Was a little occupied for the past month whilst my webmaster had helped transfer the website to a new host together with a slight redesign. Will resume writing. Recently a friend had persistently asked me if there was an alternative to burning incense powders as a trail without the use of a stencil. It… [Read More…]
Milling your own agarwood powder
Most of the agarwood powders on the market are generally made from ground up post-distilled agarwood chips, thus missing a large and important proportion of olfactory notes that could have existed in the non-distilled agarwood chips. As decent quality agarwood chips are expensive, powders made from these chips are just as expensive, if… [Read More…]
Pressed Incense Tablets
Pressed Incense Tablets 印香 is a subset of Incense Printing / 香篆 and it dates back to the same period/era where incense printing was popular both in China and in Japan around the Song Dynasty / Hei-an period. The earliest evidence of the existence of incense tablets comes from the Ying Xian wooden pagoda in… [Read More…]
Burning Incense Powders as trails without Makko
Ever tried to burn a scoop or a mound of incense powder (sandalwood, agarwood etc) in a saucer or an incense burner and not have it combust to completion, often smouldering, smelling charred and too smokey? That happens because of the lack of proper access to air for complete combustion of incense powders if… [Read More…]