Incense in Germany

A start. Just a placeholder at the moment.  

There is a long tradition of incense making in Germany, with the miners in Erzgebirge making incense cones to anoint themselves with frankincense smoke for luck before going to work. And now incense cones are a big Christmas tradition in Germany!

Incense makers

Jeomra's Raeucherwelt (Incense World)
Craft maker in Heppenheim

Georg Huber (Jeomra) runs an online incense shop, Raeucherwelt.de ("Incense World"), in Heppenheim, Germany, specialising in pure frankincense, and since 2022 has been making incense in Germany with an incense machine he ordered from India. I'm excited at what he is doing, and while the results, for me, are at times a little too focused on the materials rather than the fragrance - at their best, such as with Natur Pur Weihrauch Rose, they are awesome. 

I find what Huber is doing fascinating, along the same lines as what Benyamin Shoham is doing with Seraphim Incense in Israel, and particularly what Pure Yemen are doing in Yemen  - creating modern incense sticks using pure ingredients in countries which do not yet have a tradition or culture of incense sticks. This is exciting, bold, ground-breaking incense making, and they deserve respect and support.

Reviews: 4
High score: 50
Low score: 27
Average: 35/50

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SamsaSpoon
Homemade Incense

Reviews: 5
Top score: 50

Bottom score: 26
Average: 36

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Koh-Do Elbenzauber

Incense imported from India by small shop, Koh Do, in Berlin; rebranded, and sold in Germany. 

Reviews: 5
High score: 40
Low score: 28
Average: 36

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Huss Incense
German cone maker

Reviews: 6
Top score: 41
Low score: 29
Average: 34

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Carl Jager

Carl Jager are a fourth generation German incense maker, founded in 1897.  

Reviews: 3
High score: 35
Low score: 27
Average: 32/50

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Knox incense

German incense company, known for cones and wooden German smokers. Founded 1865. They have a manufacturing unit in Germany, but it is unclear if the cones are made there, or somewhere in India.

Reviews: 9
Top score: 26

Low score: 08

Average: 21

Conclusion: Knox are a long established incense company, and the most successful and best known European incense maker. But the cones are small, and the scent is small, and they use wood dust and small amounts of synthetic fragrances so the burn scent is average at best. Poor quality all round, and far from value for money. 

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Incense shops

* Padma Store, Germany. Sells selected Indian, Tibetan, and Japanese incense. International shipping.   

* Raeucherwelt (Jeomra's Incense World), Germany. Sells resin, a small selection of incense sticks from India, Japan, and Tibet, and excellent home-made incense by Jeomra. International shipping. 

* Ephra-World, Germany. Excellent shop. Wide range of incenses, resins, sticks, powder, smudges, etc. The main focus is India, but they have incense from around the world, and some rare, and exotic stuff, at good prices, and mainly genuine brands rather than re-brands.  

Incense around the world