Yerba Santa Smudge Stick (Eriodictyon Californicum) incense Each bundle uses a small

Each bundle uses a small fraction of a 30g tin's worth of resin from an endemic Socotran tree

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

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spray-bottle mist preparation

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Yerba Santa Smudge Stick (Eriodictyon Californicum) incense Each bundle uses a smallThe resinous leafed shrub of California's dry foothills. The leaves are sticky with eriodictyol a flavonoid resin that doesn't fully release until heat softens the surface coating. The bundle smokes slower, denser, and sweeter than sage. On the burn, the opening builds across the first minute rather than arriving at once. A green, herbaceous, slightly sweet note develops and holds for the length of the burn. Longer lasting than sage, less sharp than