How to Use copal in a Sentence
copal
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Cleanse your altar with copal incense and declutter the area.
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Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
27 Oct. 2025
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The animals are hand-carved from copal, a fragrant softwood native to the area.
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Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Mar. 2026
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It’s shrouded in vetiver and jasmine, with a drydown of copal, a warm and woody incense.
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Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
12 June 2026
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Reyes said her business sells incense, sage, palo santo wood, and copal, an aromatic tree resin.
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Emma Hall
june 23,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
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Instead, slatted wooden doors and windows channel the ocean breeze with surprising efficiency, and the air carries the low, sweet scent of copal incense.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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Heady, intoxicating notes of tuberose and jasmine are uplifted by marigold and tropical plumeria, followed by a trace of copal, or Mexican incense.
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Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
3 Feb. 2026
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Ángel Jiménez del Aguila, who died in 2010, need only follow the trail of flower petals, the scent of smoldering copal and the rhythm of danzón music to find his old front door, where his wife and children wait for him.
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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From the marigolds and copal on Mexico’s Día de Muertos altars, to rum offerings to the orishas in Afro-Caribbean traditions, to pachamama rituals that return food to the soil in gratitude in the Andean region, this is a time of conversation between the living and the dead.
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Raquel Reichard,
Refinery29,
7 Oct. 2025
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