Joshua Tree Candle | Palo Santo + Sage

The desert has a strange way of making almost nothing feel like exactly enough.

Orchid + Ash’s Joshua Tree Candle captures that particular kind of restraint. Sun-warmed citrus brightens the first burn before smoky palo santo and desert sage settle into dry cedar and wild cypress, creating a scent that's woody, earthy, and fresh without making your living room smell like you've been aggressively smudging it. Light it when the house feels a little too busy, when dinner is over and nobody needs anything else from you, or whenever you'd prefer the atmosphere to suggest you live somewhere considerably quieter. It won't give you forty acres in the desert. But for about forty hours, it can make a reasonably persuasive argument.

The Details

• Natural candle with palo santo + sage
• Top notes: sun-warmed citrus
• Middle notes: palo santo + desert sage
• Base notes: dry cedar + wild cypress
• Clean, woody, smoky, and subtly citrusy
• Formulated with 100% naturally derived fragrance ingredients and botanicals
• Plant-based coconut, apricot + soy wax blend
• Naturally derived fragrance with botanical essential oils
• 100% cotton wick
• Clean, even burn with minimal soot
• 8.5 oz
• Up to 40-hour burn time
• Trim wick to ¼" before each burn

About the Brand:  Orchid + Ash

Orchid + Ash makes botanical beauty and fragrance for people who understand that feeling good rarely comes down to one miraculous ingredient or a twelve-step routine. The brand combines thoughtful botanicals, modern formulation, and scent to turn ordinary routines into small rituals that feel considerably less obligatory. Products are made in small batches with an emphasis on clean ingredients, sustainability, and the idea that taking care of yourself and your surroundings shouldn't require turning wellness into a second job. Sometimes the ritual is considerably simpler: light the candle and make the room somewhere you'd rather be.