Many people struggle with "should I blend my own or just buy incense sticks." Actually, you don't have to choose one over the other—it depends on the scenario you're using it in, and the answer becomes clear.
When you want to quietly enjoy incense alone for a while, lighting an incense stick is the simplest—it takes up little space and needs no charcoal ash. Incense sticks are "ready to use out of the box," suited for daily, frequent use when you don't want any fuss.
When friends come over and you set up an incense seat, blending a burner yourself according to the sovereign-minister-assistant-courier principle makes the process itself part of hosting. Blended incense takes time, but its advantage is a sense of participation and exclusivity that incense sticks can't give.
We suggest starting with incense sticks to learn the basic scent profiles; once your nose has some grounding, then try blending one or two scents in the in-store handcrafting session. With the right order, blending incense is fun, and you won't be dizzy from proportions right away.
Incense sticks solve "convenience," blended incense solves "exclusivity." The two don't conflict.
If you want to try blended incense, our in-store handcrafting session is led by the shopkeeper, step by step from selecting incense materials to producing the incense; if you want to use it daily first, you can pick scents from the counter incense sticks. The two ways don't conflict—many people use incense sticks for a while before gradually taking up blending. All incense appreciation described in this article is a sharing of olfactory experience and makes no efficacy or medical claims.
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