Govinda Frankincense Natural Tree Sap Gum Pea Size 1 lb

In my opinion, this is an outstanding product at a reasonable price. I love the scent, but it is probably an acquired taste. Having spent time in monasteries, I have learned to enjoy the scent of frankincense burned in the thurible along with myrrh. Whenever I burn it at home, it reminds me of my times of private retreat. I burn it during my prayer time each evening.Hints & Tips: A little goes a long way. Just 3-5 pebbles will emit a strong scent that can easily waft through an entire house in a short time. It requires a good deal of heat to melt the resin. (When thinking of resin, think of hard, dried tree sap that is no longer sticky.) I use small charcoal disks that you can buy on Amazon. I light the charcoal inside a small censer on a metal stand. (Do not leave it unattended and do not burn it in a small closet or where smoke inhalation could become a problem.) After the charcoal is emitting a lot of heat, I drop 3-5 little pebbles of resin onto the burning charcoal.I love the aroma. Some people mix it with cedar or myrrh, but I enjoy the scent of frankincense by itself.

The media could not be loaded. Please do not put too much if you igniting it in a room. Put like 1 tear on there if it’s a small bedroom, then you wait until it died out and then you put another on. It’s very good, but when I put too much on there, it’s set my whole house’s alarms off. For the amount and the quality I would give it a 5/5! Very dense and thick smoke, which I do like, but do not for the love of God put it anywhere near a smoke alarm!

I burned this stuff over a charcoal incense disk and it smelled great. A bit musky and sweet, with a hint of citrus. It's a bright smell overall. You only need to burn one or two beads at a time, this is stuff can be potent if you burn too much at once. I made that mistake when I first used it, I put a few decent sized pinches on to start and it was so much smoke I had to open a window. I say that to say, a little goes a long way. And since this is a 1lb bag, I expect this will last me for a long time.

I normally buy my resins sustainably through the big e-commerce site that starts with E and ends with y, from a wonderful Apothecary's garden. (That is basically the name, you can search it there). This is my emergency and cheap stash, but it is certainly NOT sustainably harvested, and that is why it is so cheap.This is one of many varieties of frankincense: likely Boswellia Papyrifera, because it is from Ethiopia.It IS edible as are all "tears"of frankincense. It has many many health benefits -- even common pharmaceutical level efficacy -- anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory and other amazing results stopping diseases well -- backed up by peer-reviewed published science; you can search this on Google Scholar or pubmed and more.(By the way, essential oil of frankincense does NOT have the same health-giving compounds called boswellic acids, that are found in a few whole-resin varieties of frankincense, or the boswellia genus of trees. The healthy compounds are only in the WHOLE RESIN if you are consuming it. The resin "tears" can be consumed by dropping a few of the nuggets into hot water to make a tea -- just leave the tears in the cup and sip all day, resteeping. It can also be ground into a powder with a mortar and pestle -- preferably brass to counteract the sticky tendancies, and the powder can be swallowed whole -- my husband loves it straight -- or mixed into yogurt or sprinkled onto honey toast, among many other ways of consuming it.)Of course you can burn this resin on charcoal, but I prefer to place it into an electric burner, into a little empty aluminum votive cup (for easy clean-up) atop the electric burner cup area (my favorite that has lasted years is called Golden Lotus Electric Incense Heater; don't be fooled by the ones here on Amazon as they have all broken on me within a couple of months. The one I named here is purchased elsewhere, just google the name. Yes it is a bit expensive but it will last forever, and you do not have to inhale smoke. I have left that burner on for MONTHS without fail, actually years without turning it off, and it keeps going. Put the resin in a little empty votive cup -- or make a cup of aluminum foil -- and put it on the burner and let it go all day long, or all night long, or both. I change it once a day. Of course you can swap other resin types, like copal or myrrh.This frankincense gets bad reviews here mainly because people think it is so cheap that it must be fake -- It is most certainly not fake. I think some have received older batches as a few have complained of no scent. I have bought this about once a year for years and years, and it has always had light scent. I buy pounds of frankincense of many varieties a year, almost all at high prices. Those other that are higher prices are sourced where trees are left intact, the region is not stripped of frankincense, the trees and surrounds are not damaged, and the local people are paid fairly and well. Those frankincense batches at higher sustainable prices are like smelling heaven, and each variety has a slightly different scent.THIS frankincense when fresh has a decently good scent and works in a pinch, but should not be the go-to for purchasing because the price proves it is strip harvested and the people are paid little (or a corporation is making the money, no local people). The trees are scraped of all resin, and likely damaged in the process. There is no resin left for miles around, for other animals or for the tree's healing. That is why I do not recommend this source, but I rate it well enough.It DOES have Boswellic acids which are anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer and a myriad of other benefits (go to Google scholar and search for boswellic acids, the results are legend and are surely only unknown because of the pharmaceutical industry).There are 5 varieties of frankincense that have these acids, but papyrifera also has a couple of other components that are hard to find: Incensole and incensole acetate. The most well known varieties with these healing boswellic acids are boswellia sacra and boswellia carterii. There are a couple of others, research can point them out.

Wow!This Frankincense resin is high quality.It's the best for smudging!The bag is huge!I'm very impressed.

Great inscense. Nice big bag of crystal incesnse. Last a long time. Gives off lots of smoke. Cleanse that area. Gives a great claming effect and arrives quickly. I do recommend!!!!

I’m not super impressed. I feel certain not all of this is pure frankincense. The smell is inconsistent.

Love the smell. I make my own oil from this and use it for my skin routine. I would recommend and it last forever