Incense in The Wind: Wet dhoops

Dhoops are incense pastes rolled into sticks or logs, or extruded or moulded into logs or cones. They are not rolled around a bamboo stick. The finished dhoop can be soft and moist like plasticine, and easily moulded or broken into small pieces, or they can be dry. Most Tibetan incense is in the form of dry dhoops. Wet dhooops tend to contain ghee, the fat remaining when liquid is extracted from butter. They tend to be smokey and strong smelling, and are usually used to ward off evil spirits rather than to perfume a home. They are particularly useful at repelling flying insects.

They are most suitable for burning outdoors, or in large spaces with the doors and windows open. They will certainly cleanse your home!

They are amongst my least favourite forms of incense.