Description
Finally, I can present the resin that gives us the familiar Elemi essential oil, ubiquitous in the world of perfume and aromatherapy, Manila Elemi, AKA Canarium Luzonicum. Named after the island and province where it grows abundantly.
Rare to find in its undistilled and raw form and surprisingly fresh, this Elemi resin is soft, extremely sticky and abundantly aromatic. It is brimming with a fruity fragrance, vibrant lemony notes and hints of black pepper and pine. If it was any fresher and softer it would be a liquid.
Its softness is due to its freshness and the subsequent high % of essential oils present lending its potent and bold aroma.
(Fresh Manila Elemi can often contain a whopping 25% essential oils which is 5 times more than Frankincense and other resins.)
Called Pili locally, we find that Manila, African and Madagascar Elemi are used in similar ways in their respective cultures. Traditional healers use it to treat a wide variety of skin conditions, while the general populace uses it as incense to cleanse and freshen the home and as a repellant for mosquitos.
It makes a wonderful material for the production of perfume, incense, aromatic/medicated salves, oils and cremes and dissolves easily in alcohol and warm oils. it burns sweet on the censer with no charring.
If you plan to make a cosmetic or healing salve/creme/oil with it, a ratio of 1:10 in the oil of your choice, will produce a wonderfully fragrant product.
It is a perfect natural binder for creating incense pastilles and pellets with other powdered aromatics and is an ingredient in traditional incense sticks.
This sticky resin is double bagged and will need to be chilled in order to remove the wrapper cleanly from the resin.
Dan
If your resin is sticky, it may be difficult to remove it intact from the plastic wrapper. My trick and workaround is to place the bag in the fridge or freezer for 15-30 minutes before attempting to separate it from its package. After chilling, it will detach with ease and without leaving any material stuck to the wrapper.
Rozella Treutel –
Insanely fresh resin. One whiff and all woes be gone, banished in an instant by the intense cleansing notes of citrus, pine and black pepper held together by some waxy creaminess.
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Mireille Stamm –
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Zoila Lindgren –
First time buying Manila Elemi. It is easy to use, warmed in a tealight. I light it for an hour. Put it out and can light it again next day still warm and fragrant. Scrape it out of the bag on a clean popcicle stick. It goes a long way.
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Elna Hoeger –
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Berry Becker –
Dan provides exceptional service for unique and authentic items that are prepared masterfully. This Elemi is bright and fragrant, super sticky. Thank you.
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Jovani Rodriguez –
Smells amazing, I got it for use in violin varnish, not to burn as incense, but it looks like pure, good quality resin. I'm excited to try it on an instrument.
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Chaz Kozey –
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Elenor Nienow –
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Mercedes Casper –
Smells so good! Love it!
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Paula Vandervort –
Amazing Elemi!
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Santina Veum –
Delicious! The most DIVINE, pure products, quick dispatch, excellent packaging, and a generous gift. I am thrilled.
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Katelin Kutch –
I'm a newbie and looking forward to seeing what I can create with this and some of the other things I've ordered after I try them individually. Thank you for offering all of these great items!
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Aurelia Kertzmann –
Fantastic aroma! I like it even more then Madagascar elemi. But both are nice and high quality. I will order it more
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Yazmin Parisian –
Very nice Elemi. To me it smells pleasantly of dill and slight tart floral. Will purchase from this seller in the future.
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Candida Blick –
Awesome product supplied with heart and ethics
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Alaina Gutkowski –
Wow , luv equality verrry fresh and pure equiaity , will pay again when needed, this a million,
Bless Be
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Adele Swaniawski –
Wonderful aroma! I love this resin. Very soft and fresh. Would definitely purchase again.
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