What we carry · 04

Incense & Resins

The first thing people say when they walk in is how good the shop smells. This shelf is why. We keep what we believe is the best incense selection in New Mexico — sticks by the package and by the single stick, cones, powders, and loose resin by weight.

Resin is the ancient form: frankincense and myrrh burned in temples across the Near East, copal in Mesoamerican ceremony, all of them hardened sap burned over charcoal in a censer. Stick and cone incense are the newer conveniences — Satya's Nag Champa arrived with the 1960s, Japan's Shoyeido and Morning Star lines carry centuries of refinement.

The local pride is Fred Soll's — resin-dipped sticks made here in New Mexico, slow-burning and unlike anything else on the shelf. Start with a single stick of Honey Amber or Piñon and you'll understand the following it has.

We also carry white and desert sage, blue mint sage bundles and sweetgrass braids, plus burners, censers and charcoal. If you're new: buy three or four single sticks of different families — a resin-dipped, a champa, a Japanese fine-stick — and let your nose vote.

Common questions

Can you buy incense by the single stick?

Yes — Blue Eagle sells sticks individually as well as by the package, so you can try a scent for pennies before committing to a box.

What is resin incense?

Hardened aromatic tree sap — frankincense, myrrh, copal — burned on a charcoal disc in a censer. It is the oldest form of incense, used in ceremony across many traditions for thousands of years.