Santal Candle

At some point, sandalwood became the official scent of having your life together. 

Santal makes it easy to understand how that happened. Bergamot and citrus arrive first, keeping things bright before jasmine, lily, and rose soften the middle. Then sandalwood, cedarwood, and amber take over, leaving behind the warm, velvety, slightly spicy scent that has somehow become shorthand for good taste. Light it in the living room and suddenly the stack of mail seems less consequential. Light it in the bedroom and you've apparently become someone who has a nighttime routine. The wooden wick adds a quiet crackle to the whole performance. Does any of this mean your life is more organized? Absolutely not. But the room smells like it might be, and sometimes atmosphere is about managing expectations.

The Details

• Warm, woody + subtly spicy fragrance
  • Top: Bergamot, Citrus + Lavandin
    Middle: Jasmine, Lily + Rose
    Base: Amber, Cedarwood + Sandalwood
• Natural soy wax
• Sustainably sourced wooden wick with a soft crackle
• Hand-poured in small batches
• Petroleum-free
• Cruelty-free
• Vegan
• Recyclable packaging with minimal plastic
• Made in the USA
• Available in 6 oz with 25+ hours of burn time and 13 oz with 50+ hours of burn time

About the Brand:  LIT LÁB CO.

LIT LÁB CO. operates on the fairly persuasive theory that changing how a room smells can change how the room feels. The brand creates fragrance for homes, hotels, cafés, and other spaces where atmosphere is doing more work than anyone admits. Its scents are layered, intentional, and designed to live in a space rather than assault everyone who enters it. Because the difference between “the living room” and “the living room at 8 p.m. with a candle burning” is technically just fragrance and fire, yet somehow we continue to fall for it.