Ume Natural Incense Sticks - Paomashan
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Not a day goes by that we are not burning up multiple incense sticks throughout our home. It doesn't have to be during meditation, yoga and it certainly isn't reserved for the modern day hippy, It releases a calming wave over our space, which is much needed when trying to launch a new adventure as Husband & Wife! Cheap incense sticks are filled with some down right nasty chemicals, and no-one wants their chi affected by those bad vibes. Ume produce high grade incense sticks made only with pure, plant-based aromatic ingredients, blended by master craftsman. Each box has around 15 hours worth of total burn time.
The Ume Paomashan pure natural incense sticks are a calming blend of herbs, aromatic barks, spices, seeds and saps. These herbal incense sticks are named after a place of enlightenment high up in the foggy, glacial mountain range of the Tibetan Autonomous Region of Kanding, China. Aromatic Ginger and deeply soothing Clove form the dry, tingling base notes. They smoulder with an intense heart note of enchanting Lavandula which flutters through with a daze of chocolate and blackberry. Paomashan is a unique, calming combination, that captures the imagination and surrounds you with a luminous, fragrant atmosphere. -
Ume traditional, high grade Chinese incense sticks are made of 100% natural aromatic plant components, bound with water. Each incense stick is 15cm long and burns for around 33 minutes. There are 30 pure incense sticks per box. These Japanese style incense sticks are made without any bamboo core.
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Ume was founded by Emma Leafe after several influential journeys – visiting temples, sacred places and exquisite tea houses, across the alluring provinces of China. Bringing back to the UK the purest verities of incense and elegant burning accessories, which are essential to Asian culture, yet otherwise are rare to find outside their country of origin. The quality incense is blended using only natural, high grade, fragrant plant material and is inspired by ancient recipes. The raw ingredients of their traditional incense consist of precious medicinal plants, herbs, spices, aromatic tree barks, seeds and saps, they are imbued with thousands of years of development.
The herbs are sourced from all over the Asian continent, from the countries of South East Asia and Indonesia, to Korea, China and Tibet. The exact composition of these fragrant masterpieces, often take years to achieve. It is this love and passion they have, and look for, in the producers they collaborate with. Their clientele also insist on finest quality ethical products and such integrity is of foremost importance to them when sourcing our materials.
Ume incense can be used to create a fragrant space for meditation, yoga and relaxation; also to purify the air in the home, office or when travelling. Since ancient times, accompanying calligraphy, tea ceremony and flower arrangement, incense making has been revered as one of the esteemed Chinese and Japanese art forms. In Taoist, Buddhist and folk rituals, incense is used in prayer and to make dedicated offerings in ancestor worship. Ume represents an opportunity to explore such ancient practices, moulding them into a contemporary context.