Kousaido Calligraphy Ink incense in a light paulownia wood box printed with the kanji 墨香, with three dark charcoal-brown incense sticks fanned out in front, against a pink background

Kousaido Incense in Paulownia Wood Box (Made in Kyoto)

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$18.00
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Kousaido Calligraphy Ink incense in a light paulownia wood box printed with the kanji 墨香, with three dark charcoal-brown incense sticks fanned out in front, against a pink background
  • Kousaido Calligraphy Ink incense in a light paulownia wood box printed with the kanji 墨香, with three dark charcoal-brown incense sticks fanned out in front, against a pink background
  • Kousaido incense sticks shown inside an open wooden box with kanji lettering on the lid, on a pink background.
  • Five Kousaido incense boxes with kanji lettering arranged on a moss-covered stone outdoors, with a single lit incense stick burning in a small dish to the left, green foliage in the background.
  • Kousaido Calligraphy Ink incense in a light paulownia wood box printed with the kanji 墨香, with three dark charcoal-brown incense sticks fanned out in front, against a pink background
  • Kousaido incense sticks shown inside an open wooden box with kanji lettering on the lid, on a pink background.
  • Five Kousaido incense boxes with kanji lettering arranged on a moss-covered stone outdoors, with a single lit incense stick burning in a small dish to the left, green foliage in the background.
Kousaido Incense in Paulownia Wood Box (Made in Kyoto)

Kousaido Incense in Paulownia Wood Box (Made in Kyoto)

$18.00
$18.00
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Kousaido Incense in Paulownia Wood Box (Made in Kyoto)

Incense from Kousaido, a Kyoto incense house founded in 1994 around a single idea, that the city's centuries of history and shifting seasons could be distilled into scent. Each fragrance in this collection draws from a real corner of Kyoto, sandalwood at the base throughout, and arrives packed in a paulownia wood box built for safekeeping. Thirty sticks per box, each one burning for roughly fifteen to twenty minutes.

Morning Mist (Sagano Asagiri): sandalwood, oakmoss, and lily of the valley, capturing the soft hush of fog over the bamboo forest of Sagano

Gion Night (Gion no Hana): sandalwood, ylang-ylang, and amber, sweet and floral, recalling a Gion evening

Bamboo: fresh and woody, drawn from the cool stillness of a bamboo grove

Ancient Capital: a traditional sweet amber scent built to feel as old as Kyoto itself

Kyoto Dusk (Murasakino no Yugasumi): sandalwood, tuberose, and jasmine, soft and wistful, standing in for the purple haze that settles over Kyoto's fields at dusk

Lotus: lotus and bergamot, deep and meditative, evoking flowers adrift on a still garden pond

Magnolia: clean and a little austere, built around the quiet presence of the magnolia bloom

Calligraphy Ink: borneol giving it a sharp, inky top note true to its name

Details · 30 incense sticks per box · Paulownia wood box · Approx. 15-20 minute burn time per stick · Made in Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵

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