The Artisan Incense Notebook: 50 Studio-Tested Recipes
The Artisan Incense Notebook is the complete workshop manual for creating pure, natural incense at home — from your first frankincense cone to a full studio-quality collection ready to gift or sell.
Fifty studio-tested recipes, arranged in five technique families:
- Sticks on a bamboo skewer (Morning Frankincense, Sandalwood & Vanilla, Rose & Oud, Home-Made Nag Champa, Celebration Incense and more)
- Molded cones (Classic Frankincense, Creamy Sandalwood, Oud & Amber, Vanilla & Tonka)
- Scented papers (Traditional Armenian, Myrrh & Frankincense, Lavender, Rose & Benzoin)
- Resins & blends on charcoal (Simplified Kyphi, Blend of the Three Kings, Meditation Blend)
- Japanese-style solid sticks (Kyara, Plum Blossom, Hinoki, The Evening Stick)
Every recipe is precise: exact weights in grams, water in milliliters, dimensions in millimeters, drying times in hours. No approximation. No guesswork.
What's inside:
✓ 50 complete step-by-step recipes with difficulty ratings, burn times, and workshop notes
✓ 5 master diagrams — dimensioned drawings you compare your first piece against
✓ The 10-step universal method: weigh, chill-grind-sift, dry-mix, wet, knead, portion, shape, smooth, dry, test
✓ Troubleshooting chart for every common defect (tunneling, cracks, sinkholes, cones that go out)
✓ Verified supplier directory for pure resins, Japanese makko, and noble wood powders in the US and Europe
✓ Labeling & compliance basics for selling your artisan creations
✓ Cost-of-goods breakdown showing how to margin 70%+ per box
You need only a scale, a mortar, a mesh sieve, and your hands. No industrial equipment. No chemical binders. No synthetic charcoal.
Delivered as an instant-download PDF, readable and printable on phone, tablet, or computer. Lifetime access, no download limits.
Perfect complement to any candle-making studio. Same essential oils. Same precision scale. Same workbench. A second olfactory craft that doubles your product line with zero new investment.
