Salalah & Dhofar Tours

Frankincense still a precious stock in Oman |
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas
| Travel | Dallas Morning News: “SALALAH, Oman – Laila al Nudbi’s dark eyes smiled warmly through her veil. It was a very soft sell. ‘This is the best, sir. This is finest quality, sir. This will make you smell better. Life will also taste better.’

The eyes laughed again, her hands holding a small pile of translucent pebbles of frankincense. An incense burner smoked on the counter beside her. The air was filled with the sweet smell of an ancient past.It’s possible that the aromatic gift of frankincense carried to the newborn Jesus came from Oman, scholars say. The desert nation has exported the precious material for more than 2,000 years.

Laila’s job is supplying luxury incense, perfumes and essential oils. Wearing her black abaya gown, she works every day at Abu Mohd (Shop No. 2) in the Al-Husu market of Salalah, on Oman’s southern tip. Like nearly everyone else in the market, Laila stocks oblong tears of congealed resin from frankincense trees.”