The Tradition

 

From ancient Egypt, kyphi was blended from precious resins and herbs, to the quiet halls of Buddhist temples in the far east where incense sticks slowly release purifying smoke. 

In Rome they prayed and celebrated with drifting clouds of frankincense, while Arabian caravans carried it across deserts as a treasure equal to gold. Across the ocean, the Aztec people burned aromatic resins so that their prayers might rise with the smoke. And at the birth of christ, it was offered side by side with gold and myrrh

Through almost every culture, the language of fragrance has been one of welcome, reverence, and memory. Its presence marks beginnings, endings, and the moments in between. It is a thread that has bound human gatherings for thousands of years. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a world of consumerism and multiculturalism, it is inevitable that we forget where some come from or what weight they once carried.