Wild Hojari Frankincense (Boswellia Sacra) Oman, 25 gr

A darker tear from the same trees - pine-forward, foresty, slower to open. Wild Hojari is harvested from the same Boswellia sacra trees of the Dhofar mountains that produce the green Royal Hojari, but gathers the deeper-coloured tears with higher oil content.

The same Boswellia sacra trees of the Dhofar mountains produce frankincense across a colour spectrum, from translucent green through amber to almost black. The Wild grade gathers the darker tears - those that formed slower, set deeper into the bark, and carry a richer concentration of oils. This is the resin that has welcomed guests across the Arabian Peninsula for thousands of years; the same gesture as the lighter grades, in a deeper voice. Less rare than Royal Hojari, but no less beautiful.

Character on charcoal. 

Wild Hojari opens slower and darker than its green sibling. The first minutes carry pine and a hint of black pepper; as the resin warms, the scent turns toward fir-bark and old wood, with a faint sweetness underneath. A heavier presence in the room than Royal Hojari, with longer-lasting aromatic depth.

Harvested by Dhofari families through the cooler months of the Omani harvest season, hand-sorted by colour and grade after the resin sets on the bark. The 25g format is the entry tin to the Maison Étherique resin range - enough for several extended sessions, sized to learn the material before committing to a 50g.

The details

• Botanical: Boswellia sacra

• Resin: Frankincense · Wild Hojari grade · darker tears

• Origin: Dhofar, Oman

• Weight: 25g

• Format: Glass jar · resin pieces

• Harvest: Hand-tapped in cooler months · hand-sorted by Dhofari families

• Storage: Cool, dry · away from direct light · indefinite shelf life

• Burn behavior: Burns and chars · small carbonised piece on disc at end

Worth knowing

Within the Hojari grading system, sorters separate tears by colour and clump size. Royal Hojari (al-Hojari al-akhdar, "the green Hojari") gathers the rare translucent-green tears that comprise only three to five percent of any harvest. Wild Hojari gathers the darker, deeper-coloured tears formed more slowly and with higher concentrations of essential oils - the everyday workhorse of the Hojari range, less rare than Royal but in many ways more characterful on charcoal. The Dhofar mountains of southern Oman are the world's primary source of Boswellia sacra, with the Khor Rori trade route having transported this resin across the Indian Ocean from the third century BCE through to the present. Frankincense improves with age - stored cool and dry, the resin's volatile compounds settle and the burn becomes deeper over time.

This Product

Wild Hojari Frankincense - the deeper-coloured tears of Boswellia sacra from the Dhofar mountains of Oman, hand-tapped and hand-sorted by Dhofari families. The same trees that produce the rare green Royal Hojari produce these darker tears across the resin's colour spectrum; the Wild grade carries higher oil content and a richer, slower-opening character on charcoal.

On charcoal: pine and a hint of black pepper in the first minutes, then turning toward fir-bark and old wood as the resin warms, with a faint sweetness underneath. A heavier room-presence than Royal Hojari.

25g glass jar. Stored cool and dry, the resin's shelf life is indefinite and the burn deepens with age.