Honey, osmanthus, ambergris, patchouli and musk, orange peel, frankincese, myrrh, cedarwood, and vanilla.

My parents are practice different religions, one is Christian, and the other is Buddhist. 

Growing up, I didn't really participate or feel strongly in either until very recently. As the people close to me have known, my grandmother passed away 2 years ago. Although I was not close with her, I participated for the first time in many Buddhist rituals during her funeral, and this triggered active exploration of multiple types of religion, including Christianity. I've been attending both Buddhist temples around the world, and Christian churches too, in an attempt to become closer to God. 

Throughout my exploration of these religious sites I've always noticed that they have a particular smell. The Buddhist monastery I visited, Empty Cloud in New Jersey, smelled like incense. Since people have allergies now, it's unusual to have incense burning, but I smelled it as soon as I walked in and it was pleasant. 

Last year I visited the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. It has a particular smell of wet concrete, and if you sit on the pews on the very front you can smell the wood, and the wood stain. Pews were also the longest religious furniture project that Antoni Gaudí worked on.

Both times I had felt my relationship with God had grown stronger, and through my experience of being present in church pews and on floor zafus, there just is, to me, this distinct smell associated with religion. And those experiences brought me enormous peace.

I feel as though God can be found in many places, all around you, in smells. And for those who are not religious, inner peace can be found in smells too. Everyone has a smell that brings them peace, whether it's your favourite dessert, your grandma's house, or the skin scent of your loved one.

This scent to me gives me peace, and is an ultimate culmination of my experiences becoming closer to God. I hope that this candle can bring you peace, if you are not religious, and if you are religious, you are able to become closer to God smelling this too. 

Enjoy!