Showing posts with label incense. Show all posts
Showing posts with label incense. Show all posts

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Incense Mixtures

Incense Mixture #1.

  • Benzoin 4 ozs 
  • Olibanum 6 ozs 
  • Myrrh 6 ozs 
  • Cascarilla tincture 1 pt 
  • Lavender oil 10 drops 
  • Bergamot oil 20 drops 
  • Clove oil 10 drops 
  • Cinnamon oil 8 drops 



Incense Mixture #2.

  • Olibanum 7 parts 
  • Benzoin 2 parts 
  • Cascarilla tincture 10 parts 


Incense Mixture #3.

  • Olibanum 4 parts 
  • Benzoin 1 part 
  • Liquid Styrax 1 part 
  • Lavender oil 1 part 

Incense Blend #4. 

Mix together:
  • 1 lb olibanum tears
  • 1 1/2 oz powdered benzoin
  • 1 oz powdered cascarilla bark
  • 1/2 oz styrax calamita


Incense Blend #5. 

Mix together:
  • 1 1/4 lb olibanum tears
  • 6 oz benzoin powder
  • 5 oz cascarilla bark powder
  • 2 oz cloves
  • 2 oz cassia

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Pastilles de Serail, or Pastilles of the Harem


  • 24 grams of olibanum
  • 24 grams of storax
  • 16 grams of nitre
  • 124 grams of pulverized charcoal

For Rose Pastilles, use the above:

  • 32 grams of rose petals
  • 2 grams of essence of rose

For Orange Blossom Pastilles, use the first recipe and add:

  • 24 grams of galbanum
  • 32 grams of dried pulverized orange peel
  • 2 grams essence of neroli


For vanilla pastilles, use the first recipe and add:
  • 24 grams of galbanum
  • 16 grams of cloves
  • 32 grams of vanilla
  • 1 gram essence of cloves
  • 16 grams essence of vanilla


Classic Pastilles du Serail:
  • 65 gr Benzoin
  • 16 gr Tolu balsam
  • 4 gr Labdanum
  • 16 gr yellow sandalwood
  • 192 gr light charcoal
  • 8 gr potassium nitrate