ETHIOPIA
Sacred resins
Spice. Warmth. The intimacy of ancient routes.
In the highlands of northern Ethiopia, eleven churches stand that were not built but carved—excavated downward into living rock in the 12th century by devotion so complete it moved mountains.
ETHIOPIA captures that quality of sacred labor—frankincense and myrrh as they have burned in Ethiopian Orthodox liturgy for over a thousand years. The softer truth of materials warmed by centuries of prayer.
The sacred does not announce itself. It settles quietly into the room, into the skin, and changes the quality of attention. A centering presence that asks nothing but offers everything.
Stone walls carved from living rock. A single shaft of light falling into the depths of Bete Giyorgis. Incense smoke rising toward impossible geometry.
Frankincense opens with characteristic brightness—citrus and pine before the resin reveals itself. Myrrh joins with bittersweet depth. Labdanum adds amber warmth while cedarwood provides architecture. Benzoin softens everything.
This is perfume oil—frankincense and myrrh joined by labdanum, cedarwood, and benzoin. The sacred settling quietly, changing the quality of attention.