All natural incense and traditional incense-holders
Sticks, powder, bricks, cones, cords, bundles, palo santo, resin, gum and Smudge ball
For well-being and spirituality, Kûrma offers you over a hundred traditionalnatural incenses with delicately scented fragrances. Our selection ofluxury Japanese incense,Indian incense,Nepalese and Tibetan incense, Argentinean and Peruvian incense will subtly perfume your home; they will also help you with all your purification rituals and make an excellent choice as a gift for a loved one. Our assortment of incense holders, burners and diffusers lends itself to a variety of safe uses.
Here you'll find different types of incense for soothing and relaxation, with a variety of medicinal properties. In cones, rods, sticks or cords, take a journey through the scents and ancestral uses of incense in various Eastern cultures. A wide choice awaits you on these pages.
Why burn incense?
What are the different types of incense?
- Natural cone
One of the first types of shaped incense. Hold your cone at about 45° and light the tip with your lighter, match or candle flame. It's important not to tilt the tip downwards, to avoid burning too quickly. Then blow gently on the flame until it is extinguished, so that the cone can release its smoke and delicious fragrance. Place on a heat-resistant container such as an abalone shell, or a round or pyramid-shaped metal incense-holder, specially designed for this type of fragrance. - String
This is the traditional form of Nepalese incense. The blends are rolled in a sheet of Lokta paper, then twisted by hand in Nepal from generation to generation. Light the end of the cord. Let it burn for a few seconds. Then gently blow out the flame. Then place it on an elongated incense-holder, flat or round, in wood or metal. - Sticks
Tibetan incense sticks are handcrafted from sacred Himalayan plants. Light the end of the stick with the heat source of your choice. Then blow gently on the flame to extinguish it and allow it to release its smoke. Place your stick on an elongated censer, flat or round, in wood or metal. - Stem
The shape most people imagine when they hear the word incense. Place the stem on an elongated incense burner, flat or round, wood or metal. Light the end. After a few seconds, extinguish the flame to start the slow combustion that will allow it to release its fragrance. - Powder
Powdered incense is used with a ceramic or metal incense burner. Pour the powder onto the burner's small tray, heating it with the flame. Alternatively, light an incense coal with a lighter or match for a few minutes - until it glows red - then place it in the burner. When it is gray around the edges, sprinkle a small amount of incense powder over it. A pleasant smoke will then spread, releasing its aroma. Add more powder as it burns. - Bricks, gums, resins and Smudge balls
Place your bricks, gums, resins or smudge balls on an incense burner, heating its flame plate. The alternative technique is much the same as with incense powder. Place the brick against the piece of charcoal on the burner to release its fragrance.
Incense papers can be an option for rapid fumigation and purification, for example our Armenian paper notebooks on the dedicated page.
Which fragrances to choose?
The choice is vast! And it's all a matter of taste, use and mood. Kûrma offers a wide range of scents, listed here in alphabetical order to help you make your choice:
- Amber
- Anise
- Anti-stress
- Arruda
- With herbs
- Goji berry
- Balsamic
- Basil
- Benjoin
- Black Champa
- Agarwood
- Aloe Wood
- Sandalwood
- Agarwood
- Breu
- Calendula
- Chamomile
- Camphor
- Cinnamon
- Cedar
- Celtic
- Champa
- Chandan
- Cloves
- Cucumber
- Copal
- White Copal
- Darshan
- Eucalyptus
- Dragon Fire
- Fleur de Vie
- Sweetgrass
- Frankincens
- Frankincense
- Freesia
- Gardenia
- Juniper
- Exotic Herbs
- Jasmine
- Jasmine
- Kasturi
- Laurel
- Lavender
- Magnolias
- Maha Masala Blended
- Manjushri
- Matcha
- Meditation
- Menche
- Mint
- Musk
- Muscadier
- Myrrh
- Red myrrh
- Nag Champa
- Nag Oliban
- Naga
- Nard (Pang Poe)
- Neem and Citronella
- Nest
- Olibanum
- White frankincense
- Olibanum Arabia
- Olibanum Etiopia
- Olibanum Mirgiurtino
- Opium
- Orange
- Orchid
- Oudh
- Palo Santo
- Patchouli
- Pine
- Gokul resin (Bdellium)
- Moon rituals
- Rosemary
- Rose
- Roses
- Rue
- Safran
- Dragon's blood
- Sandalwood
- Sage
- White sage
- Blue sage
- Seiun
- Spiritual Guide Inner Growth
- Super Hit
- Green tea
- Tibetan Bouddhist
- Tokusen Sagano
- Tokusen Shibayama
- Tulsi
- Valerianne
- Vanilla
- Vetiver
- Violette
- Yagra
- White Yagra
- Yoga
- Zuiun
Which brands of incense?
The best incense can be found in our selection. These include such prestigious brands as Aromafume, Ayurvedic, Satya, Golden, Goloka, HEM and Sagrada Madre.
Sticks or rods, the most common forms, come from India, Tibet and Japan.
History of incense
Originally, incense was used in the form of resin collected by incising the bark of the boswellia serrata tree, more commonly known as the "incense tree". The first traces of its use for mummification rites and medicinal purposes can be found in ancient Egypt. These were mainly unprocessed raw perfumes. The use of shaped incense in the form of cones, sticks, cords or stems came much later. It was particularly in medieval Japan that this practice developed in the form of nerikō, powdered beads mixed with sticky substances such as nectar or molasses. Shaped incense then spread throughout Asia, with different cultures developing different forms. In Nepal, for example, we find incense in cords. Sticks and stems, the most widespread forms, come from India, Tibet and Japan. Cones, the first derivatives of beads, have spread throughout Asia. Incense has mainly been used as a religious offering, for medicinal purposes, as a simple perfume or elevated to the rank of art in Japan with Kōdō .
Precautions for use
- Use a suitable incense-holder
- never leave it to burn unattended
- keep away from flammable materials such as curtains, clothing, etc.
- they must be used in a ventilated room and aired daily.
- do not ingest
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