Maydi Mushaad Frankincense (Boswellia Frereana) Somalia — 25g Smudging Discovery This is the untreated gold

This is the untreated gold - the red on the market is usually heat-treated

The Spanish name means "holy wood

For anyone who wants to meet a single ancient material on its own terms

running for at least two thousand years

Maydi Mushaad Frankincense (Boswellia Frereana) Somalia — 25g Smudging Discovery This is the untreated goldMaydi is the frankincense the Khaleeji and Somali traditions have called the King for centuries drier, sharper, more linear than the Boswellia of Oman. The chemistry comes from a cliff face in northern Somalia that produces nothing else like it. Where Hojari opens citric and softens into balsam, Maydi opens with pine and clean lemon and holds that character all the way through the burn. The tears keep their structure on charcoal, charring lightly on