Wadi Dawkah
Eating Frankincense
As well as lending itself to burning, drinking and eating, frankincense can be chewed. In Oman the amber tears shed by the aromatic resin take on every form, from intangible to concrete.
Frankincense
Podcasts by Nez
Sterenn Le Maguer-Gillon and Dominique Roques – Wadi Dawkah, The Incense Trade Route
Dominique Roques discusses with archaeologist Sterren Le Maguer-Gillon about how these places all bear witness to an era when the Omani region was a strategic trading crossroads on the Incense Trade Route.
Podcasts by Nez
Wadi Dawkah, The Land of Frankincense
Renaud Salmon, Chief Creative Officer at Amouage and Dominique Roques, perfumery ingredients sourcer, discuss the precious tree’s renaissance in Oman.
