Probably the Most Expensive Matches in the World

One of my first blog entries last spring was called 4+ Things I Definitely Don’t Need. After a little detour to The Land of Reasonably Priced Objects, my love for the superfluous returns with a vengeance in today’s post, where I’m covering possibly the most frivolous thing I have ever bought. Matches in themselves are of course extremely functional items, but one would be hard-pressed to claim that these luxuriously scented, 22 cm long Cire Trudon matches that cost 15 euros a box are essential for mankind’s survival. Nobody NEEDS matches like these. That said, I don’t understand why some people feel personally offended when others spend money on things like that. I can afford them. It’s my own money. I find matches – even expensive matches – much less objectionable than, let’s say, guns or boring diamonds or excessive contouring. I never roll my eyes when people buy cars and TVs, things that I consider absolutely unnecessary and that cost WAY more than matches. So can I just enjoy my matches in peace, please? It’s not only the Cire Trudon matches I’ve got a thing for, I like long matches in general. Jo Malone has nice ones, as does the Senteurs d’Ailleurs perfume shop in Brussels. They look elegant, make lighting scented candles easy and… Well, I just like them. But Cire Trudon isn’t the world’s oldest candle maker for nothing and their matches are in a league of their own – longer and more refined, in amazingly illustrated boxes and they smell beautiful. If you want, you can..

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