Le Labo’s Santal 26 candle smells like a lot of things: amber, cedar, musk, sandalwood, and, perhaps most importantly, Jennifer Lopez. 

According to a recent story in The Cut about the beginnings of Le Labo’s cult-favorite perfume Santal 33, the Santal 26 candle (the precursor to Santal 33) is such a favorite of J.Lo’s that she used to buy “100 candles every month, sometimes 200.”  The Cut's Beauty Editor-at-Large Jane Larkworthy writes that Ian Schrager initially ordered a smokier version of the candle for his Gramercy Park Hotel. When customers started turning up at Le Labo’s Soho store looking for what they had smelled at Schrager’s hotel, the brand realized that they had a winner on their hands, and the candle’s smoky and sandalwood-y scent would later define Le Labo.