The Scented Djinn

The Lavender Kyphi Supreme, the latest in the kyphi line-up, will be up for sale April 20, 2014. Watch for it on The Scented Djinn Etsy Apothecary, this one is extra special and you wouldn't want to miss out on one of the finest kyphi incenses The Scented Djinn has ever created. We started with a fat papaya, peeled and cut, then dried in a dehydrator. We then mixed the dried papaya with a nice dark, rich red wine, and let it soak. While that was brewing, we took huge handfuls of organically grown lavender buds, combined them with benzoin resin powder, santal wood chips, which we finely powdered, hand-ground orris root, and pine resin powder, and soaked them in a sweet white wine. Both the dried fruit and herb blends were soaked for three days before being combined. In a pot on the burner, we mixed honey, frankincense resin, myrrh resin, and pine resin to create a sticky fragrant binder for the incense, then mixed the binder into the dried fruit and herbs mash. Over the next few d...

Kyphi Class in the Tower District The kyphi making class is scheduled for October 13, 2012 from 1pm to 4pm -- I'd like to 'invite' whoever wishes to join me for this special class. The class cost is $20 and you receive full instruction in the creation of Ancient Egyptian incense making, plus 9 grams of very strongly scented handmade kyphi (Golden Kyphi) from The Scented Djinn. If you should choose to pay for the class in advance, please use the button here on the blog (to the right) to do so. The class address is: 835 North Van Ness Avenue Fresno, CA  93728

Golden Kyphi Pre-Orders The Golden Kyphi will be ready September 8th, so I will be taking pre-orders for those who want to get the jump on it.  Golden Kyphi Par fume of the ancients, The Scented Djinn's Golden Kyphi is a lush fragrant smoking incense infused with intentions to ~ Banish Negativity ~ Golden raisins and organic apricots are soaked in rose wine and combined with warm honey infused with frankincense resin; over the course of weeks, more aromatics are added ~ benzoin, hand crushed myrrh resin, Egyptian chamomile, aloeswood, galangal, white santal, green cardamom, calamus & saffron. Oils of olibanum from Oman, India and Somalia are added,  as well as oils of myrrh, styrax, labdanum, vintage Mysore santal, Himalayan cedarwood, balsam fir, coriander, spikenard & galbanum As the kyphi dries the oils of rose, ambriene and Siam benzoin are added ~ the kyphi rests for 60 days ~ 9 grams ~ $ 4.40 (charcoal NOT included)