The candle set costs $19.74 — a reflection of the year Super 8 opened its first hotel. That’s way cheaper than the $75 charged for the candle that smells like Paltrow’s, um, crisp, clean linen.

And now, the Wyndham-owned hotel chain, Super 8, is getting in on the action with a set of (you guessed it) eight candles meant to mimic the smells of an epic road trip adventure.

From highways to byways, gas station pit stops, early morning wakeups and tasty road-side snacks, with more than 1,200 hotels across the U.S., the Super 8 passion for measuring road trips by ...