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Ancestral Feast was created especially for Day of the Dead to honour our ancestors with copal smoke. According to Mayan traditions copal is food for the souls and was not only burnt in funeral and memorial rites, but also shaped as meze or tamales to accompany the dead on their journey to the afterlife.
Incense cones, hand-rolled in the traditional techniqued, made from finely ground botanicals: five types of copal (Mayan, black, white, gold and Angolan), palo santo, white and red sandalwood and bound with natural gums or wood bark. No saltpetre or charcoal used in these cones.
Ancestral Feast Incense cones come in a box containing a dozen cones, or a paper-wrapped bundle of 18 incense sticks. Choose the form you prefer, and take note of the instructions below for burning each of them.
To burn incense cones: Place the cone on a heat-proof dish or on a surface that you won't mind scorching (for example: a coin placed on top of a ceramic plate or tile; a ceramic bowl filled with sand, etc.), and away from any flammable materials, light the tip and blow off the flame. Allow to burn off completely.
To burn the incense sticks: Place the lit stick (light the tip and then blow out the flame) on a bowl full of ash (preferably rice ash). This will enable the stick to burn without any bits left off. If you have a designated incense dish with a hole you may also use that. It will leave a tiny bit of incense unused though.
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This Virtual Scent-Trip is an Incense & Tea Ceremony that is inspired by Jules Verne's novel and the ongoing travel restrictions: an evening around the world through scent and aroma. We'll follow Phileas Fogg's route with his French butler Passepartout - enjoying French lavender, sipping English tea, exploring Calabrian Etrog, and exotic incense and perfumes such as Egyptian Kyphi, Ethiopean myrrh, Indian Attars and Nag Champa incense, Sandalwood incense from the Buddhist shrines of Hong Kong, rare aromas from the Japanese ceremonial bath and incense games, and we'll complete our round trip with North America's botanical treasures - Western Redcedar, White Sage, Tobacco and Sweetgrass, before returning to London for more tea and hot scones with jam.
Can be scheduled in person at a date and time that is convenient for you and up to 8 other discerning souls; or online via Zoom for up to 20 people, with an accompanying kit of all the incenses, teas and perfumes to experience that you will receive in the mail in advance when joining remotely, and a winning recipe for scones (the kit is included in the pricing).
P.s. This unique scent-trip is in loving memory of Ruth Moriel, who has circumvented the world more than once in her first 88 years of life. She lived on for another nine years traveling to shorter distances, not any less enjoyable and adventurous. She has survived WWII, escaped the Holocaust and countless wars and battles in her life, until she crossed over to the other realm peacefully in her sleep during the first COVID-19 lock-down in April 2020. Ruth will be forever remembered, loved and missed by her daughters, grandchildren and great-grand-children, and many other family members and friends for whom she has always been a source of inspiration and support.
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The perfume for the winter holidays is a heart-warming mélange of incense and woods, with fir and pine needles and warm spices. The luxurious heart notes - absolutes of orange blossom, jasmine and rose - create a departure from the common festive aromas. The result is a perfume that is fresh, natural, rich and extremely festive.
Top notes: Juniper Berry, Cedarwood, Bitter Orange
Heart notes: Orange Blossom, Rose, Jasmine, Pimento Berry, Cinnamon
Base notes: Frankincense, Myrrh, Tolu, Fir Absolute
Fragrance Families: Oriental Spicy, Woody, Incense
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Just like the miniature tree, “Bon Zai” is the essence of nature, with all of its simplicity, beauty and silent glory. Japanese woods and exotic herbs harmonize together to create this unusual and refreshing scent. Like a resilient evergreen tree, it survives all seasons and moods.
Top notes: Cedar wood, Juniper, Tangerine
Heart notes: Verbena, Shiso, Rose
Base notes: Agarwood, Patchouli, Vetiver
Fragrance Families: Woody, Citrus, Oriental (Incense)
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Now you can enjoy one of your favourite scents while bathing! Get clean and fresh with our custom scented, handcrafted soap bars. Our 4th soap is scented with our top-selling fragrance Bon Zai. Serene and pure notes of shiso, lemon verbena and rose notes, clean vetiver and woodsy cedar and sandalwood.
