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Chicle-Aztec chewing gum

This listing is for Chicle, the ancient Aztec and Mesoamerican chewing gum Used extensively and exclusively as the original gum base for North American chewing gum from the birth of the industry mid-1800s, till the mid-1900's when it was replaced...

Frankincense Frereana-3 Grades

This listing is for the top 3 grades of fragrant Frankincense Frereana from Somalia. As of April 2026, we have a stunning selection of large specimen Mushaad #1 grade!! Every-sized package gets gorgeous pieces perfect for chewing, incense and anything else. ...

Terebinth resin tears-Shirazi Mastic

Terebinth resin-Pistacia terebinthus-Afghanistan-Elah- incense, medicine, perfume, chewing gum. Terebinth tears are used as a natural chewing gum, much like the Chios Mastic in the shop. Their flavour is less pungent than the Chios mastic and slightly more bitter than the...

Gum Arabic

Gum Arabic is a fair trade and sustainable gum for incense, medicine and culinary applications. It is one of two non-fragrant gums in the shop. Used as a binder in incense production, a stabilizer, emulsifier, adhesive and thickener in food, beverages...

Mastic Chios-GRADE A+

Mastic Chios grade A+ is the premium Mastic tears grown and harvested exclusively on the Greek Island of Chios for the Chios Mastic Growers Association. Chios Mastic Grade A+ is the"supreme grade" of Mastic tears. Each piece is a gem...

Gum Tragacanth-Grade A+

Gum Tragacanth is a natural gum obtained from the dried sap of plants from the Astragalus family. These pretty and unusually shaped ribbons will not lose their good looks or their practicality over the years and can be powdered and...

Mastic Chios Grade B

Mastic Chios is one of the best-known natural chewing gumsin the Western world. This sweet-smelling, classic resin has a track record as ancient as Frankincense and Myrrh. Mastic Chios is used extensively in the Mediterranean for medicine since the time...

Pine Rosin

Rosin is the pure resin collected after the dry distillation of Pine pitch. It is used in myriad applications across industries and cultures, and has been in use for thousands of years. In this type of distillation, the fresh pitch/resin...

Copal Dammar

Copal Dammar is often called Gum Dammar, though it is not a gum at all but a pure oleoresin since it contains no water-soluble gum. Copal Dammar is collected from a wide variety of trees in the Dipterocarpaceae family.In Sumatra,...

Myrrh Tincture

Myrrh Tincture-Commiphora Myrrha-1:4 @ 76% alcohol. An Astrodynamic preparation. I have found nothing as reliably effective for healing my own oral distress than Myrrh tincture. Myrrh and Myrrh tincture are renown around the world as a traditional remedies for treating...

Ammoniacum tears-Gum Ammoniacum

Ammoniacum tears are collected from the plant Dorema Ammoniacum. It is an aromatic resin named for its long association with the Oracle of the Temple of Ammon. Originally located in Siwa Libya, the temple was an important religious center for...

Gum Tragacanth-Grade B

This grade of Gum Tragacanth is not as pretty as the premium A+ Grade listed in the shop. It is just as effective and efficient in all applications. Simply less expensive. You can find the A Grade in the shop,...

Gum Guggul-Bdellium

Fresh Gum Guggul oleoresin. Commiphora wightii, Bdellium-India. Also called Commiphora mukul, Guggul Though used as incense, Gum Guggul is better known for its extensive use in Traditional medicine systems such as Ayurveda and Unani systems, where among other things, it...

Myrrh Powder-APOTHECARY GRADE

This is  Myrrh Powder that I personally produced using the finest fresh Sustainably Harvested SuhulMyrrh resin in my collection. I ground, dried and sifted it 4 times! It is so fine, it moves like a liquid. This is the material...

Kenyan Frankincense-White. RARE!

White Kenyan Frankincense is very rare,  sweet-smelling resin with all the expected notes of a fine Frankincense resin. What is unusual about it is that it is collected from a Myrrh tree-Commifora Confusa! Since it is rare that I ever have...

