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Tag: Incense

  • Royal Hojari Frankincense

    Royal Hojari Frankincense

    Frankincense can come from many places such as India, much of Northern and Western Africa, and others. Out of all of the sources of frankincense, The Emirate of Oman still is producing inarguably the best of the very best frankincense. The grading of frankincense is involved, but to cut to the chase of it, everyone…

  • Smudging Without Sage

    Smudging Without Sage

    Sometimes one doesn’t want all of the smoke nor wants to deal with the process of smudging with sage. Thank goodness there are options. Some incenses contain sage as a key component, permitting one to purify their environment without sage bundles. One of our favorites is Sandesh White Sage. It has a lovely champa-type core…

  • About Morning Star Cedarwood Incense

    About Morning Star Cedarwood Incense

    The Morning Star line is all about theme and variation. All of them have the same basic clean, crisp, cooling sandalwood base. Morning Star Cedarwood differs in that it has the addition of refreshing, balsamic cedarwood. It brightens up the fragrance, gives it a distinctive, subtle quality that reminds us of baking apples Morning Star…

  • SMUDGINB blog 2

          Before you take any action with this strong and powerful ritual, consider your intention. Keep this thought clearly in your mind.  Smudging should be done with care and reverence along with a positive attitude and that of love.   The flame from a candle is recommended to light the smudge that the…

  • SMUDGING blog 1

        Over the years I have sold many bundles of sage and for the most part my customers knew what it was that they wanted to do with it and how they would and why they would “smudge” their environment.  It has come to my attention that there is an interest in this activity. …

  • DR. SETH, THE INCENSE GURU OF WOODSTOCK TRADING COMPANY

        Dr. Seth has an enormous collection of incense fragrances from around the world. His keen sense of smell coupled with scientific knowledge of the composition and aesthetics of materials have made Woodstock Trading Company the “GO TO” place for incense and other fragrance products.   He earned an M.D. degree in 1993 and…

  • Patchouli Incenses

    I became aware of something I was doing for so long without much thought. I was applying patchouli oil directly to incense sticks. I guess without thinking, I was aware of a lack of convincing, true patchouli incense that isn’t choking and has a sweeter component to balance the bitter, earthy notes of patchouli. We…

  • A Point On Our Ceramic Incense Burners

    One of the things that make us distinctively blessed is that we have an outlet for one of our hobbies. We are (for lack of a better word) amateur ceramics workers. Many hobbyist ceramics folks end up with piles of bowls and cups filling their cupboards, basements, attics, etc. The only outlet most have is…