Have you ever gone through the experience of getting relaxed and feeling sleepy with some light and fresh fragrances and aromas? If yes, you must know about the incense burner and the fragrant scents it has to offer. If you are looking forward to getting your hands on one and want to know how to use an incense burner, look no more as we have it all covered for you.
From encouraging relaxation, promoting concentration to aiding in better sleep, an incense burner does it all with the aroma it gives. Not only this, there are various religious, practical, and aesthetic reasons for which people tend to use incense cones fitted in the burners in their homes or offices to get them filled with various fragrances.
What is an incense burner?
Now that we know what incense burner is mainly utilized for let’s get to know what incense burner actually is. If explained in the simplest words possible, an incense burner is a container made of pottery or bronze with a perforated lid on which incense cones or incense sticks are fitted to burn.
How to use incense burner
Using an incense burner is no rocket science. Here is how to use an incense burner following these simple steps:
- Choose a well-ventilated area to use an incense burner so that you may not get suffocated by excessive fragrance.
- Place the burner on a heat-resistant surface.
- Pick your desired fragrance cones or sticks and place them on the incense burner.
- Burn the tips of the incense cones or sticks to get the fragrance.
How to use incense cones?
So before moving to the benefits of using incense burners, you may wonder how to use incense cones. Here is how you can utilize them in the best possible way:
- Get your hands on an incense burner having perforated lids to hold the incense cones.
- Place the incense cone in the perforated lid with the point of the cone facing up.
- Use a match stick to light up the upper tip of the incense cone. Use the match stick until the cone gets a flame when you take it away.
- Make sure when you take the match stick or burning candle away, the tip of the cone is burning. If the tip is dark, try to flame the cone once again until you can see an orange burning tip.
- After getting the burning top of cone, start fanning the tip, so the flame completely goes away, and the only orange tip is shown to give a pleasing fragrance.
- You can enjoy the fragrance coming out of the burning cones for around 20-30 minutes until the cone is completely burnt.
How to use incense sticks
If you are thinking to buy the sticks rather than incense cones and want to know how to use incense sticks, here is what you need to do:
- Get your hands on a suitable incense burner having perforated lids to fit the incense stick. You can also make yourself by taking a bowl containing something grainy and holding incense sticks conveniently.
- Light the end of incense sticks using a matchstick or an already burning candle. Hold the flame until the stick starts igniting.
- Let the flame sit for around 10 seconds and blow the flame. Mostly the flame blows away itself. If you see an orange tip after the flame goes away, then the stick is burning correctly. If not, you may need to relight the stick.
- Now stick the burning incense sticks into the perforated lids of the burner or in the bowl containing grains.
- Depending on the size and thickness of the sticks, most of them burn for around 20 to 30 minutes.
Benefits of using incense burner:
Now that everything from how to use an incense burner to how to use incense sticks has been discussed, let’s now move to the benefits of using an incense burner and why you should get one:
- The use of incense enhances many religious practices by uplifting one’s spirits and deepening attention.
- The soft fragrances coming out of incense cones or sticks helps in creating a relaxing environment and unwinding.
- It also helps in reducing stress and anxiety due to the soft and pure aromas.
- According to some research, well-selected aromas can help in stimulating creativity.
- The aromatic atmosphere helps in creating focus and making your yoga experience even better.
- Many fragrances like Lavender are known for aiding sleep when used in incense burners, thus helping in fighting insomnia.
- Some floral-based incense ingredients have antibacterial properties that help in covering the unwanted household smells from damp clothes, cooking, pets, etc.
- Burning incense also helps shoo away the negative vibes because of the relaxing and aesthetic environment it has to offer.
Incense Burner by Primary Scent:
We acknowledge all the benefits an incense burner has to offer and have a variety of them to serve you with what you desire.
Ceramic Backflow Waterfall Incense Burner:
Perfect for personal use or even as a gift, this incense burner is specifically designed to burn your favorite incense cones or sticks with a beautiful waterfall effect to enhance the relaxing experience. Made up of ceramic with white and blue finishing, this is one of the best pieces you can fill your home, office, or personal space with.
Resin Backflow Waterfall Incense Burner:
From helping you let go of stress to relaxing you while enjoying your yoga, this incense burner by Primary Scent is all you are looking for. It comes with a waterfall aesthetic to make the experience of enjoying the fragrance of incense sticks or cones even more fascinating.
Bamboo Waterfall Backflow Incense Burner:
Made completely using ceramic material with a black and brown touch, this backflow waterfall incense burner is not something to be missed. When you lit an incense cone on this burner, the smoke starts moving downwards, giving a perfect look of the waterfall aesthetics. This is nothing less than a fine art piece that you can keep in your office or home to enjoy the aesthetics and aroma altogether.
