Incense of Music Nr. 52 - Shilkloper, Minami
Incense of Music Nr. 52
A multisensory concert – Saturday, 27. November 2021, 6 p.m.
Arkady Shilkloper: French horn, didgeridoo; Kenji Minami: drums – Fabio Dondero (Incense burning): White sage
Due to the corona problematic, Incense of Music is proposing in this difficult times concerts of rather private nature via stream. Kenji Minami, drummer from Japan, met the Russian horn virtuoso Arkady Shilkloper for a improvised jam session. We prepared the room with White sage.
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Incense of Music 51, Rafalimanana: Debussy
Incense of Music Nr. 51
A multisensorial concert – Saturday, 26th June 2021, 8 p.m.
Yannick Rafalimanana, piano – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Palo Santo

For this event it is my pleasure to introduce my co-host: "Incense of Music" project based in Berlin.
Incense appeals to one of the most neglected senses in our modern times-the olfactory. It affects the human spirit, influences our perception, invites new experiences and emotions. These qualities inspire "Incense of Music" to combine this ancient art with music in a synesthetic project and engage the senses. Incense, that has been a part of many cultures for centuries, certainly elevates and enhances any human experience.
I have been working with the "Incense of Music" team on live performances in the past, but you are invited to join our very first digital collaboration.
For this special occasion I selected Piano works by Debussy, the ever so inspiring impressionist masterpieces that will take you to the most remote corners of the world, awaken your imagination and create a fantastical and immersive world for you to enjoy at home.
I will be performing on a Historical 1896 Bechstein Piano.
Incense of Music 49 - Dhalgren in Duo STREAMING
Incense of Music Nr. 49
A multisensorial concert- Friday, 30th May 2020, 8 p.m.
Chris Dahlgren: vocals, guitar, viola da gamba, composition; Evi Filippou: voice, vibraphone, drums – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): n.a.
STREAMING from PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei,
Knaackstr. 97, 10435 Berlin
Incense of Music 48 - Chisholm, Tschabaschwili
Incense of Music Nr. 48
A multisensorial concert – Thursday, 5th March 2020, 8 p.m.
Hayden Chisholm, saxophone. Meri Tschabaschwili, piano – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): eucalyptus and lemongrass.
PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei, Knaackstr. 97, 10435 Berlin
Incense of Music 47 - Joolaee, Uskov
A multisensorial concert – Saturday, 8th February 2020, 8 p.m.
Misagh Joolaee, kamancheh . Viktor Maximov, guitar . – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): n.a.
PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei, Knaackstr. 97, 10435 Berli
Incense of Music 46 - Faber, Sawada, Strasfogel, Notte / Rajab
A multisensorial concert – Friday, 24th January 2020, 8 p.m.
First set:
Maja Ratkje (1973): „to F" (for cello solo, 2011); Synne Skouen (1950): "... a travers les paroles (for violin solo", 2007); Cecilie Ore: "Lex temporis" (for string quartet, 1992); Jane Birkin (1948): „Lost Song“, after Peer Gynt Suite nr. 2, op. 55 in an arrangement by Serge Gainsbourg and Grégoire Simon
Anna Faber, violin; Mari Sawada, violin; Daniella Strasfogel, viola; Sophie Notte, cello
Second set:
Ziad Rajab, oud and voice
Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): cypress/ orange and frankincense/ myrtle
PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei, Knaackstr. 97, 10435 BerlinRead more
Incense of Music 45 - card castle trio
A multisensorial concert- Thursday, 12th December 2019, 8 p.m.
card castle trio, Antonis Anissegos, piano . Mike Majkowski, bass . Christian Marien, drums – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Grapefruit and RosemaryRead more
Incense of Music 44 - Voutchkova, Zerang
A multisensorial concert- Tuesday, 10th December 2019, 8 p.m.
Biliana Voutchkova, violin . Michael Zerang, percussions – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): n.a.
After their first performance in Chicago in 2016 the duo has played at a number of occasions and recorded their first album which will be released in 2020. Using reduced vocabulary in a highly unusual and original manner the duo creates an intimate world of symbiotic sound.
Studio Rainer Spehl, Brunnenstrasse 152, 2. Hinterhof
10115 Berlin, Germany
Incense of Music 43 - SUGAR and friends
A multisensorial concert- Thursday, 28th November 2019, 8 p.m.
