Showing posts with label Blossoms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blossoms. Show all posts

4/23/10

Kyoto Cherry Blossoms (Kyo-zakura) - Shoyeido Daily Incense - 35 Stick Box

Cheap Kyoto Cherry Blossoms (Kyo-zakura) - Shoyeido Daily Incense - 35 Stick Box Review




Shoyeido is one of the best and oldest incense makers in the world, with many of their incense costing in the hundred's. Although, this is not one of my favorites (I have an elite group of favorites), it is very pleasing and long-lasting. People with a lot of allergies or that don't like the smells of perfumes and other fragrances, will probably even find this pleasant. The smell is more of a sandalwood than a cherry blossom, and I contemplate whether it has a floral scent at all. It has a deep and smooth aroma, while emitting almost no smoke at all. One stick usually lasts around 45-60 minutes.

Ingredients (according to the box): Sandalwood, Cinnamon, Rhubarb (plum), Benzoin (Styrax), Clove and spices
No synthetics, no animal ingredients, and no animal testing.
These also do not have wooden sticks in them, just pure incense and it comes with a small incense holder.

Oh, one interesting thing I'd like to mention, is that this is my dog's favorite incense! I burn incense on a daily basis and have tried pretty much all the incense out there and never has my dog shown any sort of incense in any of the ones I burn. But each and every time I burn this one (which is maybe once a month), he always goes to the incense burner and will sniff the air nonstop. He absolutely loves it!


3/13/10

Plum Blossoms (Baika-ju) - Shoyeido Classic Japanese Incense - Box of 150 Sticks

Cheap Plum Blossoms (Baika-ju) - Shoyeido Classic Japanese Incense - Box of 150 Sticks Review




This was the first Japanese floral incense I tried, and with my previous experience in Indian florals I was a little dubious, but I loved it at first sniff.

Baika-Ju is a fairly rich and sweet incense but never cloying, with hints of benzoin and something that resembles cinnamon incense (not cinnamon in its unlit form necessarily). It has a bit of something slightly musky, but not perfumy and I wouldn't describe it as girly: like all excellent incense, it's gender-neutral.