Incense Incense Agarwood or eaglewood is the most expensive wood in the world. It is the occasional product of two to four genera in the family Thymelaeaceae, with Aquilaria agallocha and Aquilaria malaccensis the best known species. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agarwood"
Bdellium ( Hebrew bedolach) was probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora. Bdellium was an adulterant of the costly myrrh and remains a binder in perfumes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bdellium"
Cedar correctly refers to those trees belonging to the genus Cedrus in the coniferous plant family Pinaceae. They are most closely related to the Firs (Abies), sharing a very similar cone structure. They are native to the mountains of the western Himalaya and the Mediterranean region, occurring at altitudes of 1,500-3200 m in the Himalaya and 1,000-2,200 m in the Mediterranean. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cedar"
A typical censer is a small metal or stone dish used for burning incense, often on small legs. In many cultures, burning incense has spiritual and religious connotations, and this influences the design and decoration of the censer. Designs vary from simple, earthenware bowls to intricately carved silver or gold vessels. ...more on Wikipedia about "Censer"
Cloves are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree (Syzygium aromaticum, sometimes included in the genus Eugenia) in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to Indonesia and used as a spice in virtually all the world's cuisine. The name derives from French clou, a nail, as the buds vaguely resemble small irregular nails in shape. Cloves are harvested primarily in Indonesia and Madagascar; it is also grown in Zanzibar, India, Sri Lanka, and the "Spice Islands" ( Moluccas, Indonesia known as the Bandas Islands). ...more on Wikipedia about "Clove"
Dragon's blood is a bright red resin that is obtained from different species of four distinct plants genuses Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, and Pterocarpus. The red resin is used in ancient times as varnish, medicine, and dyes. Due to the belief that it is the blood of the mythical animal, the dragon, it was also used in alchemy and for ritual magic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dragon's blood"
Frankincense or olibanum is an aromatic resin obtained from the tree Boswellia thurifera or B. sacra, B. carterii ( Burseraceae). It is used in incense as well as in perfumes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frankincense"
Galbanum is an aromatic gum resin, the product of certain Persian plant species, chiefly Ferula gummosa, syn. galbaniflua and Ferula rubricaulis. Galbanum-yielding plants grow plentifully on the slopes of the mountain ranges of northern Iran. It occurs usually in hard or soft, irregular, more or less translucent and shining lumps, or occasionally in separate tears, of a light-brown, yellowish or greenish-yellow colour, and has a disagreeable, bitter taste, a peculiar, somewhat musky odour, and a specific gravity of 1.212. It contains about 8% of terpene; about 65% of a resin which contains sulphur; about 20% of gum; and a very small quantity of the colourless crystalline substance umbelliferone. Galbanum is one of the oldest of drugs. In the Book of Exodus 30:34, it is mentioned as a sweet spice, to be used in the making of a perfume for the tabernacle. Hippocrates employed it in medicine, and Pliny ( Nat. Hist. xxiv. 13) ascribes to it extraordinary curative powers, concluding his account of it with the assertion that "the very touch of it mixed with oil of spondylium is sufficient to kill a serpent." The drug is occasionally given in modern medicine, in doses of from five to fifteen grains. It has the actions common to substances containing a resin and a volatile oil. Its use in medicine is, however, obsolescent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Galbanum"
Incense is a preparation of aromatic plant matter, often with the addition of essential oils extracted from plant or animal sources, intended to release fragrant smoke for religious, therapeutic, or aesthetic purposes as it smolders. In the past, Chinese and Japanese society used incense as a time keeping device in the form of incense clocks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Incense"
The incense clock (香鐘, xiāng zhong in Chinese) is a timekeeping devices invented by the Chinese during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) that spread to neighboring countries such as Japan. Incense sticks or powdered incense that have been manufacted and calibrated to a known rate of combustion is used to measure relatively short periods of time from minutes, hours, to days. ...more on Wikipedia about "Incense clock"
Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum, also Illicium japonicum and Illicium religiosum), is a tree similar to Chinese star anise. It is highly toxic, therefore it is not edible; instead, it has been burned as incense in Japan, where it is known as sikimi. Cases of illness, including "serious neurological effects, such as seizures", reported after using star anise tea may be a result of using this species. ...more on Wikipedia about "Japanese star anise"
Kodo (香道) is the Japanese incense ceremony. Participants sit in close proximity to one another and take turns smelling incense from a censer as it is passed around the group. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kodo (Incense)"
Koro (香炉 Kōro) is a Japanese incense burner or censer often used for the Tea ceremony. ...more on Wikipedia about "Koro"
Myrrh is a red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of the Commiphora myrrha tree, native ...more on Wikipedia about "Myrrh"
Patchouli (also patchouly or pachouli) is both a plant and an essential oil (patchouli oil) obtained from the leaves of that plant. The scent of patchouli is heavy and strong, and some people find it offensive. It has been used for centuries in perfumes, and is grown in the East and West Indies. The word derives from the Tamil patchai (green), ellai (leaf). ...more on Wikipedia about "Patchouli"
Sandalwood is the wood of trees of the genus Santalum, and found in India, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands. It is most commonly used for incense, aromatherapy, and perfume, rather than building. However, temples have been built with sandalwood in India and retain the aroma after centuries. It is said to have been used for embalming the corpses of native princes in Ceylon since the 9th century. Jewlery boxes, fans, and ornate carvings continue to be made in many parts of Asia using sandalwood. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sandalwood"
A thurible is a metal censer suspended from chains, in which incense is burned during church services. It is used in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglo-Catholic, Old Catholic and other churches. In Catholic and Anglican churches, the altar server who carries the thurible is called the thurifer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thurible"
Tolu balsam is the resinous secretion of Myroxylon toluifera. The resin, as well as, the leaves and fruit have been traditionally used by the people of Central America to relieve coughs, asthma, and wounds. The resin is tapped from the trunk of the tree through incisions into the bark and collected with dry. The colour of the resin is in the range of light to reddish brown. Tolu balsma is pliable when warm and fractures in a pattern similar to flint when cold. The dry resin has a complex aroma consisting chiefly of cinnamon and vanilla notes with a slight floral character. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tolu balsam"
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