Botanical Set - (Warmth)

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.

Lavender · Lavandula angustifolia · Turkey. Strewn, infused, and burned across the ancient Mediterranean, lavender has softened homes for thousands of years - the scent of ease at the close of a day. Its dried smoke is soft and herbaceous.

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 from Mexico, Lavandula angustifolia from Turkey, Bursera graveolens from Peru.

Does dried lavender smell like fresh lavender?
Softer. Dried and smouldering, the smoke reads herbaceous and gentle rather than floral-bright - the register of the flower, lowered.

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

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: Warmth · three botanicals
• Contents: White sage · lavender · palo santo
• Species: Salvia apiana · Lavandula angustifolia · Bursera graveolens
• Origins: Mexico · Turkey · Peru
• Character: Sharp camphor · soft and herbaceous · 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

Lavender's name is usually traced to the Latin lavare - to wash. Across the ancient Mediterranean it was the household botanical: strewn on floors, folded into stored linen, infused into water, and burned - for thousands of years the scent by which a home said the day's work was done.

This set crosses three continents: a Mediterranean flower grown in Turkey, a leaf the peoples of Mexico have burned for thousands of years, and an aged wood from the dry forests of Peru. Each was, in its own place, the smoke of the household rather than the temple of commerce - domestic, daily, unceremonious. What gentleness comes to mean in the room is left to the hours themselves.