The Rigaud candle was created in 1950 by Madame Rigaud who had the original idea of opening a House Gift shop, offering, of course, environmental fragrances. This is how the Rigaud candle was born. Rigaud's great achievement was to combine successfully in a candle, fragrance and wax which, when burning, released the wonderful Rigaud scents. They are also, the only candles in the world with a long burning capacity. The Standard and Recharge burns for 50 hours, where as, the Demi and Mini burn for 25 hours and 12 hours respectively. The best known of the Rigaud candles is the first created, CYPRES (green). Then came CYTHERE (red), CHEVREFEUILLE (dark blue), SANTIFOLIA (pink roses), TOURNESOL (yellow-sunflower), VIOLAINE (purple)-RETIRED, GARDENIA (white). Rigaud's "Les Pastels" RETIRED. Two new fragrances, the GARRIGUE (lime green) and the LAVANDE SAUVAGE (lavender, deep blue), are available from Rigaud.