Frankincense Perfume Oil by Escential Essences, 1/2 oz

The classic resin scent. Warm, deep, and resinous: frankincense's unmistakable temple aroma as the blend's whole voice.

Skin-safe perfume oil. Cosmetic-grade carrier oils, made in the USA, built for wearing and anointing alike.

Working half ounce. Months of anointings and daily wear from one bottle.

• Size: 1/2 oz bottle
• Type: perfume oil, frankincense scent
• Maker: Escential Essences, made in the USA with cosmetic-grade skin-safe carrier oils
• Use: external; patch test first and keep from eyes
• SKU: OMFRA

Frankincense is sacred scent's common denominator: the Boswellia tree's resin burned in Egyptian temples, offered in the biblical narratives, censed through churches for two millennia, and kept at the heart of Western ritual perfumery throughout, quite possibly the single fragrance most religions have agreed on. The catalogs codify the standing Cunningham gives it, Sun and Fire, with the powers of protection, purification, and spirituality, and the register has never wavered: frankincense is the smell of consecration itself, the scent that tells every tradition's nervous system that sacred business has begun.

The perfume-oil format puts that signal on the skin: anointed at wrists and brow before ritual, it is the oldest kind of vestment, and worn daily it makes the whole day's threshold. On the altar side it consecrates as the resin always has, tools blessed with a touch, candles dressed for purification and spirit work, the difference being that the oil consecrates without smoke where the censer cannot go. Its resin cousins on our incense shelf carry the same office in burning form.

1. Patch test on the inner arm before regular wear.
2. Anoint wrists and brow before ritual as the entering-sacred-space gesture.
3. Touch a drop to tools, candles, and altar items for consecration work.
4. Wear it daily if the temple is your preferred cologne; it wears beautifully.
5. Cap tightly and store cool; resin scents deepen agreeably with time.

Sunday, the Sun's own day, suits its correspondences, and so does any hour that needs consecrating.

• Frankincense Tears Granular Incense, 1.5 oz: the same resin in its original burning form.
• Frankincense and Myrrh Incense Cones by Escential Essences: the maker's classic pairing for the censer.
• Four Elements Perfume Oil by Escential Essences, 1/2oz: the maker's balanced blend beside the sacred one.
• Florida Water Spray, 2 oz: the cleansing cologne before the consecrating oil.
• Flower Mortar and Pestle Set, Soapstone: the tool that cracks the resin cousins.

What does it smell like?

Classic frankincense: warm, deep, resinous, and unmistakably sacred, the temple's own signature worn as perfume.

What are frankincense's correspondences?

Cunningham files it under the Sun and Fire, with powers of protection, purification, and spirituality: the consecration register across traditions.

Is it for wearing or for ritual?

Both by design: pulse-point perfume and anointing oil in one bottle, the smokeless form of the censer's oldest office.

Is it skin safe?

Formulated with cosmetic-grade skin-safe carrier oils per the maker; patch test first and keep it external.

Is there a burning version?

Several: the resin tears and the maker's frankincense cone and stick lines carry the scent in smoke.