Wholesale Incense

Incense use dates back to ancient Egypt where Pharaohs burnt it to dispel unpleasant odours, and possibly demons, as well as to gratify their gods. Modern incense use is in religious and spritual ceremonies, in medicine and for the simple pleasure of adding fragrance to your environment. In ancient times if incense was burnt in the home it traditionally meant visitors were coming; hence its use in household freshness. At Elanora Australia, we sell an extensive range of high quality wholesale incense in sticks, cones and resins to bring welcoming scents into your home.

Sticks Garden Sticks Cones Dhoop Sticks Resins & Charcoal Tibetan Incense Bulk Incense Incense Starter Kit Incense Sticks are made in two ways: Masala incense is created by rolling a sliver of bamboo in a paste made of fragrant ingredients such as herbs, oils and spices. This type of incense is generally a little more expensive as the manufacturing process is very labour intensive. Masala incense is generally regarded as high quality incense. It usually has a longer burning time than dipped incense because of high oil content. Dipped Incense is made by using incense sticks with no fragrance, and dipping them in blends of fragrant oils. The quality and purity of the oil determines the strength of the fragrance and therefore the quality of the incense. Most incense sticks are produced in this way. How do I tell the quality of the incense? Whilst the quality of incense is largely a matter of personal opinion, the most important aspect is the fragrance. Low quality incense often doesn’t have much fragrance, or the fragrance is only apparent when the stick is not alight. With low quality incense all one can smell once a stick is burning is the smoke of the burning stick or its charcoal coating. Another important aspect in choosing quality is the stick itself and its coating. The sticks in a packet should be of consistent thickness. The coating should not be too thin and should be evenly rolled as this partly determines how evenly and how long the incense burns. Steps to testing incense • Smell the packet • Take out some sticks - Check out the length - Check how much of the stick is coated with incense - Check how well the sticks are made • Light a stick, move it 2 or 3 metres away from you - The fragrance should spread throughout the room. You should be able to smell the fragrance of the oils - not just the woody bamboo. • Time how long the stick burns - Some sticks disappear in no time and all you get is a puff of sawdust smoke. The fragrance of quality incense should linger after the incense has gone out.