Incense

Information about incense. Including histories, brands, types, usage and more.

Incense Ingredients

Leaves, roots, barks, flowers, resins and other ingredients used in the manufacture of incense sticks, cones and loose incense forms.

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Reviews

Reviews of different incense brands, manufacturers and various accessories. To help keep you up to date and informed about cool products and groovy scents.

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Are You Crazy, Writing Bad Reviews For Things You Sell?
Thursday, 1 Apr, 2010 – 21:56 | No Comment
Are You Crazy, Writing Bad Reviews For Things You Sell?

People must think I am out of my mind. Selling incense and giving it not so great reviews. True, that doesn’t follow the usual advertising paradigm which is to lie, then lie some more, but I would rather be known for what I am. Honest.

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Hippie Incense
Tuesday, 23 Mar, 2010 – 13:02 | No Comment
Hippie Incense

Since beginning this site I have noticed several searches with the keywords “hippie incense” as though people are searching for incense that is linked inextricably somehow with Hippies. So I thought I would address that as best I could and maybe help people out who are searching for an authentic scent of the American sixties and the counterculture movement.

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Choosing An Incense For A Specific Purpose
Monday, 22 Mar, 2010 – 13:07 | No Comment
Choosing An Incense For A Specific Purpose

Different scents can lower your stress levels (and blood pressure) help you relax, aid with concentration and more. Incense is an affordable and enjoyable way to relax, meditate, get a quick mental lift or set a mood.

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The Winter Solstice Celebrations With Meditations, Decorations & Incense
Monday, 22 Mar, 2010 – 12:43 | No Comment
The Winter Solstice Celebrations With Meditations, Decorations & Incense

Winter Solstice is the shortest day and the longest night of the year. It marks the gradual return of the sun and signifies birth when new seeds of life will spring forth. Similarly, Christianity uses this time of year to mark the birth of the son, signifying life eternal for all who partake of the light and become the body of Christ

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Choosing The Right Incense Burner
Monday, 22 Mar, 2010 – 12:38 | No Comment
Choosing The Right Incense Burner

Incense burners come in every shape, style, and color imaginable. There are incense burners for stick incense, coil incense, and resin incense. You needn’t store incense burners away or hide them in a corner. The burners themselves can be great focal points in your decor.

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Herbs Used For Incense
Monday, 22 Mar, 2010 – 10:36 | No Comment
Herbs Used For Incense

Fragrant Cedar wood is classified as an anti-viral, anti-fungal, expectorant and lymphatic cleanser. The needles from Pine, Spruce and Fir trees contain the main ingredient in Tamiflu (a medicine used to treat the bird flu) called shikimic acid.

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