Frankincense resin from Mount Athos in Greece. Mount Athos is a collection of monasteries which specialise in blending pellets of frankincense with fragrant powders, which they create themselves to their own recipes. This blend is called Smyrna - named after the Ancient Greek city of Smyrna in what is today Turkey. Smyrna held one of the Seven Churches of the Revelation, mentioned in the New Testament.
The powder is sweet, slightly floral, honeyed, perfumed, musky, pleasant, mildly volatile, and leaning toward a cologne, though the whole is essentially feminine and delicate. It blends well with the citric and resinous notes of the frankincense producing a sweet, delicate, musky accord with citric and floral notes. If there's a complaint, it's that the accord is a little too focused on the perfumed aspects of the powder so this perhaps may not be appreciated by those who just want a natural resin fragrance. For those who perhaps want to ring the changes, and have a little fun with their frankincense, this is delightful.
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