Yerba Santa Smudge Stick (Eriodictyon Californicum) Essential Oil Softer and porous at Mohs

Softer and porous at Mohs 5–5

ground into the Stupa workshop's myrrh blend and rolled into bamboo-less 10cm sticks in the Kathmandu Valley

and deep crystalline expression

One metal in two colours - and in this stone the black runs heavy

Yerba Santa Smudge Stick (Eriodictyon Californicum) Essential Oil Softer and porous at MohsThe resinous leafed shrub of California's dry foothills. The leaves are sticky with eriodictyol a flavonoid resin that doesn't fully release until heat softens the surface coating. The bundle smokes slower, denser, and sweeter than sage. On the burn, the opening builds across the first minute rather than arriving at once. A green, herbaceous, slightly sweet note develops and holds for the length of the burn. Longer lasting than sage, less sharp than