White Sage & Rosemary Cleansing Smudge Stick White Copal untreated stones keep a green

untreated stones keep a green cast collectors prize

chatoyant quartz (sold under the trade name Tiger's Eye)

the iron sulfide called fool’s gold for its brassy shine

The bamboo-less format is the defining technical feature of the Stupa range against mass-produced bamboo-cored stick incense - the material is the scent

White Sage & Rosemary Cleansing Smudge Stick White Copal untreated stones keep a greenTwo species joined by chemistry rather than tradition. The American sage and the Mediterranean rosemary share 1,8 cineole as a dominant compound, but carry it on different notes rosemary brighter and piney at the open, sage cooler and herbal in the settle. On the burn, the rosemary opens first with verbenone bright pine. As the sprigs char back, the sage takes over with its familiar camphor eucalyptol register. A brighter opening than plain White