Grade AA Palo Santo (Bursera graveolens)

Our highest grade of Palo Santo smudge sticks. These extraordinarily dense, resinous and rare incense sticks emit a powerfully intoxicating smell. Sustainably harvested from only natural dead trees and meticulously hand-sorted to bring you the finest Palo Santo incense wood available anywhere in the world.   This Palo Santo is ethically sourced and sustainably harvested in Ecuador, from naturally dead and fallen trees only. Palo Santo trees must die of natural causes and lay on the forest floor for years before they develop their signature scent. Cutting live Bursera graveolens trees and letting the wood age does not allow this process to happen.  These are pure wood smudge sticks only. Nothing added, freshly split, with only the bark removed. We import them under a specialty permit which allows for the avoidance of chemical or heat sterilization. Palo Santo incense wood physically cleanses the air by attaching to dust particles and making them fall out of suspension, as well as energe