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Brass bakhoor burner with curling fragrant smoke
Al Bahiya · Est. 2018

Scents from the
Arabian nights,
poured in California.

A small family studio in Escondido curating bakhoor, oud and hand-poured candles — sourced ethically across Oman, the UAE and India, then finished by hand in our Wohlford Drive workshop.

Naturally sourced

Frankincense from Salalah, oud chips from Assam, rose absolute from Taif — verified suppliers we visit ourselves.

Small-batch in CA

Every diffuser and candle is poured by hand in our Escondido studio. No two batches exceed 200 units.

Free U.S. shipping $75+

Carbon-neutral USPS Priority. Most orders leave the studio within 48 hours, Monday to Friday.

The Collections

Six rooms, six rituals

Each Al Bahiya line is built around a moment of the day — the calm of a morning majlis, the warmth of an evening welcome, the quiet of a bedside before sleep.

Inside the Al Bahiya workshop in Escondido, California
Our workshop

Hand-poured on Wohlford Drive

Our Escondido studio is small on purpose. Every candle is weighed on a balance my grandfather used in his grocery store; every diffuser is bottled with a glass dropper and labelled by hand. We never run a batch larger than 200 units, because attention does not scale.

Bottles are amber pharmaceutical glass, sourced from a third-generation supplier in Pennsylvania. Wax is U.S.-grown soy, blended with a touch of beeswax for a cleaner burn. Wicks are organic cotton, lead-free, and trimmed by hand.

More about us
To welcome a guest with bakhoor is to say, without words: this house is yours.
— William Jolley, Founder
Loved across the U.S.

What our customers say

★★★★★

The Majlis No. 7 candle filled my entire apartment within minutes — warm, complex, never sweet. I have already ordered a second one for my mother.

Hannah R. · Brooklyn, NY
★★★★★

We bought the Welcome Box for our boutique hotel’s suites. Guests keep asking where to buy the bakhoor. William personally helped us scale our wholesale order.

Mark T. · Sedona, AZ
★★★★★

I lived in Doha for years and missed real bakhoor. Al Bahiya is the closest I have found in the States — actually, it’s better, because it’s fresher.

Layla K. · San Diego, CA
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From the studio

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Reed diffuser in a sunlit living room Candle on a bedside table Hands holding a brass burner Rose petals and oud chips Spice souk in Oman Frankincense trees in Salalah
Letters from Wohlford Drive

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Field notes from the studio, restocks, and the occasional discount. No spam — promise.