I poured and packed three bottles of Ofrenda this morning, for an order. This is one that I had to make an emergency batch of a couple months ago, because it looked like I’d be running out in June (and lo… it happened).
It’s a bit strange to describe, but I feel like I’m working in [...]
frankincense
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8 POUNDS FRESH SUPERIOR HOJARY FRANKINCENSE |
US $199.00 | Sale |
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FRANKINCENSE SILVER LACE Prayer Beads Masbaha Tesbih |
US $119.00 | Sale |
the power of copal and myrrh
June 9th, 2008 — , Myrrh, Natural Aromatics, Ofrenda, Perfume, abies grandis, copal, frankincense, mandrake apothecary from scentedwench @ The Scented Wench
Travel Memoirs: Arabian Rituals
May 11th, 2008 — , Travel Memoirs, aloewood, ambergris, arabic, frankincense, fumigation, oil from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Encountering other cultures is often revealing of prejudices of one own’s culture. And nowhere is this more apparent than upon glimpsing the fragrant rituals of the Middle East and in particular the Arab world. Immersed in the tradition of aromas, wh…
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December 17th, 2007 — frankincense, incense, musings, poems from Heather @ memory & desire
So why frankincense, why now? Aside from the “We Three Kings of Orient Are” playing in every store and the red velvet boxes of frankincense in Christian gift shops “to celebrate the reason for the season,” (a season which, in the words of Stephen Colbert, is so deeply Christian that it predates Christianity) I had not intended to write about the same stuff that I expect most perfume writers and critics to focus on at this time of the year.
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December 17th, 2007 — , Perfume, Poetry, frankincense, incense, musings, poems from Heather @ memory & desire
unto thee i - by e. e. cummings - unto thee i burn incense the bowl crackles upon the gloom arise purple pencils fluent spires of fragrance the bowl seethes a flutter of stars a turbulence of forms delightful with indefinable flowering, the air is deep…
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June 7th, 2007 — Clary Sage, Peru Balsam, frankincense, roses from Lucy @ indieperfumes
Having accumulated some essences of excellent quality from Liberty Naturals and others over time, I have been fooling around and “making messes” as some would say — thothere have been some wonderful “accidents” that I have been able to use for gifts a…
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June 7th, 2007 — Clary Sage, Eucerin, Liberty Natural, Peru Balsam, frankincense, vetiver from Lucy @ indieperfumes
Having accumulated some essences of excellent quality from Liberty Naturals and others over time, I have been fooling around and “making messes” as some would say — thothere have been some wonderful “accidents” that I have been able to use for gifts a…
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January 17th, 2007 — Sandalwood, boswellia, frankincense, incense, roses from Lucy @ indieperfumes
I was fascinated as a child by the Catholic stories of saints who were so holy that they exuded a strong fragrance. Sometimes the fragrance intensified upon their deaths and this was taken as a special incontrovertible sign of sainthood. In the Middle…
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