It was a beautiful week - I visited Paris with my mother, and we had a delicious meal at 'Le Dome', which was much loved by Hemingway and all of early 20th century Parisian artistic society. Whilst exploring Le Marais, I got sucked into the seductive world of evocative scents at Cire Trudon, the oldest candle manufacturers in France, who were the official suppliers of candles to the court of Versailles. I brought back a candle to scent the chateau in time for Lalande's open day for the French 'Journee du Patrimoine'. Any excuse! Escape to the chateau with ’The Chateau Diaries’ This weekly vlog follows the adventures of chatelaine Stephanie in her French 16th century home, the Chateau de Lalande, in the heart of rural France