Mikan Orange 40 Sticks by Nippon KODO, Japanese Quality Incense

These incense sticks smell so good!!!!

Absolutely delightful. I’m biased because I adore the Kayuragi line. I’m highly sensitive with fragrance and tend to get headaches and feel nauseated by many household scents, colognes, candles, etc. So I’m an odd candidate for incense. That’s why I find these incenses so magical—none of the negatives, just a subtle, mood-boosting wafting. More suggestion than command. And of all the Kayuragi scents I’ve tried, the Mikan Orange is a stand out. Orange is so often misrepresented as a scent: too candied, too cheap ‘air freshener’, too one-note citrusy. But this captures a complexity in orange that I’ve never previously found. Just when I think it’s awfully autumnal, all peel and cider, I’m hit with something lighter and scrumptiously bittersweet. It’s not the floral blossom part of orange you find in many ladies’ perfumes nor will your home be mistaken for a Tropicana factory, as this indeed leans to the peel, but once this incense is burned there’s no mistaking it’s orange. As with all scents in this range, you receive 40 sticks in a little wooden tray that’s ideal for repurposing. Oh, and a little tile for vertical burning. Low smoke, minimal ash, no superfluous bamboo, burns for 15-20 mins depending on conditions. Perhaps Nippon KODO describes it best: “the delicious fragrance of mikan orange bathed in radiant sunshine”.

This one surprised me by how good it is, not orange to the point of exhaustive but it is strong and will nicely linger.

It smells like peeling an orange! Absolutely phenomenal. Strong scent, average smoke, quite lingering, and worth the money for the incredible quality of the fragrance.

Wonderful and mellow scent of oranges