SUGAR and friends: Opoponax - Grégoire Simon, viola and electronics, Ole Brolin, electronics, Isabelle Klemt, cello, Davide Eggert, cello – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Lemon and Opoponax
First part: Grégoire Simon: viola and electronics solo. Second Part: SUGAR and friends, Isabelle Klemt, David Eggert, Ole Brolin, Grégoire Simon
PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei, Knaackstr. 97, 10435 Berlin
Incense of Music 42 - SUGAR play Slow
A multisensorial concert- Thursday, 7th November 2019, 8 p.m.
SUGAR play Slow, feat. Yannick Rafalimanana. Grégoire Simon: violin and Synthesizer, Yannick Rafalimanana: piano, Ole Brolin: sound design und electronics. Works by SUGAR, Bartok, Feldman, Webern, Ligeti, Schubert, Messiaen and Debussy – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Petitgrain and Oud
Part 1: Music for violin / viola and piano
G. Ligeti: Hora Lunga for viola solo; B. Bartók: Sonata for violin and piano n.2 Molto Moderato; F. Schubert : Fantasie for violin and piano ( excerpts ); J. S. Bach: Sonata for viola da gamba and piano in G Major; I. Stravinsky: Élegie for viola solo; A. Webern: Pieces for violin and piano; M. Feldmann: Viola in my life for viola and piano
Part 2: Music for piano and synthesizer
O. Messiaen: Regard de la vierge for piano; C. Debussy: Des pas sur la neige; O. Messiaen: Le Banquet Céleste; C. Debussy: La Cathedrale engloutie; O. Messiaen: Louange à l´éternité de Jésus
PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei, Knaackstr. 97, 10435 BerlinRead more
Incense of Music Festival at Pandatheater
Solos and Mixtures, Incense of Music 39-41
A multisensorial festival from 10th to 12th of October
We have the big pleasure to announce a very special music and incense festival happening from 10th to 12th October (Thursday to Saturday) at Pandatheater in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg. In three evenings we will experience twelve great artists from all around the world playing mostly solo concerts of various nature and style. We will listen to European and Arabic classical, to jazz, experimental and free improvised music. Additionally we will burn incense mixtures specially conceived for the occasion. Each mixture will contain eight different fragrances. A multisensorial challenge of highest ambition. For guests who are particularly sensitive to smoke, this event is not recommended.
Incense of Music 38 - Braun/ Eftychidou, Bräumer, Klewer
Incense of Music Nr. 38
A multisensorial concert- Thursday, 26th September 2019, 8 p.m.
Arne Braun, guitar & Sofia Eftychidou, bass . Simon Bräumer, drums . Pascal Klewer, trumpet – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Orange and Styrax
PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei, Knaackstr. 97, 10435 Berlin
Incense of Music 37 - Schroeteler
A multisensorial concert- Friday, 30th August 2019, 8 p.m.
Daniel Schroeteler . drums solo – music and possibilities – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Aralia racemosa and Galbanum
PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei, Knaackstr. 97, 10435 BerlinRead more
Meanwhile in Japan..
Nihon Shoki, a book of classical Japanese history, gives the first formal record of incense in Japan when a log of agarwood, a fragrant wood used in incense burning, drifted ashore on Awaji Island during the Asuka period in 595 CE, and was presented to Prince Shōtoku and the Empress Suiko. Shōtoku knew of incense burning from Buddhism, which had been introduced into Japan around 538 CE from China through Korea.
Photo: Ranjyatai, a historical kyara wood dating to the 10th century CE, kept at the Shōsōin treasury in Nara
Incense of Music 36 - BassX3
A multisensorial concert- Wednesday, 12th June 2019, 8 p.m.
BassX3: Gebhard Ullmann: bass clarinet & bass flute; Chris Dahlgren – contrabass; Christian Weber: contrabass – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Lavender and Myrrh
Ausland, Lychenerstrasse 60, 10437 BerlinRead more
Incense of Music 35 - Kakaliagou, Schmoliner
A multisensorial concert- Sunday, 12th May 2019, 5 p.m.
