What Coreterno is known for
An Italian lifestyle brand conceived in Rome and launched in New York in 2015 by Francilla Ronchi and Michelangelo Brancato, Coreterno makes vegan, cruelty-free candles and fragrances in Italy inspired by 19th-century engravings and rock-and-pop iconography.
Coreterno — Italian for 'eternal heart' — is a lifestyle brand conceived in Rome and formally launched in New York in 2015 by Francilla Ronchi and Michelangelo Brancato. Its aesthetic draws on a self-described 'mysterious world' of rebellious artists, poets and engravers, reworking nineteenth-century portraits, antique seventeenth-century engravings, and archetypal rock-and-pop symbols into vintage-styled black-and-white product labels. The brand's candle range spans distinct collections: Visionary Candles, made with organic wax and labeled with short phrases about moods and states of mind, and the Aphrodite Scented Candles line, framed around themes of love. Coreterno states that all its fragrances are vegan and cruelty-free, produced in Italy using a mix of vegetable and mineral waxes, and markets its products around a stated intent to carry messages of strength through visual and olfactory design rather than function alone. Beyond candles, the brand also produces fragrances and jewelry sold through its own site and stockists including department stores such as David Jones and specialty perfumeries.
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Best for — Gothic dark-romantic candles and scents in matte-black vessels from Rome
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