Author: Incense from India

A long-burning thick stick jasmine bouquet with a unique variant.

JASMINE is known as the 'moonlight of the grove' because it blossoms at night. It is the most sacred scent of Diana, Goddess of the Full Moon. Its essence imparts a high spiritual vibration and is particularly effective in purification and for relieving psychological tensions. Others experience jasmine as an aphrodisiac as the essence invokes warmth and relaxation in the physical body. Overall, jasmine expresses itself in creating an environment of love, trust, and worship.

CHARCOAL is integral in the manufacturing of an unscented blank (non-perfumed stick) which is then dipped into a mixture of perfumes and/or oils.

These blanks usually contain "spent" sandalwood powder, a binding sticky resin that hold the sticks coating together, wood charcoal and sometimes other substances.

Most charcoal incenses are black or near black in color, and are distinctive because they are rich in aromatic perfumes.

Indian charcoal sticks contrast from the "punks" in that they are dipped in superior perfumes, and burn smoothly without producing irritating smokey by-products.