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Frankincense DIY Update

Frankincense has a special place in our hearts, as you probably know. And our Omani distillery continues to function, as it has throughout almost the entire pandemic. In fact, we continued to produce our excellent essential oil all the way through Covid with very few interruptions. I have updated the distillery website, and we have more than essential oil!We also have the spent biomass, with boswellic acids, and concentrate. We also have large amounts of hydrosol if you are in Dubai, or O …

More About our Omani Frankincense Production

As you might already know, we have our own, independent distillery for frankincense, distilling our own Boswellia sacra in Muscat, Oman, since 2017. Before that, we were in Salalah, and I formed our company there in 2011. Dhofar, the Governate that Salalah is the capital of, is the nerve center of Omani frankincense. Frankincense trees love Dhofar, and voluntarily grow and thrive there. While they are possible to grow in the north, and even other countries, these trees will not flourish i …

Distillation Station

As some of you know, we own and operate our frankincense distillery in Muscat, Oman, where we have access to the best, juiciest, most fragrant and delicious Omani gum/resin. Boswellia sacra, that’s all we do. We started in 2008, in Salalah, with one single alembic, and made it official in 2011, growing to 5 stills. In 2016 we shifted to Muscat, where we remain today, in our small and sturdy distillery by the sea, using 10 copper alembics in a closed and renewable system, that generates ve …