- Botanical Name: Boswellia carterii
- Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled
- Part Typically Used: Resin
- Color: Light Yellow
- Consistency: Thin
- Perfumery Note: Base
- Strength of Initial Aroma: Mild – Medium
- Aromatic Description: Fresh, woody, balsamic, slightly spicy and fruity.
- Frankincense Oil Uses: Anxiety, asthma, bronchitis, extreme coughing, scars, stress, stretch marks. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 59-67.]
- Major Constituents: a-Pinene a-Phellandrene (+)-Limonene B-Myrcene B-Pinene B-Caryophyllene p-Cymene Terpinen-4-ol Verbenone Sabinene Linalool
Safety Information: Tisserand and Young precaution to avoid use of the oil if it has oxidized. Skin sensitization is more likely when using oxidized Frankincense Oil. Reading Tisserand and Young’s full profile is recommended. [Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 287-289.]