Ingrid Schmoliner: piano, voice , Elena Kakaliagou, french horn, voice – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Juniper and Cedrus deodara
Salon Dreiklang,
Paul-Robeson-Strasse 47, 10439 BerlinRead more
(Deutsch) Dammar im PaNdA (Have a look above at: 'Past concerts')
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Incense of Music 34 - Younes, Hlal, Nasser
A multisensory concert- Friday, 3rd May 2019, 8 pm
Mohannad Nasser: oud , Mevan Younes: buzuq und Ayman Hlal: violin – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Laurus nobilis and Dammar
PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei,
Knaackstr. 97, 10435 BerlinRead more
Incense of Music 33 - Manlio Maresca Manual for Errors
A multisensorial concert- Friday, 19th April 2019, 8 p.m.
Manlio Maresca and Manual for Errors Quartet. Manlio Maresca: guitar; Eldar Tsalikov: alto sax; Igor Spallati: double bass and Ugo Alunni: drums – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Peumus boldus and Sandalwood
PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei,
Knaackstr. 97, 10435 BerlinRead more
Incense of Music 32 - Oscar Bohórquez
A multisensorial concert- Friday, 12th April 2019, 8 p.m.
Oscar Bohórquez: violin. Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonatas for solo violin 1001, 1003, 1005. – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Artemisia vulgaris and Hawkweed
PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei,
Knaackstr. 97, 10435 BerlinRead more
Incense of Music 31 - Chris Dahlgren Band
A multisensorial concert- Friday, 15th March 2019, 8 p.m.
Chris Dahlgren: vocals, guitar, viola da gamba, composition; Evi Filippou: percussion, background vocals; Arne Braun: electric guitar; Sidney Werner: bass, background vocals – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Elemi and White Sage
Ausland, Lychenerstrasse 60, 10437 BerlinRead more
Incense of Music 30 - Anissegos, Dahlgren
PROGRAM CHANGE due to illness. Today, instead of playing as announced, Schroeteler / Weidner, Antonis Anissegos (piano) and Chris Dahlgren (viola da gamba).
Myrrh and frankincense are being burnt.
At Salon Dreiklang, Paul-Robeson-Straße 47, 10439 Berlin, 19:00 Uhr
Mazterfly without Mauerpark
We would have never met Mazterfly without Mauerpark. Go there this Sunday for a picknick, anticipate the emptyness of this place without music, participate in the protests if you can and enjoy the late summer's sun. Better don't take part in the karaoke. Afterwards, not far away, join us in ausland, Lychener Str. 60, 10437 Berlin, 20:30 p.m., for an olfactoric pilgrimage into sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc_0UUfJSSI
Deforestation in Germany

It looks bad for the orangutan. Unfortunately also for the Bechstein bat. In view of the ruthless destruction of our ecological heritage in the Hambach Forest for reasons of sheer profit-seeking, I am starting to lose my point in dialogue with my friends from the Far East ...
Visit to Godenholm

“The light began to crackle; a blue thread rose from the edge of the candlestick. I looked at it first with astonishment, then with delight, as if a new force of the eye had come to me. In it the games of this honey-scented smoke revealed themselves, rising on a slender stem and then ramifying in a delicate crown. It was as if my imagination had created it - a pale web of sea lilies in the depths barely trembling from the surf. (...) Now a breath of air hit the vision and smoothly turned it around the axis like a dancer. (...) The rays and lattices of the miracle flower swung into new levels, into new fields. Myriads of molecules bowed to harmony. Here all laws no longer worked under the veil of appearance; the substance was so ethereal that it could mirror them openly. How easy and compelling this all was. The numbers, measures and weights freely emerged from matter. They threw off the robes. (...)This corresponds to intuitions in which areas are revealed, where otherwise only music advances - to the weightless zone between sensible and spiritual reality. (...)”
