Do you enjoy inscence?

[Bk124tt]

Ever since I was a little kid as an altar boy I was in love with the smell of inscense! I like the burning the resin inscense on the match light charcoal wafers best but most of the time inscense sticks are just more convenient.
i have never tried the cone inscense variation.
Right now I am burning a stick of Hem dragons blood!
Are there any other inscense burners out there? If so what do you enjoy most? (Brands / scents)

 

[professorchaos]

There are a few of us:

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/181501-Quality-Incense?
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/242613-Low-rent-incense?

 

[Bk124tt]

Wow....I Searched for an existing thread before I posted and didnt see anything. I will enjoy reading them!
thank you!

 

[GeneC]

resin burner here....love dragon's blood and frankensense.

 

[BubblesTGB]

Yes!!!!! I just bought several boxes!

 

[dieselfuel79]

Maybe I just haven't found the right scent for me, but insensce reminds me of old book stores run by hippies. (No offense to any hippies on here.)
Just sayin'.

 

[Mike H]

No to go to far off topic, but you might enjoy Queen Charlotte Soaps Basilica, a very nice shave soap.

"Balsamic myrrh and smoky frankincense combine to create this unique and wonderful scent, reminiscent of an age-old basilica."

 

[Bk124tt]

I just purchased Basilica for that very reason, except I did not get that smell from it! Ive found Mystic Waters Marekesh much better!

 

[PFP_Dad]

I love it, but it reminds my wife of high school, so a no go around the house.

 

[blary54]

Big fan of Bikou Kobunboku by Baiedo. Is a great Japanese incense that is excellent for the price.

 

[professorchaos]

Maybe I just haven't found the right scent for me, but insensce reminds me of old book stores run by hippies. (No offense to any hippies on here.)
Just sayin'.

Have you tried Japanese incense? It is a very different animal.

 

[Cobra0369]

I do. I'm an anything aroma kind of guy. Candles, cologne, aftershave, etc.

 

[_MementoMori_]

I've enjoyed it since I was a little kid. My wife doesn't like it though, so I haven't burned it in years.

 

[Bk124tt]

I never knew there was Japanese inscencse. What is the big difference? I am intrigued.....

 

[rxonmymind]

Have you tried Japanese incense? It is a very different animal.

You know I was just about to say I can't stand that crap they burn in Indian stores. Then I saw your comment. I remember my mom praying as a wee kid and the smell incense was not offensive. I have to get some and see.

 

[Cornishman]

I usually burn sandalwood incense to get rid of cooking smells etc. I can't use aerosols because they affect my eyes.
I sometimes burn one in the evening when I'm sitting with a glass of wine. I like them.

 

[professorchaos]

Japanese incense is "clean" and never overwhelming. Agarwood, Kyara (a type of Agarwood) and Sandalwood are its main ingredients.

Indian incense, with which I am much less familiar, is a paste around a bamboo core. There are two basic types, masala - a spice mix, and charcoal which is infused with a perfume.

I suspect the headshop incense we've all smelled and disliked is of the Indian variety. And not the good stuff.

 

[WesternModern]

A few years back my wife and I took an October trip to Santa Fe, NM. We were taking an evening stroll; it was a crisp night and the scent of Pinon wood smoke was everywhere....it was intoxicating! The next morning we went to a plaza gift shop and bought a casita-shaped incense burner and a few boxes of pinon incense. This thread inspired me to get one going right now.

 

[maxman]

I like it but haven't burned any in years.
I used to get this awesome stuff from the dollar store called "Black Love".
There was this really nice sandalwood that my buddy's sister had.

I have no idea what it was called, but for the longest time I chased down every sandalwood I could get my hands on trying to find something similar.

 

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Sometimes, the Mrs. and I burn frankincense (on charcoal tablets), in our small thurible (a metal censer),...and we love it's alluring fragrance all through the house!

"[Incense]..."It brings communication with the transcendent [and], refreshes [the], mind and body". Huang Tingjian, Song Dynasty from Chinese Insense Culture