Myrrh Incense - 15 Sticks Tube

Commiphora myrrha is the same Burseraceae-family resin that has been traded across the Mediterranean and the wider Indian Ocean for thousands of years - the second of the two great aromatic resins of the southern Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa (alongside frankincense, Boswellia sacra). The Maison Étherique catalogue carries true myrrh as a raw resin (Yemen-sourced) for charcoal burning; this Stupa workshop tube offers the same species in a different format: ground into the Stupa blend and rolled into bamboo-less sticks for direct lighting.

Myrrh's aromatic register differs from frankincense in characteristic ways — myrrh carries a deeper, bitter-sweet register with notes of dry leaf, faint medicinal edge, and warm balsam underneath. The terpenoid chemistry (sesquiterpenes like furanoeudesma-1,3-diene and lindestrene) produces the resin's distinctive bitter-balsamic character that has anchored its use in Mediterranean and Arabian aromatic tradition since antiquity.

Character on the burn. The Stupa myrrh blend opens warm-bitter with the characteristic medicinal-balsamic register; the middle minutes settle into deeper balsam with the dry-leaf note coming through; the close is warm, slightly sweet, with the bitter edge softening. More serious in register than the sandalwood or floral blends in the range; the Stupa myrrh is for the burner who appreciates the resin's deeper register.

1. Take a stick from the tube.
2. Hold the tip to a flame for 5–10 seconds until it catches.
3. Blow out the flame - the stick smoulders.
4. Place in the included holder on a heat-safe surface.
5. The stick burns for approximately 30 minutes.

Burn in a well-ventilated room. The myrrh blend carries a heavier room-presence than sandalwood or floral blends; one stick in a mid-sized room is sufficient for most sessions.

• Primary aromatic: Commiphora myrrha
• Family: Burseraceae - same family as frankincense, copal, palo santo
• Format: Bamboo-less · handcrafted · 10cm sticks
• Quantity: 15 sticks per tube
• Burn time: ~30 minutes per stick
• Workshop: Stupa · Kathmandu, Nepal
• Character: Warm-bitter opening · medicinal-balsamic middle · soft-warm close

Myrrh in stick form is rarer than myrrh as raw resin - most prepared incense ranges build around lighter, easier-to-grind aromatics (sandalwood, floral materials) rather than the dense bitter resin of myrrh. The Stupa workshop's inclusion of a myrrh blend in the Nepali range is a notable signal of the workshop's range - the same Burseraceae family that anchors the resin range of the catalogue also gives one of the wider Stupa range's most distinctive sticks. For households that already burn True Myrrh on charcoal, the stick format offers the same resin character in shorter, more convenient sessions.