Handcrafted in-house from top quality oils and butters, these cold-processed bars have incredible lather and are moisturizing leaving your skin smelling fresh and feeling smooth and nourished.
Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (organic virgin coconut oil, organic virgin olive, palm oil, cold-pressed castor), water, proprietary essential oil blend.
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Inspired by Chai's soothing and spicy-creamy aroma, these incense cones contain a complex blend of resins, spices and fragrant woods. Key notes: Sandalwood, benzoin, dammar, frankincense, ambrette seeds and a proprietary chai masala.
Chai Incense cones are hand-rolled in the traditional methods, made from finely ground botanicals, and bound with natural gums or wood bark. No saltpetre, synthetics or fillers whatsoever.
Chai Incense cones come in a box containing about a dozen cones. Each box contains a dozen cones.
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Top notes: Bitter Orange, Nutmeg, Bois de Rose
Heart notes: Rose, Gardenia, Allspice Berry
Base notes: Incense, Amber, Sandalwood
Fragrance Family: Oriental Spicy, Oriental Ambery
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Fireflies are gentle and peaceful critters that light up the summer night with their bioelectricity. Everything about them is mystical and magical. Along with the meteorite shower, they are a summer night spectacle that one looks all year for its return.
Fireflies incense cones are hand-rolled in the traditional technique, made from finely ground Australian botanicals: Red resin from the Firetree (Xanthorrehea), a tree that actually thrives on fire to rejuvenate and renew its growth, eucalyptus leaves, Australian sandalwood and spices. Like all of our incense, the aromatics are bound together with natural gums or wood bark, and are free of saltpetre or any synthetic fillers.
Each box contains a dozen cones.
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Four Sages Incense cones are a purifying herbal medicine, inspired by the Indigenous People's smudging ceremony of clearing space and aura. Here I used ethically wildcrafted botanicals and ones grown in my garden from both the West Coast of Canada and the Western Galilee, where I now live.
Four Sages incense cones contain Coastal Mugworth, White Sage (Sagebrush), which are both types of artemisia, a pinch of wormwood and clary sage from my garden, and of course - three-lobed sage that is the iconic scent of the Galilee.
These are hand-rolled in the traditional technique, made from finely ground sage leaves, and bound with natural gums or wood bark. No saltpetre or charcoal used in these cones.
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Incense cones, hand-rolled in the traditional Asian style, made from finely ground botanicals such as sandalwood, agar wood, spices, resins and herbs, and bound with natural gums or wood bark. No saltpetre or charcoal used in these cones.
Selection of fragrance changes, depending on mood and season. Incense cones come in a box containing about a dozen cones. Each box contains a dozen cones.
Chai
Sandalwood
Palo Santo
Sweetgrass & Tobacco
Four Sages
Varthemia
Ancestral Feast (Copals)
Red Dragonfly (Dragon's Blood Resin)
Fireflies (Fire Tree Resin)
Palas Atena (Nag Champa style)
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Fragrant family feast over customized handcrafted incense: a new way to bring families together - families who are dispersed over the world and can't visit in person.
Ayala Moriel creates especially for you a family incense, infused with your family's traditions and memories.
Incense cones are easy to use and ship all over the world, and you could burn and share an experience together as you connect for a virtual get together or a digital bonfire if you will.
Incense cones, hand-rolled in the traditional techniqued, made from finely ground botanicals: resins, bark, heartwood, herbs, fragrant flowers, seeds and spices, bound with natural gums or wood bark. No saltpetre or charcoal used in these cones.
We will craft for you about 10g of incense that will be rolled into approximately 30 cones and shipped to your family members.
* Shipping costs varies based on country and number of shipments.