So Much Ado About Frankincense

Here’s a short explanation about our frankincense distillation. As many people know, we were operating Enfleurage Middle East, our frankincense distillary, in Muscat Oman, from 2017-2023. Before that, we were in Salalah, from 2011-2016. This has been our distillery, not someone else’s. Both times, I decamped suddenly due to ill health. In 2016 it was breast cancer, and in 2023, it was heart failure and endometrial cancer. (I am braca positive.) When I was a teenager, I had melanoma, …

Onward!

Many of you have asked what's up with our distillery and when are we restarting production and where are we moving to and other questions in this vein. I know I keep saying one thing and then another but we do actually now have a plan. Here's the deal: At the beginning of 2023, as we were visiting Dubai, thinking perhaps we should move the distillery there from Muscat as Oman had become very difficult due to circumstances after HM Qaboos passed away and then covid. But I had a serious medical si …

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 …