For some people it may still be the signature scent of High Mass, but for others it’s now l’eau de spa: the first thing you sniff when sinking into a massage bed or crossing the threshold of Manhattan’s buzzy new private club The Well, where the air is infused with a frankincense aroma custom crafted by Michelle Gagnon, of premium essential oil house Enfleurage.
— Read more in Why Frankincense Is Suddenly So Smoking Hot at Town & Country.
From Juniper Ridge, a holiday gift set with Christmas Fir body wash (236 ml), essential oil (5 ml) and incense (20 sticks). "Perhaps no scent can transport us like that of Christmas trees – that unmistakable dank, resinous scent of needles and sap. These products’ aromatic essence is a blend of sustainably wildharvested Fir and Pine essential oils that captures the sensory spirit of the holidays." $34 at Juniper Ridge.
In case you don't want to shell out for the Astier de Villatte Setsuko kitty incense burner, here's a (relative) bargain alternative: Shoyeido's Kitten incense burner, which you can use with cones or sticks — the smoke comes out of the ears. "Our beatific Kitten incense holder provides quiet companionship for your next Shoyeido incense excursion." $30 at Shoyeido.
[Trygve] Harris first came to Oman in 2006 to source frankincense for her aromatic essential oil store in New York. “But even in Oman, I could only get Somalia oil, not higher-quality Omani oil. Nobody was distilling it for sale back then. Not even Amouage!” she recalled, speaking of Oman’s top perfume company, which specialises in producing luxury frankincense fragrances (a 100ml bottle of Amouage perfume with frankincense base notes costs £283).
In 2011, she relocated to Salalah, Dhofar’s capital, and set up Enfleurage.
— From Oman's Ancient Biblical Scent, a profile of Omani frankincense at BBC Travel. (And see also, part 1 and 2 of our profile of Harris.)
Black Fig Satori Incense from Skeem: "Black Fig is a sweet honey fruit scent mixed with musky amber. Our Satori incense bottle features 100 sticks of high-quality, Japanese, bambooless incense and has an engraved wood lid with an inset grommet designed to hold your incense stick while burning. Burn to help clear the mind and infuse any room with a soft fragrance." $34.