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六種の薫物(むくさのたきもの)

Japan's Oldest Blend - MUKUSA NO TAKIMONO

六種の薫物(むくさのたきもの)

Japan's Oldest Blend - MUKUSA NO TAKIMONO

Scents from the Heian period (794-1185), when The Tale of Genji was written. It is probably the oldest recorded "Japanese fragrance blends" that have been handed down to the present.The term ...

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香原料「椨粉」

Ingredient — Tabuko

It is one of the raw materials for incense, and is read as "TABUKO". It is the bark of a tall evergreen tree of the genus Tabunoki (Camellia sinensis). The bark is dried, peeled off, and ground in...

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香原料「霍香」

Ingredient — Patchouli Leaves

It is one of the raw materials for incense, and is read as "KAKKOU". Its English name is "Patchouli" which is also used in essential oil. It is made by drying the stems and leaves of a perennial p...

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香原料 「丁子」

Ingredient — Clove

It is one of the raw materials for incense, and is read as "CHOUJI". One of the raw materials for incense, it is read as "kakko" and its English name is "patchouli patchouli" which is also used in...

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香原料「龍脳」

Ingredient — Borneol

It is one of the raw materials for incense, and is read as "RYUNOU". It is a large evergreen tree of the Dipterocarpaceae family. The dragon brain tree from which the dragon brain is extracted is ...

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香原料「白檀」

Ingredient — Sandalwood

It is one of the raw materials for incense, and is read as "BYAKUDAN".It is one of the raw materials for incense. Sandalwood is a semi-parasitic evergreen tree in the Pyrethrum family.Sandalwood i...

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香原料 — 沈香

Ingredient — Agarwood

It is one of the raw materials for incense, and is read as "JINKOU". When an evergreen tree of the genus Aquilaria or Goriscyllus in the family Chenopodiaceae, which grows from India to Southeast ...

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