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submitted 3 months ago by to c/incense@lemmy.ml
 
 

Animated version on my recent blog post reviewing some Bhagwan sticks.

A close up of a stick of incense being lit with a flaming wick.
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I thought I'd try KDE's Tellico for keeping track of my incense collection. I have only added a few items, but it seems good so far. It's made for GNU/Linux, but it looks like there is a Windows build too.

A screenshot of the Tellico UI.
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From my review of Wild Berry's Fizzy Pop incense powder.

A plasma lighter hovers ominously over the tail of a trail of blue incense powder in the shape of an auspicious cloud, atop a flat layer of ash in a brass censer.
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submitted 6 months ago by to c/incense@lemmy.ml
 
 

So cool to see old-school, Indian-style masala agarbatti being made these days rather than the perfumery that currently dominates the style.

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Really impressed with the packaging and price. Some super fresh tears here too; I had actually hoped they would be a bit older so that they'd be easier to process!

A cloth bag with a drawstring closure with large frankincense tears spilling out of it. A gold-foiled tag with a blind emboss reading "the smokewalkers" describes the frankincense as "Royal Green Frankincense ,hand harvested from ancestral groves, raw tree resin - boswellia sacra, hojari mountains, Oman. The highest grade of frankincense resin. Distinguished by clarity and purity, containing little plant material. Traditionally ingested in water or chewed directly. Also suited for burning or slow infusion." There is also a small tin containing frankincense tears labeled "orange sacra."
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Im still pretty new to the incense world, but ive been using these sticks (Herb & Earth #7 Frankincense Bamboo Incense) for a long time and theyre my favorite - a bit ago i got a resin burner and real frankincense resin because i love these sticks so much and wanted to know more about its notes - but they do not smell the same at all (frankincense resin is still awesome, but not the smell/note i seek to recreate)

If anyome is familiar with these sticks and have ideas on what its notes are, id love to explore that more, i dont yet have the nose to really describe what makes these sticks so good for me yet.

Thanks in advance!

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submitted 9 months ago by to c/incense@lemmy.ml
 
 
An extreme close up macro shot of a burning stick of Japanese incense.
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submitted 10 months ago by to c/incense@lemmy.ml
 
 
An incense censer with a burning Tibetan style stick held upright be incense ash. A segment of ash has fallen to form a bridge between the incense and the side wall of the censer.
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About to attempt to grind these into powder: hopefully it’s not a waste of money! Pen for scale.

A chunky pen atop a pile of thin stips of agarwood, which are streaked with dark resin. Some pieces are almost as long as the pen, and up to four times as wide.
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A circular, brass, Chinese-style incense censer with a burning incense seal, incense powder formed via a stencil into a contiguous line of incense that forms an intricate pattern. The seal sits atop white ash specifically made for incense-burning. The censer's brass lid, featuring a cutout resembling an incense seal, is offset atop the censer revealing the seal and ash inside.
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Incense Apprentice: A New Incense Bibliography (incenseapprentice.substack.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/incense@lemmy.ml
 
 

Some good incense-related reading recommendations from Incense Apprentice: Part 1; Part 2.

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For some reason, there is an almost exact duplicate of this sub at lemmy.cafe. Even the community banner image is the same, although the icon is different. All of the posts on this community have been copied, but they are listed as being posted by a user at lemmy.world. These differences lead me to believe that this isn't a federation thing, but a duplicate of the community.

I'm pretty confused by this, and honestly, a little frustrated that someone would seemingly deliberately fracture such a tiny community on the fediverse.

Does anyone have any insight on what might be going on here?

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I just finished this; it's a must-read for anyone into Japanese incense, especially the history aspect.

The cover of Michael Cousineau's "The Fragrant Path: A Guide to the Japanese Art of Incense"
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submitted 2 years ago by to c/incense@lemmy.ml
 
 

11:11 incense cigarettes from Boy Vienna. Review here

What appears to be a pack of cigarettes labeled 11:11. There is also a card featuring the brand name Boy Vienna and a temporary tattoo featuring an image of a lipstick-print and the brand name.
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