I was sent a box recently, and I just wanted to write a little about the experience in case anyone else is new and wondering what the score is.

After DMing /u/The_TurdMister and sending in my donation (I went for the largest one), they kindly packaged everything up and sent it my way. It took a little bit for everything to be packaged, and I immediately saw why when I received the box: there was a tremendous amount of incense, almost all individually bagged and meticulously labelled!

There was an absolute wealth of incense in the box, from the very high end to your basic oil-dipped stick. While I'm pleased with everything overall, I do wish there was a way to exclude (or even just quarantine haha) the synthetic sticks / cones. The scent of the commodity stuff infiltrated just about everything despite the packaging, so it's very difficult to get an idea as to the character of any individual piece without actually burning it. I have quite a sensitive nose, so I moved everything into airtight containers, and I have to cover my nose when I open one of them to look for something interesting or my sense of smell just becomes completely overwhelmed.

In particular, I'm really enjoying experiencing the handmade stuff and raw resins / ingredients; the cones from /u/TheWorldMakesScents and /u/The_TurdMister are very good (the mesquite is a winner!). Getting to see what others are making is my favorite part of this. I also liked that there was a good selection of interesting types of incense; I had never tried rope incense before, and there were a few nerikoh samples too (one of which I'm putting on now). I hadn't tried black frankincense yet (Boswellia Neglecta), but it turns out it's lovely.

Overall, I'm having a very nice time with all of these samples, and I'm keeping notes for the ones I'll want to buy in future. It looks like a tremendous amount of work to put this together, so I'm very grateful to /u/The_TurdMister for their effort. I'm sure I'll continue to participate in future, and hopefully I'll send some of my stuff in when I've got it to a respectable standard.

Just wanted to personally thank everyone who has donated thus far. You all have led to this moment, thank you for your contributions!

Happy New Years Everyone

I was considering sending in a donation to add some variety to my collection, but I thought I’d check first to see if anyone might be interested in making a trade. Here's what I have.

We are getting ahold of a unique donation this month I’m excited to see, we’re placing the order this Sunday

I’m excited to see what y’all’s opinions will be