Palo Santo Soliflore. Natural perfume. Resin, wood, palo santo smoke. October 2025

Palo Santo Soliflore. (Photos show Palo Santo tree resin, Ecuador, prior to tincture; wood in tincture prior to absolution; and finished resinoid).This is a single note Palo Santo perfume composed exclusively from sustainably collected palo santo (Bursera graveolens) resins, woods, and essential oils. I have folded in my handmade tinctures and absolutes of the wood (Ecuador, Peru) and the tree resin (Ecuador), along with my smoke enfleurage of the wood from Ecuador. The smoke enfleurage captures the creamy scent of the wood burning as incense. The resin has an intense precious woods and floral aroma with turpentine high notes. By tincturing the resin I produced a unique resinoid for this solid perfume. I also tinctured unburned fallen wood from Ecuador and Peru for a year in high proof organic alcohol, and from those infusions I used natural open air evaporation to concentrate the extracts into absolutes. My handmade absolutes have the fixative and base note depth of the resinoid witho