Basalt built the Giant’s Causeway
The reason is partly chemistry - α-pinene smoke is strongly antibacterial - and partly availability: nearly every cold or dry region of the northern hemisphere has its local Juniperus
The resin for the longer working evening
some stones crossed by fine parallel grey and white
Sun iconography is one of the oldest and most widely-distributed figurative forms in decorative arts - appearing across the Mediterranean
Frankincense Incense Sticks - Box of 40 Peruvian Copal Basalt built the Giant’s CausewayFrankincense is the resin of the Boswellia tree, burned across the world for as long as people have burned anything for its scent. On its own it is warm, resinous and slightly citric. Here the workshop lifts it with Himalayan juniper, a sharp green evergreen from the Nepali mountains, which keeps the stick clean and bright. Hand mixed and hand rolled, solid, no bamboo core. A classic incense resin, made by hand and given a Himalayan edge.