Forms of incense. Major forms of incense are shown, including powder, coil, cone, joss stick (or dhoop), and incense stick (with bamboo core). (photo by T. C. Lin).

Incense making at Prinknash Abbey

The Benedictine monks of Prinknash Abbey have been blending incense to a secret recipe since 1906, when the community was on Caldey Island.

Today they are not only the oldest, but the biggest manufacturer of incense in Europe, and Abbot Francis offers an insight into the process.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-20770270

Dye dipping

The ends of incense bamboo sticks are dipped in red dye in the factory after the incense paste has been added. This saves wasting red dye on the part of the stick that is not seen.

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Synthetic fragrance

Privi Organics - an Indian synthetic fragrance company used by a number of incense companies.

http://www.privi.com/overview.asp

YouTube videos

GANDHARAJ the KING of Fragrances

Baieido incense factory in Japan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WgDi5jYTdc

Chinese incense factory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is5JyxXyPMc

Vietnam incense making

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sPzZcX9Pfg

Tourists visiting a Vietnam family making incense

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4cdU1G3k4s

United Nations Development Programme on helping people make incense in Nepal

http://www.undp.org.np/success-stories/incense-making-enterprise-sees-huge-success......-155.html

Tibetan incense making

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQy9QUhHUFU

Tibetan incense making in Nepal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1WhC5tDJB0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzigbWmKkME

Incense smoke: clinical, structural and molecular effects on airway disease

" A typical composition of stick incense consists of 21% (by weight) of herbal and wood powder, 35% of fragrance material, 11% of adhesive powder, and 33% of bamboo stick"

"There are various forms of incenses, including sticks, joss sticks, cones, coils, powders, rope, rocks/charcoal, and smudge bundles [13]. The main difference between the first two forms is that the former has a slender bamboo base, onto which the mixture of incense ingredients is attached, while the latter is without a central base."

http://www.clinicalmolecularallergy.com/content/6/1/3