India Incense Ingredients - Mumbai Marketplace
Mike Pare
Black sandalwood in the bottom of the frame. New to us.
Our friends Didier and Kiki are traveling in India right now, sniffing out some quality incense ingredients. Here are some pics they sent from a Marketplace in Mumbai. The incense dealer has a variety of natural ingredients.
bricks of loban - gum benzoin
Sandalwood Powder, gums and resins.
And here's what this stuff costs to the average wandering tourist-
Loban 100g for 50 rupees (about $.75)
Dhoop (this is what he called it but looked like frankincense) 100g for 50r
Sandalwood powder 50g for 200r ($3)
Sandalwood black chunks 50g for 200r
Indonesia rosin 50g for 100r ($1.50)