Traditional Ingredients
Crafted intentionally
Traditional
Ingredients
Improving your experience with the highest quality ingredients
No fillers, additives, or synthetic fragrances
Most incense sold today are made of cheap, poor quality ingredients. To make matters worse, there is no regulation over the incense trade. This means there is no required testing to ensure that artificial ingredients, which are commonly added, are safe to burn or breathe. This is a primary reason that Incense Witch was started. Our incense only use traditional herbs, resins, flowers, and woods that have been burned for thousands of years… The same smoke our ancestors enjoyed.
dedication to quality of farming
We understand that we reap what we sow. Wherever available, we choose USDA Organic to minimize the pesticides and herbicides getting into our plants, soil, and water. While some ingredients don’t have enough demand or competition for farms to pursue certifications, we do our best to ensure their values align with ours. We prioritize working with smaller farms for ingredients that can be grown locally.
Sustainabilty
At our core
Founded on the pillars of sustainabiility
Sustainability is a big buzzword. We won’t just say we’re sustainable, we want to back it up.
There are three foundational pillars to the field of sustainability, which are ecological, social, and economic.
For a business to truly be sustainable, all three areas must be considered and addressed.
Ecological
In respect for our impact on ecosystems around the world, Incense Witch is committed to not using tree or plant species that are endangered or illegally harvested. This is why you will not see ingredients like frankincense in our recipes. While it is a sacred ingredient, if drastic conservation actions aren't taken, the boswellia (frankincense) tree population could decrease by 90% in the next 50 years due to overharvesting and lack of young trees. Until their population is stable, we cannot with a sound heart offer them in our products.
Social
Many mass produced incense cause headaches and irritates people’s lungs. Full transparency, all incense have risks from burning materials indoors. But by using only high quality, natural ingredients, our customers can burn incense that not only smell beautiful, but aren’t full of harsh chemicals.
Additionally, out of respect for our impact to indigenous communities, we have chosen to direct our customers to indigenous owned businesses for items like sweetgrass and white sage.
Economic
As a business we balance charging enough that we are able to keep our business running, make the highest quality product, and keep our pricing affordable to the average person. Our prices are higher than most incense, but there is careful consideration to ensure that we can continue doing our work while you get an incredible product.
10% of our net profits are donated to nonprofits to protect and rehabilitate ecosystems that are home to at-risk and endangered incense species.
“it’s easy to make a buck.
It’s a lot harder to make a difference.”
Tom Brokaw
MEET Our Founder
This is my Ikigai.
I believe plants, trees, and fungi have incredible abilities to nourish, heal, and ground us. In some of my darkest moments in life, spending time in the forest beside a river gave me hope that life could feel gentle and nurturing. I felt safe, seen, and connected in a way that I had never experienced before. It gave me the belief that there was more beauty in this world than I understood. Looking back, it makes me want to cry because beauty is what I found.
I think our world is magic, radiant, and nourishing. Because nature gave me purpose in my life, I dedicated my education and work to studying our impact on ecosystems and how to create a healthier relationship between humans and our planet. Incense Witch is my experiment to make a difference in this world and I’m excited to play.
- Stephanie