Choose this if you want a woody, oriental-spiced fragrance inspired by the creator's travels to Marrakech, with top notes of sweet orange, ripe lime, and white honey over geranium, amber, patchouli, and a base of vanilla, tonka beans, guaiac wood, leather, and sandalwood. It is made in Italy from vegetable waxes in a translucent orange glass jar, comes in one 6.8 oz (200 ml) size, and offers approximately 48 hours of burn time.[9] |
Image Analysis
2 images- 01
Product
A cylindrical translucent orange glass candle jar with a single centered wick and black printed label on its front face.
- Jar shapeStraight-sided cylindrical jar with a flat base and a slightly rounded lip at the top; jar walls are uniformly curved with no visible handle or lid.
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x 0.30 · y 0.42 · w 0.40 · h 0.40 (high) - Material and finishTranslucent glass or glazed container with a smooth glossy finish that produces soft reflections and a subtle internal translucency showing the wax level.
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x 0.30 · y 0.42 · w 0.40 · h 0.40 (high) - WickSingle short wick centered at the top surface of the wax, slightly browned at the tip.
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x 0.48 · y 0.28 · w 0.04 · h 0.06 (high) - Front printed labelBlack printed text on the front face of the jar arranged in three stacked lines.
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x 0.37 · y 0.53 · w 0.26 · h 0.28 (high) - Label top line text“19-69”
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x 0.42 · y 0.52 · w 0.18 · h 0.08 (high) - Label middle lines text“FEMALE CHRIST”
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x 0.37 · y 0.61 · w 0.26 · h 0.12 (high) - Label bottom line text“BOUGIE PARFUMEE”
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x 0.39 · y 0.72 · w 0.22 · h 0.06 (high)
Other
Product photographed on a glossy white tabletop with vertical beige curtain backdrop; soft directional lighting from the right creates a faint shadow and reflection.
- SurfaceGlossy white horizontal tabletop that produces a clear vertical reflection of the jar directly beneath it.
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x 0.10 · y 0.74 · w 0.80 · h 0.20 (high) - BackdropVertical beige fabric curtains with soft folds occupying the upper two thirds of the image behind the jar.
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x 0.00 · y 0.00 · w 1.00 · h 0.60 (high) - Lighting and shadowSoft, warm directional light from the right side creating a subtle shadow to the left of the jar and a highlight on the jar's right edge.
- Shot compositionCentered composition with the jar placed slightly below image midpoint and occupying the central vertical axis; shallow depth of field keeps background softly out of focus.
Colors
muted translucent orange· jar body#F1A266black· printed text- Jar shapeStraight-sided cylindrical jar with a flat base and a slightly rounded lip at the top; jar walls are uniformly curved with no visible handle or lid.
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Product
Multiple colored glass jar candles with printed labels; several jars are upright and some lying on their side, arranged among cream-colored product boxes on a reflective surface against a draped fabric backdrop.
- Overall composition of jarsSeven cylindrical glass candle jars of varying translucent colors (pink, orange, red, purple, yellow, deep orange) are visible; jars are simple straight-sided cylinders with open tops showing white wax and centered wicks in some jars and empty visible interiors in others.
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x 0.12 · y 0.10 · w 0.76 · h 0.80 (low) - Pink jar detailSmall translucent pink jar sits near the top center, upright, showing printed black text on the front and white wax inside.
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x 0.41 · y 0.04 · w 0.15 · h 0.17 (high) - Orange jar labeled Female ChristTranslucent peach-orange jar upright at right center with black printed label text including a two-part line label that reads '19-69' above 'FEMALE CHRIST' and smaller text below.
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x 0.66 · y 0.20 · w 0.18 · h 0.24 (high) - Red jar labeled Chinese TobaccoTranslucent red-orange jar tilted on its side toward the left center showing white wax and black printed label text '19-69' above 'CHINESE TOBACCO'.
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x 0.06 · y 0.36 · w 0.30 · h 0.26 (high) - Deep purple jar labeled Purple HazeTranslucent deep purple jar upright near lower center with gold or light-colored printed text '19-69' above 'PURPLE HAZE'.
