Did you know...... that the average human nose can identify 10,000 different odours and that the sense of smell is the most powerful of all our senses? No other sensory input can change human consciousness so quickly and completely.
Research has shown that the olfactory nerve, which senses fragrance, is directly connected to the most primitive component of the brain, the limbic system, which plays an important role in the processing and storage of memories and emotions. This accounts for the direct and immediate experience that smell provides us, as well as the profound effect it has on our mental & emotional states.
The smells that surround us affect our well being throughout our lives. Yet, it is intriguing that our culture places such a low value on the sense of smell.
We do not have an extensive vocabulary, as with colours and hues, to describe the myriad smells that surround us.
Nor can we measure odours on any scale such as we use to measure the frequency of sound or the wavelength of light.
How Incense Is Made
While incense comes in all kinds of shapes & sizes - cones, logs, coils, powders, wood chips, resin drops - its most popular form is the stick or Agarbathi. Here's how it takes that form:
A bamboo stick is evenly slit and cut to the right length and thickness.
A fine paste of natural ingredients like aromatic roots, herbs, resins, gums and adhesives, including jiggit powder is carefully prepared and gently rolled on to it.
It is then left out in the sun to bake & dry for no less than three days.
After this, it is sorted, bundled and packaged attractively in a variety of aroma-retaining covers.
