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Benzoin Powder (Styrax benzoin)

Benzoin is primarily used for incense. The aroma of benzoin is a sweet-balsamic odor with a distinct vanilla note. Its use as a cleansing religious incense is ancient. In India, the fragrance is sacred to the Brahma-Shiva-Vishnu triad, and Malays use it to deter devils during rice-harvesting ceremonies.

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Other names for benzoin include benjamin ttee, benzoe, benzoin ttee, gum benjamin, Siam benzoin, and Sumatta benzoin.

The balsamic resin from the leaves, bark and roots of the plant Styrax benzoin has been used for centuries as an antiseptic, bacteriacide, incense and perfume – more correctly, one should say as an antiseptic incense.

Benzoin is primarily used for incense. The aroma of benzoin is a sweet-balsamic odor with a distinct vanilla note. Its use as a cleansing religious incense is ancient. In India, the fragrance is sacred to the Brahma-Shiva-Vishnu triad, and Malays use it to deter devils during rice-harvesting ceremonies. Benzoin is widely applied in Orthodox and Catholic Christian religious service.

The benzoin tree is cultivated in Borneo, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra and Thailand. Like the rubber tree, its gum is taken from the bark by making a deep incision in the trunk. The gum is dark, with reddish-brown colored streaks. These pigments contain the fatty oils which exude a delicious aroma similar to vanilla.

The Arabs, who traded it as a frankincense substitute, called this Southeast Asia tree 'incense of Java,' or loban jawi. The Europeans interpreted this as benjawi and pronounced it 'benjamin,' then 'benzoin.' They made solid 'vanilla' pomades from it.

Comes in 3" glass jar with cork

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