FAQ

Our Palo Santo comes from Ecuador, from the province of Manabí on the country's west coast.

Both the sticks and the oil are made in collaboration with a local community that has devoted itself for generations to hand-harvesting and the traditional processing of the wood. Every step respects the rhythm of the landscape and the experience of the people who live in close connection with it.

No.

In Ecuador, the handling of Palo Santo is strictly regulated. The community we work with uses exclusively naturally fallen trees and dried branches that have already completed their life cycle.

The harvesting is done by hand, slowly, and with regard for the renewal of the landscape and the rhythm of nature. It is a tradition that respects both the tree and the territory where it grows.

A Palo Santo stick fills a space with gentle smoke and slow burning, where the scent unfolds over time and connects with the moment of lighting it.

Palo Santo oil is a more concentrated form of the fragrance. It is created by distilling fallen wood, and its aroma unfolds without a flame – for example in a diffuser, an aroma lamp, a bath, or on the skin.

A stick creates an atmosphere through both sight and scent, while the oil is better suited to more intimate moments of calm, when a person wants to pause for a moment and take a breath.

Yes. They are two forms of one product.

Both the oil and the sticks come from the same species of tree, Bursera graveolens, and stem from the same approach – working only with naturally fallen wood. Each serves different moments.

Palo Santo oil is a versatile essence that adapts to whatever kind of moment you need right now.

In a diffuser, its scent unfolds quietly and smoothly, without smoke and without a flame. In an aroma lamp, it takes on warmed, deeper tones. Diluted in a carrier oil, you can use it in a bath or as a personal fragrance on the wrists or in the palms.

It is ideal where you want to slow down but cannot or do not want to smudge a space.

No. Palo Santo oil is not dripped onto the sticks.

The wood and the oil are two entirely different forms of Palo Santo that are used separately, and each has its own way of unfolding the scent.

A stick releases its aroma through slow burning. The oil is created by distilling mature wood, and its scent unfolds in a drop – in a diffuser, aroma lamp, bath, or on the skin.

If you were to pour oil over a stick, you would only burn it. The scent would be unnaturally sharp and would lose the subtlety that is characteristic of Palo Santo.

The stick and the oil are not meant to be used together. Each of them offers a different experience – one works with fire, the other with a drop.

You can recognize quality Palo Santo by its scent, which is complex, layered, and contains both fresh and deeper, resinous tones.

The wood should be sufficiently mature – usually dried naturally for several years so that the aromatic compounds can develop in it. A quality stick burns more slowly, doesn't smolder, and doesn't give off acrid smoke.

The color of the wood tends to be lighter, with a visible structure and natural grain. The real thing carries within it a trace of time, nature, and respect.

When we talk about rituals, we don't mean anything magical or mysterious.

We see them as small moments that recur throughout the day and give it shape – such as a morning breath by the window, an evening tea or a morning coffee, lighting a candle, or a moment of silence before sleep.

Palo Santo can be part of these little rituals. It helps create a space in which a person pauses for a moment and returns to themselves.

Palo Santo comes from South America, most often from the regions of Ecuador and Peru. Its scent is fresh, lightly citrusy, with resinous and woody tones.

Sandalwood most often comes from the Santalum album tree, which grows mainly in India and neighboring countries. Its scent is creamier, velvety, and heavier, often used in perfumes and traditional fragrance blends.

The two woods carry different environments, traditions, and characters. Palo Santo is connected to South American communities and their conception of rituals, which work with subtle moments and respect for the nature that sets the pace of its harvesting.

Sandalwood brings a long-lasting scent typical of Asian traditions and religious ceremonies. Palo Santo and sandalwood differ not only in scent but also in the very tree they come from.

Yes, they exist — but they have almost nothing to do with authentic Palo Santo.

Incense sticks are not a South American tradition. They are not part of the culture that Palo Santo comes from. Incense sticks are widespread mainly in Asia and are used above all in India, Tibet, and Nepal. That is also why you'll find them mainly among makers of oriental fragrance products, not among makers who work with real Palo Santo.

In most cases, "Palo Santo incense sticks" are just ordinary incense sticks with added fragrance meant to resemble the scent of Palo Santo.

They don't contain real Bursera graveolens wood, they aren't made by traditional methods, and they carry none of the value or story that belongs to Palo Santo.

If you want real Palo Santo, incense sticks are not the way. The true essence of Palo Santo is in the wood and oil themselves — in their scent, their origin, and the respect for the land they come from.