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練香

  • Ulrich said in 21 how he mixed ground remains of incense sticks collected from the temple with musk, camphor (for freshness), ground coal and honey
  • Shoyedo sais the must be aged for 3 to 5 years in ceramic jars.
  • Here we have a video by 香源
    • 1 ts agarwood (じんこう)
    • 1 ts patchouli leaves (かっこう)
    • 1 ts nard (is it frankincense?) (かんしょう)
    • 1 ts clove
    • 0.25 ts star anise
    • 0.25 cinnamon bark
    • 0.5 benzoin
    • 0.25 borneol (竜脳)
    • 0.5 charcoal powder
    • 1 ts honey
  • Some blogger made 練香 into seasonal shapes; she uses apricot instead of plum flesh; and argues to use wild honey for its lower water content.
  • You could also use labdanum for binding; or .5 to .75 dried fruit to 1 part of lose incense. Soak fruit overnight in red wine. Fruit can also be raisins. 1 ts honey to .75 cup of dried fruit; and 1 cup of incense to 0.5 cups of fruit, 2-4 weeks to dry, turning daily. (link)
  • scents of earth seems to be a good supplier
  • kyarazen sais to cook honey gently for 20'
  • I actually got a set from 山田松 called 香り遊び
  • On 14 XI 21 I tried blending about in Tbsp each: 1 Lilienwurzel, 1 Kohle, 1 stick aloeswood, 1 pinch of camphor, 1 tsp Benzoe, 1 tsp cinnamon, 5 cloves, 1 Tbsp moschus, with 2 wine-soaked aprictos and a tsp of honey. I froze the resins, and the nutribullet went through all of that in a breeze.