Incense & resins

Burning incense is an everyday gesture throughout the Orient: to perfume the home, welcome guests, accompany prayer or a quiet moment. Our department gathers more than a hundred resins and blends, from North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula.

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The main families of incense

  • Frankincense (louban): the most famous resin, from Oman, Somalia and Sudan. See frankincense & louban.
  • Benzoin (jawi): white, red, black or ajmi, with a soft vanilla scent.
  • Myrrh, mastic (mastaka), sandarac, gum arabic.
  • Fassoukh (galbanum), white and black. See fassoukhs.
  • Traditional blends: tfoussikha, harba, oum el nass, Sudanese bakhour, Dhofari blends with oud.
  • Woods and powders: sandalwood, oud, incense powders.

By origin

Omani incense · Moroccan incense · Sudanese incense · Western incense (sage, palo santo, copal).

How to burn a resin

Light a charcoal disc in an incense burner, wait until it turns white, then add a few grains of resin. An electric burner heats incense without charcoal. Air the room after use and never leave burning incense unattended.

The uses mentioned on our site are traditional uses from Middle Eastern and North African cultures. They are not promises and do not replace medical advice.

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