Ernst Jünger, Visit to Godenholm, 1952

„Das Licht begann zu knistern; ein blauer Faden stieg vom Leuchterrand empor. Ich betrachtete ihn erst mit Erstaunen, dann mit Entzücken, als ob mir eine neue Kraft des Auges zuteil geworden sei. In ihr enthüllten sich die Spiele dieses nach Honig duftenden Rauches, der sich auf schlankem Stiel erhob und dann in zarter Krone verästelte. Es war, als ob ihn meine Einbildung geschaffen hätte – ein blasses Seeliliengespinst in Tiefen, die kaum vom Schlag der Brandung zitterten. (…) Nun traf ein Lufthauch die Vision und drehte sie geschmeidig um die Achse wie eine Tänzerin. (...) Die Strahlen und Gitter der Wunderblume schwenkten in neue Ebenen, in neue Felder ein. Myriaden von Molekülen beugten sich der Harmonie. Hier wirkten die Gesetze nicht mehr unter dem Schleier der Erscheinung; der Stoff war so ätherisch, daß er sie offen spiegelte. Wie einfach und zwingend das alles war. Die Zahlen, Maße und Gewichte traten aus der Materie hervor. Sie warfen die Gewänder ab.(...) Dem müßte eine Anschauung entsprechen, der sich Bereiche offenbarten, zu denen sonst nur die Musik vordringt – zur schwerelosen Zone zwischen sinnlicher und geistiger Wirklichkeit. (...)“
Ernst Jünger, Besuch auf Godenholm
Klett-Cotta, Sämtliche Werke in 18 Bd., Stuttgart 1978
Sweet Flag today!

"Sweet Flag (Acorus calamus), also called sweet calomel, grows in damp places in the north and south temperate regions. A member of the arum family, Araceae, it is one of the two species of Acorus. There is some indirect evidence that Indians of northern Canada, who employ the plant as a medicine and a stimulant, may chew the rootstock as an hallucinogen."
Hallucinogenic Plants, Richard Evan Schultes,
Illustrated by Elmer W. Smith, p. 73
https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/Hallucinogenic-Plants-A-Golden-Guide.pdf
Galbanum in der Naturalis Historia
De galbano diximus. neque umidum neque aridum probatur et quale docuimus. per se bibitur ad tussim veterem, suspiria, rupta, convulsa, inponitur ischiadicis, lateris doloribus, panis, furunculis, corpori ab ossibus recedenti, strumis, articulorum nodis, dentium quoque doloribus. inlinitur et cum melle capitis ulceribus. purulentis infunditur auribus cum rosaceo aut nardo. odore comitialibus subvenit et vulva strangulante vel in stomachi defectu. abortus non exeuntes trahit adpositu vel suffitu, item ramo hellebori circumlitum atque subiectum. serpentes nidore urentium fugari diximus. fugiunt et perunctos galbano. medetur et a scorpione percussis. bibitur et in difficili partu gabae magnitudine in cyatho vini, vulvasque conversas corrigit, cum murra autem et vino mortuos partus extrahit. adversatur et venenis, maxime toxicis, cum murra et vino.
Gaius Plinius Secundus, 77-78 p.Ch.n.
Jacobson's organ

The Jacobson's organ, also known as the vomeronasal organ (VNO), is part of the olfactory system. It corresponds to the olfactory pits of fish. During human fetal growth the organ evolves and involves before birth. Whether the VNO still fulfills functions in human perception after birth is considered controversial. In the case of the cat the entrance to Jacobson's organ can be seen on the palate behind the incisors.Read more
Jahai!

"It is widely believed that people are bad at naming odors. This has led researchers to suggest smell representations are simply not accessible to the language centers of the brain. But is this really so? Psychologist Asifa Majid from Radboud University Nijmegen and linguist Niclas Burenhult from Lund University Sweden find new evidence for smell language in the Malay Peninsula." Read more
(Deutsch) Copal
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Unsere gesellige schamanische Zusammenkunft am morgigen Abend steht unter peruanisch-argentinischen Vorzeichen. Wir verräuchern dazu Copal Oro aus Guatemala ergänzt durch zwei Unzen Copal Negro aus Peru und Copal Pom aus Mexiko. Wir sind sehr gespannt auf die Interaktion unserer Melange mit den kammermusikalischen Mischfertigkeiten des Tango...
Das Wort "Copal" entstammt dem Klassischen Nahuatl, einer Sprache, die sich als Verkehrssprache im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert in Zentralmexiko etablierte. Es bezeichnet verschiedene subfossile Harze von verschiedenen Pflanzenarten, die schon seit Jahrhunderten in den vorspanischen Kulturen Mittel- und Südamerikas bei Opferritualen, zu Reinigungszwecken, in geselligen Zusammenkünften und religiösen Zeremonien sowie bis zum heutigen Tag als Weihrauchersatz in der Kirche verräuchert werden.