Siberian Cedar Resin

Siberian Cedar Resin is used extensively for a myriad of therapeutic applications in traditional Russian medicine. (Research traditional applications online). Even though Siberian Cedar resin is not actually of the Cedar family, but a type of Pine that grows in...

Xanthorrhoea resin

Xanthorrhoea resin is the natural exudate of the Australian Grass tree Xanthorrhoea spp.The resin accumulates naturally and is collected by Aboriginal people without harming the tree. Aboriginal use- (Wikipedia).The resin from Xanthorrhoea plants is used in spear-making[11] and is an...

Benzoin Sumatra-Almonds

This listing is for the Highest Grade of Sumatra Benzoin (Styrax benzoin), the Grade A Almonds.  They are called Almonds due to the size and general shape of the pieces. They are the cream of the Benzoin crop. While the...

Sandarac Resin Tears

Sandarac resin tears from the Tetraclinis articulata tree in Tunesia have been used for centuries as an incense ingredient and are the base material for traditional varnishes used in fine woodworking and finishing handcrafted musical instruments. In antiquity, it was used in the...

Frankincense Occulta-Rare!

Frankincense Occulta is a new Frankincense! The Hidden or Occult Frankincense was officially discovered in 2019 in the Ceel Ufeyn area of northern Somalia/Somaliland. Frankincense Occulta is a very different tree from its neighbours the Frankincense carterii trees. Historically, Frankincense Occulta...

Norway Spruce Resin

I like helping people out. Especially those who sustainably collect aromatic materials from their environment. My Norway spruce resin was collected by a lovely and very conscientious fellow in Lithuania. He needed the income, and I purchased more than I...

Joss Powder-Jigat

Joss powder also called Laha and Jigat is the powdered bark of the Litsea glutenosa tree that grows throughout Asia. It is a traditional base, binder and "combustible" for preparing cone and stick incense. Joss powder has been used for...

Cypress Resin Tears

Cypress resin tears-Cupressus sempervirens-Turkey-Rare! Also called Italian Cypress and  Mediterranean Cypress, the fragrant wood of this tree has been used for boat and ship building for thousands of years.  Cypress is thought to be the "Gofer" wood mentioned in the...

Myrrh Ethiopia

Fresh Myrrh resin. Commiphora Myrrha from the Ogaden region Ethiopia. For perfume, Medicine and Incense. There are fewer fair trade concerns with resins from Ethiopia compared to those from other countries since the Ethiopian government regulates the resin prices so...

Benzoin Sumatrana-Almonds

Benzoin Sumatrana is a new and rare Benzoin resin on the market Not only is it sustainably harvested, but it supports small communities that work with their local forests. Styrax Sumatrana is a type of Benzoin resin that has never...

Frankincense Frereana Essential Oil

Frankincense Frereana essential oil is sweet, bold, smooth, brisk and bursting with character, Boswellia frereana is named the king of Frankincense for good reason. Frankincense Frereana trees grow on the steep rock faces of the Somali Puntland mountains. Defying gravity,...

Benzoin Sumatra Powder

We grind Benzoin Sumatra Powder in-house as needed so it never sits long and you receive a fresh and aromatic product.. I have often purchased Benzoin powder, and none have smelled like pure Benzoin. For this reason, I have produced...

Benzoin Siam powder

This is the listing for the Premium Grade A+ Benzoin Siam powder which we grind in-house when needed so it is always fresh and fragrant.  Over the decades I have seen many forms of Benzoin resin. Usually, bland nondescript chips,...

Suhul Myrrh-A gift from the trees

This listing is for an exceptional kind of Myrrh resin called "Suhul Myrrh"-It is sweeter than other types of Myrrh, beautifully Fragrant-Fresh & Sustainably harvested. After the rainy season has ended, when the resin harvesters go visit the Myrrh trees...

Frankincense Sacra Oman

Fresh Frankincense Sacra from Oman. A very fragrant and fresh shipment. It is beautiful burned as incense and makes a gorgeous-smelling oil extract for lotions, salves and medicated oils. This is what we call the harvest blend. It has not...

Ammoniacum Seeds

Nothing connects us to nature and our materials like growing and tending the plants that give us such wonderful gifts. Plants will indeed communicate with us, and there is truth in the concept of plant allies. However, we must initiate...

