Pure lavender oil. A floral, herbaceous smoke with a clarity that lingers long after the stick has gone out.
Lavender has been cultivated across the Mediterranean for centuries, most notably in the fields of Provence in southern France and the higher altitudes of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. The oil drawn from Lavandula angustifolia — the true lavender — is soft, clean, and slightly herbaceous. It is not a sweet or heavy flower. It opens in a room quietly and settles without insisting on itself.
This incense carries pure lavender oil at Grade 1.1, hand-rolled in small batches using a recipe carried across generations. The natural resin base supports the floral note without pulling it in a heavier direction. What you smell is the oil, not the process.
How to use
Place the stick in a ceramic or stone holder. Light the tip and allow it to catch for thirty seconds. Blow gently until the flame subsides. The smoke will carry for approximately forty-five minutes.
Lavender Bloom works well in the late afternoon or early evening, or at the close of a day's work. It is also well suited to a bedroom in the hour before sleep. The smoke is measured and the scent clean enough to burn in a small room without it becoming too present.
What is in it
Pure lavender essential oil. Spring water, pure bamboo charcoal, sandalwood powder, vanilla powder, gum elemi, makko powder, tragacanth gum, Arabic gum, gum opoponax, gum labdanum, gum copal, mastic, gum dammar, myrrh resin, frankincense resin. No synthetic fragrance. No chemicals. No animal products.
Country of origin: France and Morocco, depending on the seasonal harvest.
Format
Eight to ten sticks per pack. Length: 21 cm. Burn time: approximately 45 minutes per stick.
A note on Grade 1.1
Grade 1.1 is the entry point in this range. The oil load is lighter than Grade 1.2 or 1.3, which suits lavender well. The floral note comes through without weight or density. The smoke is open and clean, which is what the material asks for.