Ingredients and batches

[trystinn]

Finally managed to get some wonderful Sweetgrass. Not a lot of it, mind you, but at least I have a good (and expensive) source.

Tonight's incense making included a quadruple batch of High Altar. High Altar is one of my favorite incenses because not only does it smell wonderful, its also a lovely incense since I hand crumble the dry rose petals and only lightly grind the juniper berries. A feast for the senses, indeed! High Altar is a fairly simple recipe, yet produces one of the more favorite of our incenses. A perennial favorite, after Kyphi its the most often requested incense for birthdays, etc.

Probably the prettiest incense, by far, is our Dreamers Incense with lovely large lavender buds, poppy seeds and rosemary needles. I've planted another three lavender plants, to expand our lavender varieties grown here at the Tryst Inn. Cannot wait to see how they smell!

Coming up: We'll need to make more Kyphi before too long.

Comments

[wild-heart.livejournal.com]

Must be the day for incense updates. Two friends of ours from London just posted this in their blog, and it came up just above your entry on my Friends page.

Do take a moment to check out the website, which is mostly under construction. If you click on the link for WoodMoss Herbals, however, you'll find some cool information. Yes, they really do spend endless hours reading dusty manuscripts in lost languages. Oh yeah . . . they're both 20 years old. Brilliant young people.

[onyxtwilight.livejournal.com]

One of these days (after I move), I'm going to get around to collecting those samples. Your stuff sounds positively yummy. :-)

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

I look forward to it!