Botanical Incense Gift Sets

Exciting news – there are now two gift sets in the shop to choose from!

The Core Collection & The Expanded Collection

These gift sets contain three (or five) boxes of my handmade botanical incense, beautifully wrapped in tissue paper, and bundled inside a reusable cotton bag – ready to present to your loved one.

Both are available for preorder. The estimated shipping date for preorders is early December.

The Core Collection includes ↓

• Oak Moss and Vetiver

• Cinnamon and Spruce

• and Black Storax and Clove
  
  

The Expanded Collection includes ↓

• All the above scents

• Plus Ylang Ylang and Orris Root

• and the limited edition blend, Chamomile and Agave

If you'd like to customise your own set, you have the option of building your own gift bag too 😊

As always, thank you for your interest and support x

Botanic Spotlight: Black Frankincense

Botanic: Black Frankincense/Frankincense Neglecta

Binomial name: Boswellia Neglecta (native to Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and Kenya).

Scent: crisp, earthy, pine-like, light vanilla-musk; you can find this frankincense in my Black Storax and Clove incense sticks.

Function: as a resin, frankincense functions as an aromatic in incense making. Like most resins, only a little is needed. If too much is used in direct burning incense (sticks, cones etc), it won’t stay lit.

Something you might not know: There are many varieties of Frankincense! They have similar scent profiles, but each variety has a slightly different twist.

I buy frankincense from a Canadian supplier, who has travelled to North Eastern Kenya to establish a direct-buying relationship with the women of the Samburu tribe. This relationship greatly shortens the chain of purchase, and ensures they receive a higher price for the resin they harvest. 

Frankincense is one of the most popular resins in the world, and comes from countries that have previously been colonised. This is important to know, because the people harvesting the resin are likely local to the area; not paying them fairly for their work is harmful on principle, but also furthers the harm of colonisation. 

Check out the previous Botanic Spotlight on Australian Sandalwood. You can find more information about my sourcing process here.  

I make incense at my kitchen table in Melbourne from sustainably harvested Australian sandalwood, as well as tree resins, plants and essential oils.