Dragons Blood-From Balls

This listing is for Dragons Blood pieces from whole Dragons Blood Balls as found in commerce.  Traditionally, daemonorops resin is scraped off the fruit of the tree and either sold as a powder like our Virgin Dragon's blood, or blended...

Madagascar Elemi Resin extract

Madagascar Elemi resin Extract is the very aromatic pure resin of Madagascar Elemi after hydro-distilling its essential oils. It is still intensely fragrant and perfect as an ingredient in solid perfumes, salves, cremes, cosmetics, incense blends and moustache wax recipes....

Musk Root Tears

This listing is for Musk Root tears collected from the stems of the Musk Root plant. Musk Root, known as Ferula moschata or Ferrula Sumbul, is used in traditional incense, medicine and perfumery. It took me years to find authentic...

Mount Atlas Mastic

Mount Atlas Mastic is the fresh liquid oleoresin of the Mount Atlas Mastic tree, Pistacia Atlantica. It is collected in small clay cups that are affixed to the bark of the tree. It is an entirely sustainable harvest. Many of...

Dragon's Blood Ink

After repeated requests from customers, here is my "Dragon's Blood Ink" with Oud and Rose Absolute. It is deep blood-red and permanent, so don't splash any on your clothes! Dragon's Blood Ink is traditionally used to empower and charge ceremonial,...

Terebinth Seeds-Pistacia terebinthus

 Gift Seed Packets-PLEASE NOTE You can choose 1 gift with each order, and I will include it in your package free of charge. Simply add it to your cart with your other purchases. If you add more than 1 gift,...

Ornifolia Myrrh-Extremely Rare!!

Ornifolia Myrrh resin comes to us from the island of Socotra via Yemen where it is used as an incense material and in traditional medicine. This is an exceptional resin and a unique opportunity to try something that is rarely...

Frankincense Carterii Tincture

A Holistic and Astrodynamic tincture of Frankincense Carterii-1:3 Handcrafted in small batches with decades of experience and care. A "Holistic" tincture, in this instance, means that the tincture contains the same ratio of water-soluble gum, to resin and essential oil...

Copal Blanco Resin

Copal Blanco, White Copal, Sacred Copal, Premium grade and fresh resin from Bursera bipinnata. A traditional Mexican incense resin used in rites, rituals and ceremonies for thousands of years. Copal Blanco is used extensively in churches during the year, White...

Opoponax Absolute

Opoponax Absolute is also referred to as Opoponax resin Absolute, this is a richly fragrant semi-pourable, translucent liquid which presents all the aromatic compounds present in Opoponax ie, the fragrance of both the essential oil and the resin of Commiphora...

Asafoetida-pure

Premium quality pure and fresh Asafoetida resin. Afghanistan.Also known as "Devil's Dung and Hing, This is the real deal. Fresh, pure and unadulterated. A little bit goes a long long way! For the past few decades, I have only found...

Frankincense Dalzielii

Frankincense Dalzielii is a  beautiful West African Frankincense found in North Eastern Nigeria where the Hausa speaking people refer to it as Hano or Harrabi. It is beautiful material that exhibits the trademark fragrance of Boswellia Dalzielii -Orange/Citrus and Mint...

Mastic Chios Resin Absolute.

Mastic Resinoid, also referred to as Mastic Resin Absolute and Mastic Absolute is a fragrant crystal clear, pourable, honey-like liquid that contains the aromatic resin and essential oil of Mastic Chios. It is extracted from fresh Mastic resin using food-grade...

Myrrh Yemen-RARE!

Myrrh resin. Commiphora Myrrha from Yemen. For perfume, Medicine and Incense. This Myrrh resin is rare in its quality and difficult to come by given the conflicts in Yemen. It is more expensive than regular Ethiopian Myrrh, but each piece...

Benzoin Siam-Almonds

This is the listing for the Premium Grade A+ Benzoin Siam Almonds. The purest and highest grade of Siam Benzoin available on the market. Over the decades I have seen many forms of Benzoin resin. Usually, bland nondescript chips, tears...

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