#Infel’s incense

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My incense order arrived! They even included an additional aloeswood incense as a bonus. I initially got curious simply because the fic I’m translating described Limbo as smelling like incense, and specifically kouboku (and blood lol), and I got curious, and I’m fond of incense smells to begin with. So I got a few that are focused mainly on that wood itself, and just smelling them as-is they’re all wonderful! And the packaging is so elegant too, I might legit get into this…

Oh yeah and those three tiny sticks in the gold package? Worth as much as the entire rest of the order, cause it’s kyara and that stuff is quite literally worth more than its weight in gold.

From left to right they’re

1- Tennendo aloeswood

2-Minorien sandalwood fu-in

3- Kikujudo kouboku ginmi sampler (2 sandalwoods and 3 aloeswoods)

4- Seijudo kyara enju

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Third incense order! Made mainly cause I wanted to try kurobou….cause it was mentioned in kemono no hara as what Limbo smelled like. It is a Heian period scent so that makes sense too. I’d love to try kneaded incense at some point once I get some charcoal and a mica plate for that setup, but I found some in stick form which is a lot easier. I got the burner I was eyeing too and some ash for it.

The full order is-

Kurobou (Kyukyodo)

Jinko kojurin (Gyokushodo)

Frankincense (Tennendo)

Yamadamatsu high grade trial pack

And bonus is Tokusen Kobunboku (Baieido)

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Oh yeah so far I’d say my top 3 incenses I’ve tried would be the minorien sandalwood, kunmeido Heian koh (an aloeswood), and seijudo kyara enju. Though shoutout to the Mt Koya premium sandalwood and the Indian sandalwood from the Kikujudo sampler as well, I need to try them back to back cause they reminded me of each other, and I really enjoyed both.

I’m excited to try the kyara ryugen I have too, but I’m saving it for when I’ve made any final corrections on the fic I recently finished translating as celebration of finally getting to share it with more people (though still privately unless I ask the author if I can post it publicly)

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My second incense order just came in! Got a bunch of temple incense, and some body powder and sachets as well so me and my clothes can smell good. They provided a generous sample as well, that one stick is a high end kyara.

They are

-Mt. Koya’s signature incense and premium sandalwood

-Ryouzen-ji temple incense

-Kunmeido’s reiryo koh and heian koh

-Seijudo’s shiragiku

-Minorien’s kyara ryugen

-Body powder is from Baieido

-Sachets from Shoyeido.

-Tennendo’s kyara enku (bonus)

They all smell great, can’t wait to properly burn them!