Japanese Incense Recipe

By Sandy Maine
Published on October 7, 2008
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Create a homemade incense using this Japanese Incense recipe.

Making incense at home is easy using this Japanese Incense recipe.

Japanese Incense Recipe

• 6 tablespoons star anise, powdered in blender
• 1 teaspoon cherry oil
• 1 1/2 cups sandalwood powder
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon potassium nitrate
• Tragacanth powder as needed


Sandy Maine is the founder and owner of Sunfeather Herbal Soap Company, an exceptionally fragrant mail-order company based in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.


Read more about making incense: Making Herbal Incense.

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