Frankincense from the Boswellia sacra tree in Dhofar, Oman is considered to be the best quality in the world and long revered by the ancient societies of our world. The resin can be used for medicinal purposes, such as a frankincense water tonic, digestive aid and chewing gum, or as more commonly used as incense.

Suhail Al-Mahri is a Bedouin guide living in Salalah, Oman. Al-Mahri is from Oman’s largest tribe of Bedouins, the Al-Mahri, from which he takes his name. Bedouins usually spend harvest season taking shelter from the heat, wind or even rain within the caves of the wadis where the resin is found. Al-Mahri, along with many of his tribesmen, continues to believe in the medicinal and mythic attributes of frankincense, known locally as Al-Luban, meaning “from milk.”