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Satya | Hand-Rolled Indian Incense and Two Business Lineages

Satya incense traces its history to Shrinivas Sugandhalaya, founded in India in 1964. It is known for Nag Champa and for...
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LISN | Choosing Incense Through Colour and Story

“RESONATE” is a design concept from Lisn, where scent and structure flow rhythmically and effortlessly within your daily...
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CRYSTAL INSENCE | Incense Made in Fukuoka with Quartz and Japanese Tabu Powder

Two kinds of ingredients help explain CRYSTAL INSENCE: those that provide scent and those that hold the incense together...
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Bridge and Blend | From The Tale of Genji to Everyday Incense

For founder Hiro Nakayama, fragrance is a starting point for an experience. Bridge and Blend connects historical Japanes...
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TOKYO KODO | From Textile Design to Fragrance That Burns

Chikako Perez describes the brand’s incense as an invisible art. TOKYO KODO brings Japanese incense-making together with...
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elemense | Fragrance and Objects by Nippon Kodo and Takuhiro Shinomoto

For elemense, the experience of fragrance includes watching ash fall, oil soak into ceramics and time pass. Its official...
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QNOWA | Exploring Time Through Gyokushodo’s Incense

QNOWA approaches incense through the hours of a day, the history of fragrance and the time held within aromatic woods. I...
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ESTEBAN | Fragrance Through Ceramics and Refillable Objects

Estéban is a French brand concerned with the materials and objects that carry fragrance. Ceramics, wax and reeds that dr...
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Astier de Villatte | Parisian Ceramics and Incense from Awaji

White ceramics and fragrances named after places: at Astier de Villatte, making objects and bringing scent into everyday...
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Papier d’Arménie | How an Armenian Inspiration Became a French Scented-Paper Tradition

From an encounter in Armenia in 1885 to a French booklet born in 1888, discover Papier d’Arménie’s family history, benzoin-based craft, and creative collaboration with Francis Kurkdjian.