SHOYEIDO Avenue of the Villa Incense, 80 Sticks - Nijo

Discovered this incense in Japan. Loved it so much had to order it on Amazon. Gorgeous odour and not smoky. I burn it on the third floor and the smell wafts down to the rest of the house. A bit pricey but well worth it!!

This incense is the same as the coils but it has a shorter burning time because a coil is much longer. But if you look at them both price wise you come out about the same. When I go into my drawer I find myself going for these more often than my coils. Due to the fact that they're shorter, I feel like I can use them more casually because I'm using less and the burn time is shorter. Often times, I'd have to get up and break the coil to stop it from burning because I wanted to save it. Now I don't have to do that. My only issue with them is when you do burn them in the holder provided the very bottom of the stick gets snuffed out and you are left with a small piece of incense about a few mm long. I end up saving these and just burn them all at once but I wish I did not have to do that. With regard to the other review "scentless" they must not have a sense of smell. You can smell it all over the house.

This was my first incense from shoyeido. The scent is very sweet and nice and smells natural. I have tried all their incense lines and this is second only to their premium ones but for the price these have more value. They are great introduction into high quality Japanese incense specially that they are sweet with very nice herbal notes. The smell is very nice and lingers a while. Highly recommended.

Love love love. These are the premium brand of my favorite incense. The scent is deep and relaxing. Quality, as always - excellent.

The aroma of this is not too strong or pungent, but that of a calming aroma. Shorter sticks does not mean less; it's thicker and lasts just as long for me. Worth the investment if you're looking to move away from low quality options.