Description
SCENT EXPERIENCE: White Sage is an incense with strong purifying properties thanks to the white sage used in smudging ceremonies or meditation and highly prized by shamans. It has a penetrating and very spicy scent.
Recently added to our range is Green Tree incense, a small-scale incense made in Bangalore that is still entirely handmade. Started as a family product, it has since grown larger, providing work to several local families in the Bangalore slums. This incense is absolutely child labor-free and consists of a number of delightful fragrances; moreover, everything is packaged in very beautiful retail displays.
Incense is a mixture of aromatic organic substances that can be lit and then spreads a scent considered pleasant. The term incense also refers to the resin (olibanum) of the frankincense tree (Boswellia). The original meaning of the word incense is “consecration smoke” (smoke for consecration). Incense has been used since at least 1700 BC, probably originally as a burnt offering. A burnt offering was intended to appease the gods. The scent and the prayer rise upwards with the smoke. A practical use of incense was to dispel the smell of decay. The blood and remains of the animals sacrificed by Jews were masked by the pungent scent of incense. In Europe, incense was and is primarily used in churches. Although among the Jews the smell of the sacrifices still had to be dispelled, incense could be used to mask the smell of wealthy people buried in the church. The expression "rich stinker" may therefore find its origin here. The use of scent-masking incense during funerals and pilgrimage sites, where people have traveled from far away, also seems no coincidence. The resins and oils were unaffordable for ordinary people because they had to be imported from outside Europe. Apart from that, there was no culture of using incense outside the church. Since the 1960s, interest in Eastern cultures and religion has grown. In many countries such as China, India, Tibet, and Japan, incense is widely used. In these countries, incense is just as common as flowers in the home or the use of soap or perfume in the Western world. Along with this interest, the import and use of Eastern incense also increased.
