LUZON MOUNTAINS - Binderless pure Agarwood / Oud INCENSE (Wild / Philippines)

This remarkable incense is made from pure wild agarwood from the Philippines.

Agarwood powder left over from incense-grade beads hand carving is used exclusively. The powder is strongly compressed (mechanically) after light soaking and then left to dry out naturally.

As a result the incense is binderless and the smoke is clean, and gentle on the lungs (never as clean as heated - versus burnt). 

It is an excellent burn to perfume or deeply incense are room. It is great for home, but also for ceremonial work, as it is an excellent Qi unlocker and facilitates energy circulation.

This incense is both delicate fragrance-wise and extremely powerful , so you need only very small quantities for already big effects: a square of approx 1x1cm (0.3-0.5 gr) cm is ample enough to incense a big room (30-40 m2). If you want a deep smudging, of course you would need to use a bit bigger pieces, but it remains that this is a very powerful incencse.

The combustion feels smooth and natural. It is also extremely easy:  just place your incense piece on a fire proof support: stone, ceramic, bakeware, ... , and light one corner. It will smoothly combust on it's own. It does burn quite swiftly as there is no added material to slow down combustion. It is deeply fragrant.

You will remark a darker side on some pieces. The incense, once soaked and compressed is left to dry naturally, and depeding on physics specififcs, some of the essential oil sometimes comes back to the surface, giving the darker side. It is a natural phenomenom and doesn't really affect the burning experience : there is the same amount of oil in the layer and even the clearer side packs already plenty of fragrant punch.

You can also of couse heat this incense too, but for heating (versus burning) we recommend our pure agarwood powder. It is made from similar raw material but much more precise to use on heaters, allowing for a more subtle and taliorable experience. The price is the same.

The main purpose of the compressed incense is to allow an easy burn, without adding any external binders.

The wood was ethically sourced in the wild in the Phillipines, in the Luzon mountain area. The tree is for sure Aquilaria, but as there are (probably much) more than 20 species of agarwood producing trees living in the Philippines, the exact identification beyond "Aquilaria" is uncertain (as is often the case with wildwood form the Philippines).