But in addition to the visual splendor and overwhelming sense of awe one feels beneath a cathedral’s soaring vaulted ceilings, I love the scent: cold stone, smoking candle wicks, incense. Pontifical incense has always been available for purchase, and there are official Catholic candles that evoke the aroma of mass. Now, thanks to various geniuses in the fragrance industry, it is shockingly easy to bring all of the cathedral scents (stone included) into the home. My apartment—formerly a godless zone for only the profane, not the sacred—now feels holy.

— Read more in Why Do I Want My House to Smell Like a Church? at Vogue.