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Three dragon's blood trees under a blue sky — Illustration only: the photo shows Dragon's Blood, not this product or its packaging. Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Socotra Dragon's Blood

Dark red resin from the dragon's blood tree, Dracaena cinnabari, native to the Yemeni island of Socotra.

Origin: Yemen
Tradition: Arabian Peninsula
Form: Resin
Smoke: Medium smoke

Scent profile

Balsamic
Earthy
Sweet

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

Key materials

Dragon's BloodBalsamic

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

Sources

Partly checked on 3 November 2026: the sources below confirm this product or style, but some details are general.

Global Voices: Yemen dragon blood trees

See also

Arabian Peninsula4 incense

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Photo credits (7)

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

Dragon's blood trees on Socotra, a source of the red resin. Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0
A censer monument, a symbol of Oman, in Muscat. patano, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cistus ladanifer, the Mediterranean shrub that yields labdanum. Haggeswood, CC BY 4.0
Liquidambar orientalis, the source of Anatolian storax, in Turkey. Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kemenyan, or benzoin resin (Styrax benzoin). Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0
Juniperus communis in Sweden, an example of the juniper genus. W.carter, CC BY-SA 4.0
Frankincense resin bought in Somalia. snotch, Public domain