Herzlich Willkommen im Roten Salon!

"Violento" by Gustavo Beytelmann with Juan José Mosalini and Patrice Caratini from 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnyn93AQpi0
Palo Santo
Palo Santo, Heiliges Holz, ist ein Sammelbegriff für verschiedene harzreiche Hölzer Mittel- und Südamerikas, die für Räucherungen verwendet werden. Besonders begehrt sind von altersher die in Peru und Ecuador gewachsenen Hölzer der Art Bursera graveolens. Diese Pflanze gehört zu den Balsambaumgewächsen und ist ein Verwandter von Weihrauch und Myrrhe. Wir verräuchern sie durch einfaches Anglühen eines größeren Holzstücks mit der Flamme.
Palo Santo dient zur Reinigung von Körper und Haus. Die Inka setzten es gegen Atemwegs- und Ohrenentzündungen ein und mischten es mit Mate und den Federn des Nandu.
Bursera graveolens wirkt psychisch stimulierend und leicht euphorisierend, gewährt Schutz vor Zauberei und bösen Geistern. Neben ihren ohren- und atemwegsbefreienden Qualitäten wird die Pflanze traditionell zur Reinigung von der mala energia eingesetzt. Die Naporuna im Amazonastiefland von Ecuador verwenden sie bis heute als Mittel gegen mal aire, die Krankheit des springenden Bauchnabels.
Tango Argentino: Incense of Music Nr. 19 am 18. Juni im Roten Salon!

Incense of Music 18 - Damaskus Berlin, Ugarit Trio bei Zeig Dich!
Ein olfaktorisches Konzert – 27. Mai 2017, 13 Uhr - „Ugarit“ – Syrische Klassik trifft auf barockes Cello: Damaskus-Berlin: Nabil Hilaneh: Oud, Maria Magdalena Wiesmaier: Cello; Ugarit Trio: Nabil Hilaneh: Oud, Mevan Younes: Buzuq, Mohamad Fityan: Nay, Kawala, George Saade: Perkussionen – Fabio Dondero und Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Wacholder und Weihrauch - Zeig Dich!, Evangelischer Kirchentag 2017, St. Elisabeth Kirche, Berlin Mitte
Incense of Music 16 - Elemi Quartett at Zeig Dich!
Ein olfaktorisches Konzert, 25. Mai 2017, 16 Uhr - „Love in Numbers“ – Das Elemi-Quartett spielt Werke von Hayden Chisholm. Christian Weidner (Altsaxophon); Philip Gerschlauer (Altsaxophon); Moritz Köther (Altsaxophon); Bastian Duncker (Altsaxophon) - Fabio Dondero und Dominik Breider (Incense Burning): Elemi und Myrrhe - Zeig Dich! - Evangelischer Kirchentag 2017, Elisabethkirche BerlinRead more
Cedrus libani (Libanonzeder)
Die Libanon-Zeder (Cedrus libani) wächst vor allem entlang der Mittelmeerküste Süd- und Südwestanatoliens, im Libanon, dessen Wahrzeichen sie ist, und auf den Höhenlagen des Dschebel Aansariye in Syrien. Sie ist ein immergrüner Baum, der Wuchshöhen von 30 bis 50 Meter erreicht und über 1.000 Jahre alt werden kann.
Die größte und älteste Zeder Deutschlands (gepflanzt ca. 1720, Stammumfang 5,20 Meter) steht in Weinheim. Auf der Pfaueninsel wachsen übrigens eine berühmte Libanonzeder (ein Mitbringsel Wilhelm II. aus dem Osmanischen Reich) und eine alte Winterlinde (die sogenannte „Doppellinde“) unweit voneinander.
Schon das frisch geschnittene Holz der Libanonzeder duftet aromatisch. In Babylonien unter Hammurabi und in Ägypten kannte man Verfahren, um das ätherische Öl aus dem Kernholz des Baumes zu gewinnen. Herodot und Diodor zufolge wurde es u. a. zur Einbalsamierung der Toten verwendet.
