Product Details

Product Description

Business Card Incense in a paulownia box,

Kayuragi series, Aloeswood

Our company provides a vast selection of products related to

Japanese incense, incense sticks and fragrances.

We provide a wide variety of fragrances and kinds of Japanese incense.

Safe and trusted items manufactured domestically in Japan.

We also carry gift items, packaged by our experienced staff.

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Incense with a refined, deep, traditional fragrance of aloeswood.

<<How to use>>

Place business cards and Business Card Incense inside of the paulownia box and close the lid.
A pleasant fragrance will transfer into the business card.

<<Other ways to enjoy Business-Card Incense>>

Enjoy the pleasant fragrance spreading from this incense in many different ways. Put it in your wallet, pouch, pen-case or envelope.

# Be careful #
This incense contains components which can dim precious metals and textiles which are made with the use of silver or gold threads.

Do not use them together.

Please keep in mind that using this incense on surfaces such as paintwork or plastic for a long time may lead to their discoloration.

Please be careful.

Japanese Incense

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WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF FRAGRANCE

Koh-do (“Way of Incense”) is the Japanese art of appreciating incense. It has been known for over 1000 years and recognized as elegant and refined. It is important part of poetry and classical literature of Japan.

Incense burning is a source of inspiration. It brings inner peace and spiritual freedom to the mind.

There are two major types of incense in Japan.

Indirect-burning incense, which can be smoldering piece of fragrant wood, and direct-burning incense in a form of stick or cone, made from incense paste without a bamboo core.

Kohgen is selling exactly those types of Japanese Incense.

Since there is no bamboo core and incense is made from pure incense material, you can enjoy pure fragrance without underlying scent of burning wood.

The process of making Japanese incense:

Blending the finest natural ingredients and binding them with the powder of Tabu-koh, the bark of Tabu-no-ki. Tabu-no-ki is Japanese huge bay tree (Machilus thunbergii), which belongs to Laurel family. After such combination is mixed with water it is extruded just like spaghetti, and then allowed to dry in a form of solid sticks of pure incense.

About Aloeswood

About aloeswood

In Japan aloeswood is seen as a sacred and important wood. It is one of the most distinguished ingredients of some Japanese incense.

During the Kamakura period (1185-1333) the Japanese began using various raw woods such as aloeswood in the making of incense. Some incense was used in a recreational way while others were used in the most important of religious ceremonies. This led to a classification system for grading the qualities of aloeswood. The very finest quality aloeswood is referred to as Kyara. Good quality aloeswood fetches very high prices and this is reflected in the prices of the highest quality aloeswood incenses. f

Aloeswood is also an important wood in the Middle East and in many places is burned daily to accompany prayer. It is also known as agarwood, eaglewood, oud or gaharu.

The wood itself has no significant aroma. Aloeswood is obtained from the evergreen daphne genus tree. When a fungus infects the tree a resin begins to form. When the trees dies this resin continues to harden and mature. This resin imbued wood is then collected for incense and burning purposes.

In Japan it is considered a great honour to receive a gift of fine aloeswood or Kyara.f

Packaging & Shipping

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We make a great effort preapring packages so that they reach their destinations on time and safely.

We pack our products carefully for shipment, by filling each box with soft material to prevent items from shaking. Thanks to our carefullness we have not received any complains about damaged goods so far.

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Packages are send by EMS, but we can accommodate customers' wishes.

Except for preorder and/or made-to-order items, we usually ship merchandise within one week, usually in 2-4 business days after payment is confirmed.

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EMS DELIVERY DAYS

Area	Average numbers of business days
Asia	y 2- 4 days on average g Except for: Vietnam (6 days); Pakistan (6 days); Bangladesh (8 days); Other Territories of Philippines (9 days)
Australia and Oceania	4 days on average
North America	3-4 days
Middle East	4-6 days
Europe	2-5 days
Africa	4-5 days
South America	3-4 days