Botanical Set — Reset

White sage · Salvia apiana · Mexico. Burned across many cultures for thousands of years to purify a space, an object, or a person - a clean slate before something new. Its sharp, camphor-like smoke rises from the oils in the leaf.

Blue sage · Salvia azurea · Mexico. The gentler sister of white sage, burned for the same purpose - to purify and ready a space - but milder and sweeter, with none of the camphor edge. The quieter of the two sages.

Palo santo · Bursera graveolens · Peru. Fallen wood from the dry forests of Peru, left to age until the resin forms. Burned across South America to brighten a space and lift the air once it is cleared. Warm and sweet, rich in limonene.

Questions, answered

Are these the true species?
Yes - each botanical is named to species and origin: Salvia apiana and Salvia azurea from Mexico, Bursera graveolens from Peru. Much of what is sold as sage or palo santo is not named at all.

Is the palo santo cut from living trees?
No. It is fallen wood, gathered from the forest floor and left to age until the aromatic resin forms - the aging is what makes the wood worth burning.

What is the difference between the two sages?
One species, two characters - white sage is sharp and camphor-like from the oils in its leaf; blue sage is milder and sweeter, with none of the camphor edge.

How long does the set last?
Each piece relights and reuses; with light use, each lasts several sessions. Store cool and dry between them.

1. Light the tip and let it flame, then blow it out and let it smoulder.
2. Move the smoke through the room.
3. Rest it in a fireproof dish; press the lit end to the dish to put it out.
4. Relight and reuse - with light use, each piece lasts several sessions.

Store cool and dry, away from heat and moisture. Always rest lit botanicals in a fireproof dish; press the lit end to the dish to extinguish.

• Set: Reset · three botanicals
• Contents: White sage · blue sage · palo santo
• Species: Salvia apiana · Salvia azurea · Bursera graveolens
• Origins: Mexico · Mexico · Peru
• Character: Sharp camphor · mild and sweet · warm, rich in limonene
• Use: Burned directly · no charcoal needed
• Reuse: Relights · several sessions per piece with light use
• Storage: Cool and dry · away from heat and moisture

The pairing in this set is the oldest sequence in the smoke traditions of the Americas: a sage burned first to purify a space - a practice the peoples of Mexico and the American Southwest have carried for thousands of years - and palo santo burned after, across South America, to brighten the room and lift the air once it is cleared.

Palo santo's rule is patience. The tree gives nothing when cut; only wood that has fallen and aged in the dry Peruvian forest develops the resin that makes it worth burning. What each of these smokes has meant to the peoples who burned them is named here as history - what they come to mark in a room is left to the person lighting them.