Wie der Löwe in der Welt der Tiere so war die Zeder der „Prinz der Bäume“. Das Kopfende des Kreuzes, an dem Jesus Christus gehängt wurde, bestand nach der biblischen Symbolik aus Zedernholz (Quer- und Fußbalken aus Zypresse und Olive). In der Ikonographie des christlichen Mittelalters ist die Zeder der Mutter Gottes zugeordnet. Den Propheten galt sie als Symbol der Unvergänglichkeit. Und im Libanon sollen in der Tat noch uralte Exemplare aus der Zeitenwende stehen.
Das ursprünglich natürliche Verbreitungsareal ist im Libanon heute durch Übernutzung nur noch 2.000 Hektar groß. Für die Erzgewinnung im jordanischen Fenan kam es schon in vorbiblischer Zeit zu einer maßlosen Rodung der Zedernwälder. Hesekiel warnt vor dem Raubbau. Zum Bau seines Tempels schickte König Salomo angeblich zehntausende Israeliten in den Libanon, um König Hiram von Tyrsos beim Holzfällen zu unterstützen. Phönizier, Ägypter und später Griechen benutzen die Zeder zum Flottenbau.
Das 67m lange Opferschiff Ramses III. ist ebenfalls aus Libanonzeder gebaut. Legendär ist auch die Reise Wen-Amons nach Byblos, um dort Zedernholz für die Barke des Amon-Re zu organisieren. Thutmosis III. importierte aus der Region Syrien-Palestina (Retenu genannt) die Duftessenz „Khor“, die auf vielen Inschriften genannt wird und hinter der sich (u.a.) auch der Duft der Libanonzeder verbergen könnte. Und ismaelitische Kaufleute brachten verschiedene Duft- und Räucheressenzen aus Gilead nach Ägypten.
Der mythische Vogel Benu, der sich zur Dämmerung in Gestalt eines Falken niederläßt, um in der Morgenröthe als Reiher wiedergeboren zu werden, steht in Verbindung mit der Zeder. In hellenistischer Zeit erschien dieser Vogel wieder als Phönix, der, wenn er das Alter fühlt, aus Balsam und Weihrauch sein Nest zusammenträgt, um sich dort zu verbrennen.
Die Hundenase reagiert im Vergleich zu einigen Primaten recht unempfindlich auf fruchtige Düfte...
Incense of Music 14 - Sugar & Yes Soeur!
Ein olfaktorisches Konzert – 17. April 2017, 20 Uhr – SUGAR & YES SOEUR! Mit Alexandre Bouvier, Live Electronics; Grégoire Simon, Live Electronics; Boram Lie, Cello; als Gast: David Eggert, Cello - Fabio Dondero und Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Grapefruit (USA) und Galbanum (Iran) – Palais im Roten Salon in der Volksbuehne, Berlin, LINK VOLKSBUEHNERead more
Abelmoshus
Abelmoschus is a genus of about fifteen species of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae, native to tropical Africa, Asia and northern Australia. It was formerly included within Hibiscus, but is now classified as a distinct genus. The genus comprises annual and perennial herbaceous plants, growing to 2 m tall.
Abies nordmanniana
Abies nordmanniana, the Nordmann fir or Caucasian fir, is a fir indigenous to the mountains south and east of the Black Sea, in Turkey, Georgia and the Russian Caucasus. It occurs at altitudes of 900–2,200 m on mountains with precipitation of over 1,000 mm. The current distribution of the Nordmann fir is associated with the forest refugia that existed during the Ice Age at the eastern and southern Black Sea coast. Read more
Acorus calamus
Acorus calamus (also called sweet flag or calamus, among many common names) is a species of flowering plant, a tall wetland monocot of the Acoraceae family, in the genus Acorus. Sweet flag is a herbaceous perennial, 30–100 cm (12–39 in) tall. In habit it resembles the iris, and has given its name to the flag iris, I. pseudacorus. Read more
Aralia racemosa
Aralia racemosa, with common names American spikenard, small spikenard, Indian root, spice berry, spignet, life-of-man, petty morel, is an ornamental plant in the family Araliaceae native to the United States and Canada. It is a herbaceous plant, about 1 to 2 m (3 ft 3 in to 6 ft 7 in) tall, which grows in shady areas. Its native range includes most of the eastern United States. The first publication of Aralia racemosa was made in 1753 by Carl von Linné. (from Wikipedia)
Cedrus libani (Lebanon cedar)
Lebanon cedar (Cedrus libani) grows mainly along the Mediterranean coast of south and southwestern Anatolia, in Lebanon, the emblem of which it is, and on the heights of Jebel Aansariye in Syria. It is an evergreen tree that can grow to heights of 30 to 50 meters and can live for over 1,000 years. The largest and oldest cedar in Germany (planted around 1720, trunk circumference 5.20 meters) is in Weinheim.