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x 0.36 · y 0.54 · w 0.16 · h 0.25 (high) - Yellow jar labeled CapriTranslucent yellow jar lying on its side in the foreground with black printed vertical text '19-69' and horizontal text 'CAPRI' visible; interior shows white wax and wick.
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x 0.44 · y 0.74 · w 0.36 · h 0.19 (high) - Orange-red jar labeled KasbahTranslucent orange-red jar upright at lower right with white wax and black printed label '19-69' above 'KASBAH'.
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x 0.76 · y 0.70 · w 0.14 · h 0.21 (high) - Glass finish and interiorJars are made of smooth translucent colored glass with consistent thickness visible at rims; interiors show solid white wax surfaces and single centered wicks in visible jars.
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x 0.30 · y 0.20 · w 0.50 · h 0.70 (medium)
Packaging
Multiple cream-colored rectangular product boxes with black printed branding and product names are arranged among the jars; several box faces show the brand '19-69' and fragrance names.
- Top center box front“Cream rectangular box stacked under the pink jar showing black text '19-69' at top and smaller text 'KASBAH' below.”
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x 0.45 · y 0.22 · w 0.13 · h 0.16 (high) - Right center box front“Cream box near the right center beneath the Female Christ jar showing black text '19-69' at top and below it the words 'CHINESE TOBACCO' and smaller lines beneath.”Partial
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x 0.65 · y 0.43 · w 0.20 · h 0.18 (medium) - Lower left box side“Cream box at lower left with vertical black text on the side reading '19-69' and horizontal text 'PURPLE HAZE' on a face.”
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x 0.02 · y 0.66 · w 0.30 · h 0.26 (high) - Middle stacked box edgeCream box faces show consistent minimal typography and matte paper finish with sharp edges and visible panel seams where boxes are stacked.
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x 0.40 · y 0.28 · w 0.28 · h 0.38 (medium)
Other
Studio lifestyle shot with neutral draped fabric backdrop, reflective white surface, soft directional lighting from the left creating gentle shadows and highlights; no people present.
- BackdropCream-colored draped fabric backdrop with vertical folds running top to bottom, occupying the full background.
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x 0.00 · y 0.00 · w 1.00 · h 0.62 (high) - Surface and reflectionsGlossy white horizontal surface reflects the bottoms of jars and boxes, producing soft specular highlights and faint cast shadows mainly toward the right.
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x 0.00 · y 0.62 · w 1.00 · h 0.38 (high) - Lighting qualitySoft, warm directional studio lighting from the left creates gentle gradients on jar glass and soft shadows to the right of objects.
Colors
translucent pale pink· pink jar#DDD3CBwarm peach orange· peach-orange jar (Female Christ)#FECA95translucent red orange· red-orange jar (Chinese Tobacco)#E44422deep purple· deep purple jar#15145Bbright yellow· yellow jar (Capri)#F5C202orange red· orange-red jar (Kasbah)#F35402cream· cream box facesPackaging- Overall composition of jarsSeven cylindrical glass candle jars of varying translucent colors (pink, orange, red, purple, yellow, deep orange) are visible; jars are simple straight-sided cylinders with open tops showing white wax and centered wicks in some jars and empty visible interiors in others.
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Reddit Insights
1 threads · r/luxurycandlesOnly one thread discusses the candle directly, with limited but mixed anticipation; no actual reviews of the Female Christ candle were found, but interest exists among luxury candle enthusiasts.
Limited feedback; some users express excitement and intent to buy the Female Christ candle, but one review of a different 19-69 candle (Purple Haze) was mediocre, noting adequate throw but not outstanding overall.
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Use Cases
- Home fragrance / luxury candle
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Compared To
vs Diptyque and DS&Durga candles
19-69 candles are comparable in size but some feel they are not outstanding for the price.
Source Threads
Anticipation for Female Christ candle
Between the post about Liis yesterday (Bo is a favorite perfume of mine) and 19-69 today (I'm wearing Female Christ right now!) I'm just so excited that we're all exploring some different brands. I have no feedback, but I'm definitely following this thread to find out! I've had the Female Christ candle on my list for so long.
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