Incense in Germany

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Incense makers

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

SamsaSpoon
Homemade Incense

Reviews: 5
Top score: 50

Bottom score: 26
Average: 36

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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  German firm founded around 1865 during the interest in Germany during the 19th century for burning incense cones as a disinfectant or medicine. The leading incense maker in Europe. Their cones are small, cheap, wood powder with synthetic perfume. Short lived, poor quality, and even poorer value for money. 8 scents reviewed, average score: 20
  

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* Crottendorfer. A German incense-cone manufacturer based in Crottendorf since 1936. 10 reviews - average score 24. 

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* Huss Incense. German cone maker. Re-founded in 1990. 5 reviews - average score 32. 

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.  

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