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Frankincense powder uses!

As many of you know, we offer the spent biomass of frankincense, post-distillate. After the distillation, we dry the leftover plant material in the sun, break it into smaller pieces, dry a couple more days, break it again, and eventually we mill it in our small but precise German mill, to get a fine, dry, light and uniform powder. We've tested it plenty, and it contains Boswellic Acids, which don't come over in the distillation, in anything more than  trace amount. I know people like t …

On the Edge

Of course you’ve noticed that we are in a huge and major shift right now; it would be absurd to pretend we’re not. But we have something celebratory coming up.You may know that we are approaching our 25th year anniversary in the Village—that’s going to be the weekend of November 25-26-27. It’s Black Friday and the following couple of days. We hope you’re going to be around, because we are going to celebrate, at our store in New York. We will have some aromatic tidbits, a nice gift, and a …

Enfleurage Lavenders and Their Close Relatives

Lavender essential oil—the essence of aroma.Lavender is a great, drought-resistant plant, with seemingly endless varieties, and it swims happily in both the olfactory and gustatory realms. We consider it as the aromatic face to aromatherapy, while still maintaining a strong and steady role in perfumery. Lavender is considered to have many indications, or uses, and has interesting and pleasurable side effects. It’s synonymous with relaxation, and always appropriate for yoga, shivasana, med …