How do you guys burn frankincense?

[a5m]

Sorry if this is not in the right part of the forum. Frankincense resin comes from trees, so maybe it's okay?

Just curious to know if anyone here is burning frankincense, and if so, how are they doing it? I first tried using a mabkhara and coconut charcoal. This method would burn up the resin within seconds. If I kept using this method I'd be quickly going through a lot of frankincense and not fully enjoying it.

Then I bought an electric incense heater/burner off Amazon. This one is better because it doesn't burn the resin. But it doesn't seem to heat the resin enough where it fills the room with the scent. It's very faint and you need to be close to the burner to smell it. I've also noticed that as the resin heats up, it initially melts and lightly smokes, but after a while, the constant heat seems to 'cook' and harden the resin and then it doesn't melt anymore or release a strong enough scent.

I feel like I'm missing something or doing something wrong. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

 

[rodeoclown]

I've melted frankincense tears on charcoal and also on an incense greater. I use the one sold by mermade magickal arts...something lotus??

The charcoal admittedly melts quickly. I get a nicer longer scent release from the lotus. I don't turn it up to the hottest setting, but instead use a low setting.

I notice that living in a wooden house, the scent lingers nicely. When I lived in a cement apartment building however, the scent didn't seem to travel as far or last as long.

It may be that you are doing everything right, but the pleasures of melting your frankincense will simply be short lived. good luck!

 

[m.arif]

A layer of aluminium foil on charcoal would help. You can adjust the thickness accordingly. It'll slow it down. Not worth using a mica sheet IMO..but it works too

 

[PEARL]

With charcoal let it heat until a thick layer of ash forms, that'll insulate some of the heat. Those round foil cups and foil work good too. Sometimes I get tea candles and take the candle out and use the thicker tin with resin inside on top of the coal, and tea candles are cheap. Mermade Lotus is good too and IMO subitism style burners are better for wood and neriko, not resins.

 

[Ahmet Öztürk]

But I find that high quality green frankincense is too subtle for charcoal, the subtleties get lost in smoke above any temperature above, at a guess, 60 C or so, which is only found in the electric adjustable burners.

 

[halim89]

hi everyone or salam alaykoom can you advice me an adress or website when i can gate the premium and certifate frankicense hojari
baraka allah feekoom

 

[Ahmet Öztürk]

royalhojari.com

Bluish tinted grade, all edible quality (no bits of wood or impurity, which make it taste foul-sour rank wood flavour instead of fairly neutral balsamy lemon), of the kind used by the Sultan of Oman.

240 for a pound, and ABSOLUTELY worth EVERY penny.

 

[a5m]

Sorry everyone for the late responses. Got caught up with family this past weekend.

I've melted frankincense tears on charcoal and also on an incense greater. I use the one sold by mermade magickal arts...something lotus??

The charcoal admittedly melts quickly. I get a nicer longer scent release from the lotus. I don't turn it up to the hottest setting, but instead use a low setting.

I notice that living in a wooden house, the scent lingers nicely. When I lived in a cement apartment building however, the scent didn't seem to travel as far or last as long.

It may be that you are doing everything right, but the pleasures of melting your frankincense will simply be short lived. good luck!

Thank you for your response. I know the lotus heater you are referring to. The one I have is very similar, probably same manufacturer or at least same specifications. I was going to get the Lotus but wanted something plain with no markings. I got this one by IncenseHouse on Amazon. My friend got the same one after he tried mine, and said he also uses the lowest heat setting.

Interesting what you said about the wood vs cement building. My friend's apartment has wood floors and he says he gets a nice scent that fills his room. We live in a condo built in the 60s, all dry wall or cement and carpet and I don't get a strong scent that travels throughout the house.

Maybe it's a good excuse to get rid of carpet. Or maybe my nose has become more sensitive now due to smelling a variety of different ouds so I will give it another try and see how it goes.

A layer of aluminium foil on charcoal would help. You can adjust the thickness accordingly. It'll slow it down. Not worth using a mica sheet IMO..but it works too

Thank you too for your response. I've thought about using mica sheets, but not the layer of aluminum foil. I'll give that a shot and see how it goes. I was feeling like I over thought the whole thing and should go back to trying the old school charcoal method.

With charcoal let it heat until a thick layer of ash forms, that'll insulate some of the heat. Those round foil cups and foil work good too. Sometimes I get tea candles and take the candle out and use the thicker tin with resin inside on top of the coal, and tea candles are cheap. Mermade Lotus is good too and IMO subitism style burners are better for wood and neriko, not resins.

Thank you for your response. I have used the 'layer of ash' method when burning bakhoor. Didn't think to do that with frankincense. I will give that a try.

I ended up buying aluminum foil cups that fit nicely inside the electric incense heater. So for the charcoal, are you saying I put the tin cup on top of the charcoal? The tea candle idea is pretty neat as well. Will have to try that out too.

I've been wanting the subitism burner that Kyarazen made but was bummed that they were sold out and no longer available.. But knowing they're not that good for resin makes me feel better about not having one.

 

[a5m]

hi everyone or salam alaykoom can you advice me an adress or website when i can gate the premium and certifate frankicense hojari
baraka allah feekoom

As Ahmet suggested royalhojari.com is a good source. My friend purchased from there and was happy with the quality. I bought from Brian at https://www.bostoncommodities.com/ and was very happy with the quality and customer service. He also sells a Sultan Grade Blue/Green Royal Hojari which is usually reserved for the sultans and elites. Very rare and hard to come by. Grab it when you can. Plus Brian is always adding new resins that I've never heard of before, and is also willing to work on the price and give good deals. Give him a try I think you'll be satisfied.

 

[halim89]

thank you @a5m for this precious advice an information i drop an email to Brian

 

[Ahmet Öztürk]

a5m, I'm thinking the quality of Brian's and royalhojari.com should be the same, as they both have the bluish tint in light found only in the sultan's grade?

 

[a5m]

thank you @a5m for this precious advice an information i drop an email to Brian

No problem my brother it's my pleasure. Let us know how it goes.

a5m, I'm thinking the quality of Brian's and royalhojari.com should be the same, as they both have the bluish tint in light found only in the sultan's grade?

You're right, I think the quality should be same. I think the difference may be that the Sultan Grade is all blue pieces whereas royalhojari is mixed blue with green.

I have some pieces of the Sultan Grade that I bought a while back and haven't even touched them. Still in the air tight glass container that Brian sent them in. I want to get my method for burning frankincense down before I heat those beautiful gems

 

[Nikhil S]

With the green hojari charcoal works well after it has burnt halfway and forms ash but the sudden gush of smoke takes the fun away. Other way is to place an aluminium foil ove the coal and u get beautiful aroma for a long time. You can also place aluminum foil over electric burner/bukhoor burner. But hardening of gum is pretty unavoidable.

 

[a5m]

With the green hojari charcoal works well after it has burnt halfway and forms ash but the sudden gush of smoke takes the fun away. Other way is to place an aluminium foil ove the coal and u get beautiful aroma for a long time. You can also place aluminum foil over electric burner/bukhoor burner. But hardening of gum is pretty unavoidable.

Thanks for your input. Yes you are exactly right. Direct charcoal is too hot and burns the resin instead of heating it, and the electric burner doesn't get warm enough so it eventually hardens the resin.

I've tried the electric burner again recently and it's tricky to set the right temperature, as different resins have different melting points. Will have to go back to charcoal and try the methods that were suggested.