The Candle Man - NYTimes.com Does the world really need more scented candles? Bien sûr, says Frederick Bouchardy, whose Brooklyn-based fragrance house, Joya, produces candles for companies like Malin & Goetz, Barneys New York and Kiki de Montparnasse, as well as for his own line. The 33-year-old entrepreneur has converted a 19th-century commercial building near the Navy Yard into a virtual wax museum. Visitors can watch the candle-making process, from perfume compounding to porcelain slip-casting, and buy all manner of fragrant offerings, including limited-edition collaborations like a floral-scented candle encased in draped porcelain that was commissioned by the Paris-based designer Hervé L. Leroux, and a heady room spray developed with I. T., the Hong Kong fashion chain. For those who don't want to smell like the masses, prices start at $600 for bespoke perfumes, body lotions and laundry detergents. The once-gritty space has been given a mod-looking redo by the Brooklyn firms Ellis & Donnelly Studio and Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design. Artist installations and perfumer-led workshops are in the works. "Some of the manufacturing techniques and tricks we employ are so unique, so old school," Bouchardy says. We hope that organizing and demonstrating them under one roof will make our space a rare and worthy destination. 19 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn; (718) 852-6979; private appointments from Nov. 1, open to the public Dec. 1.