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Sheets of paper incense printed Papier d'Arménie — Illustration only: the photo shows Paper, not this product or its packaging. Photo: Diegomrtgz, CC BY-SA 4.0

Santa Maria Novella Entry 8 of 67

Carta d'Armenia

Florentine paper soaked in infusions of resins and oriental spices, burned without a flame to perfume a room.

Brand: Santa Maria Novella
Origin: Italy
Tradition: Mediterranean & Europe
Form: Paper
Smoke: Low smoke

Scent profile

Balsamic
Resinous
Spicy

Editorial estimate, not a lab analysis or community vote. Your experience may differ.

Key materials

BenzoinBalsamic

Typical materials for this style. Makers rarely publish full recipes.

Sources

Main claims checked against the sources below on 3 November 2026.

See also

Mediterranean & Europe8 incense

Santa Maria NovellaItaly

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Photo credits (8)

Photos were resized, converted to WebP and may be cropped for display. Each keeps its original license.

Kemenyan, or benzoin resin (Styrax benzoin). Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0
The Botafumeiro, Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Spain. Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga Commons)(Lmbuga Galipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0
The museum of the Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Cristina Maioglio, CC BY-SA 4.0
The bark of a frankincense tree in Dhofar, Oman. Akkbula, CC BY-SA 4.0
The canopy of Dryobalanops aromatica, the tree that yields borneol, in Kuala Lumpur. Patrice78500, Public domain
Papier d'Arménie booklets. Diegomrtgz, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cut pieces of sandalwood and tulsi. Nistha.aslp, CC BY-SA 4.0
A sandalwood tree (Santalum album). Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0