A full-bodied Carmelite-tradition resin incense honoring Saint Therese of Lisieux, blending olibanum, myrrh, and rose petals.
The formula recreates an 1850 Carmel of Lisieux blend originally composed by Fr. Charles Dominique Renier, the priest who designed the Carmel chapel where Therese would later live and die. Liturgical resins are layered with rose petals in the French perfumery style of the period, producing the deep, complex character of an older European church incense. The 5/5 intensity gives it the full weight of a high-feast blend — generous on the charcoal, persistent across the sanctuary, and unmistakably devotional.
Thérèse Martin entered the Carmel of Lisieux at fifteen and died of tuberculosis at twenty-four, leaving behind the spiritual autobiography known in English as Story of a Soul. Her teaching on small, hidden acts of love — what she called la petite voie, the Little Way — became one of the most influential spiritualities of the twentieth century. She was canonized in 1925 by Pope Pius XI and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1997 by John Paul II, one of only four women to hold that title.
Intensity: 5/5
Scent notes: Olibanum, myrrh, rose petals
Type: Italian-style resin incense
"Ma vocation, c'est l'amour" (My vocation is love) — from her writings.
