Why the world is running out of frankincense
BBC | 12/21/2025 | Lauren HadeedThe precious, fragrant resin is the scent of the festive season and rising in popularity in the wellness industry – but its natural source is being decimated.
Salaban Salad Muse has built his whole life around frankincense.
Living the small town of Dayaha in the Sanaag region of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, he works as a seasoned harvester of the famously aromatic resin, obtained only from the Boswellia tree.
Every year, Salad Muse camps for three to six months in a cave near the site he owns with these trees on it.
Wait . . . what? I’d have thought that the odds of my ever reading that sentence were darn close to zero.
I was wondering why my local store didn’t have any this season. Now what am I supposed to bring the baby Jesus this week? The shame of it all.
I only care for myrrh and I like it so much I would have named my daughter Myrrh if I had one.
Never too late.
Yes it is; the train has left the station; that ship has sailed..and
whatever other cliches you can think of.
I had a snappy comeback here, but I de-myrrhed…
I’ll see myself out…
Tell me you’re a Vegan without telling me you’re a Vegan: Hi my name is Salad Muse.