{"product_id":"mona-natural-botanical-incense","title":"Mona Natural Botanical Incense","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eMona is a green, resinous incense built around the sharper character of the forest.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe name comes from Mona, a Kari’ña word meaning “doorway.” The Kari’ña are among the Indigenous peoples historically connected to Trinidad. We chose the name for the idea of crossing a threshold: the small but deliberate movement from the noise of what came before into a space made more intentional by smoke, scent, and attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eGarden sage, rosemary, and West Indian bay form Mona’s botanical core, giving the smoke a crisp, camphoric quality with the dry depth of crushed leaves and warm wood beneath it. Frankincense and benzoin move through the blend more slowly, bringing a sacred resinous warmth that settles the brighter herbs without softening their character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eEach stick is made by hand in Studio Nadi Sangama on a sun-dried cocoyea stem, then crusted with flaked sage, bay leaf, and coarse grains of frankincense. As the ember moves through the stick, the outer botanicals and resins meet the heat directly, giving the smoke a more immediate, textured expression of the raw materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThere is no added perfume or synthetic fragrance. Mona is composed from powdered woods, culinary herbs, botanicals, natural resins, and a plant-derived binder, allowing its aroma to come entirely from the materials themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe result is dry, verdant, and quietly ceremonial: green herbs opening first, resin and wood emerging beneath them, and a lingering smoke that feels closer to crushed leaves, bark, and forest floor than conventional perfumed incense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eMona marks the threshold between one atmosphere and the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent character:\u003c\/strong\u003e herbaceous · camphoric · resinous · woody\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6 handmade incense sticks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nadi Sangama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50368606339329,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"TTD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1691\/8017\/files\/ChatGPTImageSep20_2026_01_50_02PM_1.png?v=1789926614","url":"https:\/\/www.nadisangama.com\/products\/mona-natural-botanical-incense","provider":"Nadi Sangama","version":"1.0","type":"link"}