Damiana
Turnera diffusa, known as damiana, is a shrub native to southern Texas in the United States, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean. It belongs to the family Passifloraceae. Damiana is a relatively small, woody shrub that produces small, aromatic flowers. It blossoms in early to late summer and is followed by fruits that taste similar to figs. Read more
Hieracium
Hieracium , known by the common name hawkweed and classically as hierakion (from ancient Greek ιεράξ, hierax ‘hawk’), is a genus of the sunflower (Helianthus) family Asteraceae), and closely related to dandelion (Taraxacum), chicory (Cichorium), prickly lettuce (Lactuca) and sow thistle (Sonchus), which are part of the tribe Cichorieae. Hawkweeds, with their 10,000+ recorded species and subspecies, do their part to make Asteraceae the second largest family of flowers. Some botanists group all these species or subspecies into approximately 800 accepted species, while others prefer to accept several thousand species. Hieracium species are native to Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Central America and South America.
Lavandula angustifolia (Lavender)
Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found from Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, southwest Asia, China (Plectranthus mona lavender) to southeast India.Read more
Lemon
The lemon, Citrus limon, is a species of small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to South Asia, primarily North eastern India. The tree’s ellipsoidal yellow fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world, primarily for its juice, which has both culinary and cleaning uses. Read more
Myrrh
Myrrh is a natural gum or resin extracted from a number of small, thorny tree species of the genus Commiphora. Myrrh resin has been used throughout history as a perfume, incense, and medicine. Myrrh mixed with wine can also be ingested. Commiphora myrrha is native to Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Eritrea, (Somali Region) of Ethiopia and parts of Saudi Arabia. Read more
Neroli
Neroli oil is an essential oil produced from the blossom of the bitter orange tree (Citrus aurantium subsp. amara or Bigaradia). Its scent is sweet, honeyed and somewhat metallic with green and spicy facets. Orange blossom is also extracted from the same blossom and both extracts are extensively used in perfumery. Orange blossom can be described as smelling sweeter, warmer and more floral than neroli. The difference between how neroli and orange blossom smell and why they are referred to with different names, is a result of the process of extraction that is used to obtain the oil from the blooms. Read more
Opoponax
Opoponax refers to a kind of gum resin (natural substance that is a mixture of water-soluble gum and alcohol-soluble resin) obtained from a plant called πάνακες (Panaces, Panakes, Panax or Panacea), traditionally considered to have medicinal properties. Pliny (Historia Naturalis) and Dioscorides (De Materia Medica) described various kinds of Panaces with uncertain identifications.Read more
Petitgrain
Petitgrain is an essential oil that is extracted from the leaves and green twigs of the bitter orange tree (Citrus aurantium ssp. amara) via steam distillation. It is also known as petitgrain bigarade. Its main regions of production are Paraguay and France, with the former’s product being of higher odour tenacity. Read more
Peumus boldus
Peumus boldus, the only species in the genus Peumus, is commonly known as boldo (from the Mapudungun name foḻo). This tree of the family Monimiaceae is natively endemic to the central region of Chile, occurring from 33° to 40° southern latitude. Boldo has also been introduced to Europe and North Africa, though it is not often seen outside botanical gardens. Read more
Picea (spruce)
A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. Spruces are large trees, from about 20–60 m tall when mature, and have whorled branches and conical form. Read more
Salvia rosmarinus (rosemary)
Salvia rosmarinus, commonly known as rosemary, is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region. Until 2017, it was known by the scientific name Rosmarinus officinalis, now a synonym. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae, which includes many other herbs. The name "rosemary" derives from Latin ros marinus ("dew of the sea"). Read more