Carlsbad Cavern National Park Candle

Closed, opens tomorrow 11amIndependent shop in BallardDirections

Available from Good & Well Supply Co. when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Carlsbad Caverns holds a hush you can feel — cool stone, vast chambers, ancient echoes. This scent opens with the soft spark of bergamot and spruce before slipping into dry sage and deep, resinous woods. The air grows darker, denser. Earth and time press in. Notes of palo santo and patchouli stir like distant footsteps in the dark, grounded by a smoky, mineral base that lingers long after the flame is out. For those who follow the path into the unknown.