PURE INCENSE

Back in 1972 Belle Star found herself very short of cash. She knew there was a Swap Meet in her neighborhood so she decided to try to sell some homemade potpourri to augment her cash flow. Taking roses from her back yard she dried the petals and put them in the baby food jars currently being provided in large supply by her youngest son. She added some rose oil from the herb store and sprayed the jar tops with gold paint, tying a bit of green yarn around the neck for decoration. Putting the baby in his buggy and adding a card table, sheet and her new product, she walked on down to the Swap Meet and sold all 40 jars at a dollar apiece. That was the beginning of Belle Star Inc., a thriving business that is still in operation thirty years later... A few years ago, the big companies realized the market for these duplications and every store soon carried copies in alcohol with most of the expense carried in fancy packaging. A crisis ensued and the result was our huge line of incense that is..

Primary location: Chandler United States