Palo Santo Stick | Thin

For clearing that leaves something sweet behind.

Palo santo is aromatic wood from Bursera graveolens, a tree native to the dry coastal forests of Ecuador, Peru and other parts of South America. Its name means holy wood in Spanish, and it's been burned for centuries in South American healing and cleansing traditions, valued for a warm, sweet, slightly citrus scent unlike the sharper smoke of sage.

Ethical palo santo only comes from trees that have died naturally and been left on the forest floor for several years before harvesting — the wood needs that resting period to develop its aromatic oils fully. Trees cut down while still alive don't carry the same scent, and doing so damages a species already under pressure from demand, which is why sourcing matters here as much as it does with sage.

Palo santo is worked with for cleansing and for inviting in something positive once the clearing is done, rather than clearing alone — a gentler, sweeter companion to sage's sharper reset. It's used before rather than during, a preparation rather than the main event.

Sheri chooses every stick by hand, and it's packed here on the Gold Coast.