The Smells Thread
A thread to discuss your favorite scents whether it's incense, oil diffusers, air fresheners, wax melters, candles, soaps, perfumes, colognes, etc.
Through Covid and spending infinitely more time at home I've really dived into exploring incense. My past experiences with incense were cheap synthetic dipped wildberry sticks or various Satya sticks from head shops, but there is a whole world of incense styles out there - from Japanese, to Tibetan, Indian, bakhoor, and resins. I've been really into Japanese styles as you can find some high quality all-natural scents that are pretty subtle and not cloying or overpowering in anyway. They burn 20-30mins and are perfect while I study or clean. As most of these are blends of dozens of ingredients and not single-note scents, I've found the more I burn a particular scent the more I learn its subtleties and nuances and they really grow on me as time goes on. It's been a fun passive thing to do as I sit at home.
Some scents that I've really enjoyed are:
Shoyeido - Nokiba/Moss Garden
Shoyeido - Nijo/Avenue of the Villa
Shoyeido - Shirakawa/White River
Shoyeido - Baika-ju/Plum Blossoms
Minorien FuIn - Sandalwood
Shunkhodo - Matsuba Pine
Baieido - Kobunboku
Baieido - Tokusen Kobunboku
So throw some Moss Garden on your next amazon order, its like 13 bucks for 250 sticks that each burn 20+ mins and then explore from there!
I don't just fk with incense tho, love a good scented candle or soap too. So if anyone has any suggestions hit me with em
Last edited by TrampledUnderw.; 06-20-2021 at 10:10 AM.
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