Ingredients
Ingredients Used in Our Products
Handcrafted by Shane Clayton at his Wandering Stars cottage, the selection of ingredients for The Egyptian Sacred Scents anointing oils and incense products is based on ongoing research and the well-documented archaeological record of ancient Egyptian temple/funerary practices and mysteries.
Shane uses organic grass-fed beef tallow and organic botanical essential oils & absolutes whenever possible - taking great care for value, quality, and sustainability - purchased in small amounts, never bulk, to ensure freshness. No synthetic materials are used, with no dyes except natural red alkanet root in two unguents, in accordance with the Egyptian recipes.
These rare plant resins, oils, flowers, berries, bark, and roots are mostly imported from Mediterranean countries, Africa, the Middle East, India, and Asia, with some sustainably grown or collected locally in Northern California, Utah, and Nevada.
Wild-harvested availability of rare botanicals is prone to shortages and variations in scent, especially high-demand items like Myrrh resin and Hojary Frankincense (B. sacra var.), so we usually expect unavoidable product changes, price fluctuations, tariffs, and out-of-stock items from time to time in 'The Egyptian' Sacred Scents Shop - but it's always worth the wait!
Each ingredient has its particular fragrance, properties, and applications. Most have clinically proven health benefits - a few of these are addressed in separate articles hyperlinked to those ingredients listed below. While many are well known or at least familiar to contemporary herbalists, skin and hair care specialists, and aromatherapists, there are some guaranteed surprises as well!
The following is an alphabetical list of the common names of the 72 mostly botanical ingredients used to produce our array of products sold in our Shop, with their Latin names and country of origin. For the most part they are essential oils (EO) unless otherwise noted. The ingredients marked * are available for sale in our Sacred Scents Shop. Please E-mail me for pricing and quantities of those marked * that are not included in our offerings in the Shop.
'The Egyptian' Sacred Scents Apothecary:
*Aleppo Pine resin, Pinus halapensis Greece
Allheal tincture, Prunella vulgaris USA
Alkanet root powder, Alkanna tinctora France
Asafoetida EO, Ferula asafoetida - India
Argan EO, Argania spinosa Morocco
Bergamot EO, Citrus bergamia - California
Bitter Almond EO, Prunus armeniaca L. USA
Bitumen powder Gilsonite Utah USA
*Calamus Root EO and cut-dried, Acorus calamus France
Camel Grass absolute, Cymbopogon schoenanthus USA
Camphor resin, Cinnamomum camphora Egypt
Cardamom EO, Elettaria cardamomum - India
Cassia EO, Cinnamomum cassia Indonesia
Cassie absolute, Acacia farnesiana Egypt, California
Castor oil, Ricinus communis - USA
Cedar EO, Cedrus atlantica Morocco
Cinnamon EO, Cinnamomum zeylanicum Indonesia
Costas EO, Saussurea lappa - India
Cypress EO, Cupressus sempervirens - Spain
Date Syrup, Phoenix dactylifera Iraq
Diviners Sage tincture and leaves, Salvia divinorum - California
Egyptian Blue 'Lotus' Waterlily* absolute and dried flowers, Nymphaea caerulea - Sri Lanka, India
Fenugreek EO, Trigonella foenumgraecum Greece
Fir Balsam absolute, Needle EO, Abies balsamea USA, some locally collected in California
Frankincense:
Boswellia frereana Maydi EO - Eritrea
Boswellia sacra var. Sacred EO and * Hojary resin, Saudi Arabia, Oman
*Boswellia papyrifa resin Eritrea
Boswellia serrata EO, - India
Galangal EO, Kaempferia galanga India
Galbanum:
Galbanum EO, Ferula galbaniflua India
Galbanum resin, Ferula gummosa Iran
Gardenia macerated, Gardenia taitensis - Tahiti
Geranium EO, Pelargonium graveolens - Egypt
Gum Arabic resin, Acacia senegal India
*Hardwood Root Charcoal, Acacia sp. Syria
*Helichrysum EO, Helichrysum italicum Greece
Hempseed EO, Cannabis sativa var. - California
Henna absolute, Lawsonia inermis Israel
Honey Sudan
Juniper berries:
Juniper EO, Juniperus communis - USA
Juniper berries dried, Juniperus oxycedrus Bulgaria
Labdanum Absolute, Cistus ladaniferus Spain
Lavender EO and dried, Lavendula hybrid - California
Lily - Lilium auratus macerated - USA
Mandrake tincture, Mandragora officinarum USA
*Maritime Pine, Pinus pinaster, EO Turkey
Marjoram Sweet EO, Origanum majorana Egypt
Moringa Oil
*Moringa oleifera - India
Moringa peregrina Sweet Oman
Myrrh EO and *resin, Commophora myrrha Somalia
Myrtle EO, Myrtus communis - Israel
Olive oil, Olea europaea California USA
Orris Root butter or ground, Iris pallida France
Petitgrain Bigarade EO, Citrus aurantium var. amara - Morocco
Persian Raisins, Vitus vinifera - Iran
Peru Balsam EO, Myroxylon balsamum - Oregon USA
Pine Tar, Pinus sylvestris Sweden
Pistachia (Mastic):
Pistachia lentiscus EO and resin Morocco, Greece
Pistachia terebinthus EO Turkey
Pomegranate skin macerated - Punica granatum - California
Rose de Mai absolute, Rosa centifolia - Egypt
Scotch Pine EO, Pinus sylvestris USA
Southern Wormwood tincture, Artemisia abrotanum USA
Spikenard:
Spikenard EO and dried tubers, Nardostachys grandiflora Nepal
Spikenard dried tubers, Nardostachys jatamansi India
Liquidambar:
*Storax, Liquidambar orientalis bark - Syria
Styrax EO, Liquidambar styraciflua Honduras
*Tallow - rendered beef kidney fat grass fed - California USA
*Tamarisk flowers macerated, Tamarix ramosissima - Nevada USA
Tiger Nut Oil, Cyperus esculentis Egypt
Vanilla, Simmondia chinensis - Madagascar
Wine, Vitus vinifera Mediterranean countries
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