Xiangcheng Volume 27: Blended Floral Fragrance I
A volume-by-volume interpretation of Zhou Jiazhou's Xiangcheng, Volume 27, "Blended Floral Fragrance I."
Volume 27 · Blended Floral Fragrance I
Records methods for imitating floral fragrances: using agarwood and sandalwood as the base, combined with jasmine, osmanthus, rose, and the like to restore their clear notes; it is the comprehensive craft of "simulated floral scent" in blended incense.
Its Place in Xiangcheng
The twenty-eight volumes of Xiangcheng are divided into six major sections: appraisal of incense materials (Volumes 1–5), religious and court incense use (Volumes 6–7), incense lore and allusions (Volumes 8–16), incense literature and poetry (Volumes 17–20), incense formulas (Volumes 21–25), and literati offerings and blended floral fragrances (Volumes 26–28). This volume is one link in that chain, connecting the complete incense culture(香学) genealogy of "documents—allusions—formulas."