Journal

Buying guides and material notes for brands, shops and studios sourcing natural incense.

Bundle of incense sticks beside a plain kraft box for private label incense

How to Start a Private Label Incense Line: Minimums, Packaging and Timelines

Starting your own incense brand? What white label, private label and custom manufacturing mean, how small you can start, packaging choices, timelines, samples and the documents to ask for.

Three distilled palo santo sticks beside three resin-rich palo santo sticks, viewed from above on grey concrete

How to Tell Oil-Rich Palo Santo from Distilled Wood

Much of the palo santo sold today is wood left over after its oil has been extracted. Here is how to tell it apart from resin-rich wood in your hand: color, weight,...