If you love good incense...

[witchscauldron]

Please give Naturcraft on Etsy - http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5596564 - your business!

This is the japanese style of incense - extruded, no filler, no stick. Just pure herbs, woods, resins, and essential oils. What you recieve is utterly worth it, at twice the price they're asking - they're practically giving this incense away.

I bought :
Mura No Yume (Dream Village)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30157949

Akisame (Autumn Rain)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30389398 (I am currently burning this one and it lives up to its' name)

Kioku (Memories)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30478278

Byodo (Equality)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30062966

And absolutely free, I recieved 5 sample sticks of the following:
Kanjaku (Tranquility)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28746661

Mitsurin (Jungle)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30157999

Haruhana (Spring Flowers)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30802762

Ginshi (Silver Thread)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23542933

I can't recommend this seller enough. It's lovely.

Comments

[starfallz.livejournal.com]

Mmm, thank you! Any of these you'd recommend to me specifically? (So hard to choose scents without smelling them.)

[morgandria.livejournal.com]

Depends on what kind of scents you prefer in your incense. I tend to like things that are woody or herbal rather than floral, myself.

I think, though, you'd really like the Ease of Mind series (so far they're earthy, round, and mellow scents without being cloying or dirty-smelling). Also, the spirit of fragrance is quite nice, and you might also like the Moon Night scent in the Moon Romance line - it's made of ylang-ylang (which is sweet), bergamot (think earl grey tea), and costus root (which is used as a good substitute for animal musk - it's not as sickly as some versions).

If you read any that appeal to you, I can probably tell you what it smells like just based on the ingredients.

[starfallz.livejournal.com]

I like the woody kinds of smells too. Most of my favorite incenses have a strong amount of sandalwood in them. Two of my favorites by Shoyeido are Kin-kaku (Cinnamon (Cinnamonomi cortex), Sandalwood (Santali lignum), Clove (Caryophylli flos), Patchouli (Pogostemi herba), Benzoin (Benzoinum) and spices) and Kyo-nishiki (Sandalwood (Santali lignum), Cinnamon (Cinnamonomi cortex), Patchouli (Pogostemi herba), Benzoin (Benzoinum) and spices). The spice scents aren't really as strong as they seem in the listed ingredients (snagged from the Shoyeido site).