Incense Stick Reviews

Shoyeido – Premium – Matsu-no-tomo

I received samples of Matsu-no-tomo, or ‘Friend of Pine‘, from two people: once in a sample swap with Redditor u/Opuaut…

These two samples come from two of my friends and fellow incense exchange partners: Sebastian and Povilas. As with the…

Minorien – Fu-In – Byakudan has long been recommended as the Japanese sandalwood incense stick with the best cost-to-quality ratio.…

This sample comes from Sebastian, who travelled to Japan last year (2025) and brought me back some incense. He also…

Asayu is a brand of the company Wazakura Japan Inc., which has the incense sticks made by manufacturing partners on…

I’d wanted to try this kind of incense sticks by HUSS for a long time, since they’re unusual, even quirky…

This already opened pack was given away on Kleinanzeigen at the beginning of this year (2026). Packs of this line…

These three packs I ordered at the beginning of last year (2025) from the Dutch online retailer Spiru, who now…

New Age Imports is a US-American import company that (according to Incense In the Wind) has these incense sticks made…

These samples come from my friend and fellow blogger Steve. His reviews can be found here. The brand Aromatika is…

I got these 4 packs, each with 2 sticks remaining, from Sascha. These are all but one variety of the…

I got this pack with 2 remaining sticks from Sascha, who runs the shop Indiaroma. He does carry the Nature’s…

This is the last one of the boxes that Povilas passed on to me in 2024 when he was cleaning…

2026-10-01 – Update: Title image added This sample comes from my friend Povilas. He sent it to me in 2023.…