Scentscape Spring Leaves captures the refreshing floral bouquet of green leaves and flowers, that is so often associated with the arrival of Spring. With a clean burning and pure scent, this incense comes beautifully packaged and makes a perfect small gift. You can even use the top cover as a decorative display for the incense by turning it upside down (decorative purpose only, do not burn incense in stand). Thanks to the properties of this incense, it's a good choice to use if you're practising holistic movements or relaxation techniques as it can help transport the mind and soothe the body. Excellent for use with meditation, relaxation, reducing stress, massage, reading or yoga. Number of Sticks: 40, plus a Mini Ceramic Incense Holder Burn Time: Approximately 25 minutes per stick Top Notes: White Plum, Cherry Blossom, Lily of the Valley. Size of Box: Approximately 30 x 156 x 30Country of Origin: JapanMore About Nippon Kodo Incense The Japanese incense company, Nippon Kodo, was founded over four centuries ago and originally began by producing high quality incense for the Emperor of Japan. The company has continued to thrive ever since, now accounting for more than 50% of the entire incense industry in Japan. The company have a great philosophy about the importance of celebrating incense and recognise that, although many people simply love the ability of incense to fragrance a room, for others, their use comes down to spiritual and religious traditions. In fact, Nippon Kodo say that, through the production of their traditional Japanese incense they aim to, 'cherish the ancient traditions and values'. The ingredients of Nippon Kodo incense are all high quality and are sourced from around the world. Experts help locate and harvest the rare aromatic woods, natural gums, resins and other ingredients used to make their incense. Once acquired, the ingredients are processed by hand, and by machine, in their eight factories in Japan and Hong Kong. More About Japanese Incense Japanese incense (speaking in general terms) is refined, pure, light smoke and rich in natural ingredients such as sandalwood. They don't usually have the thin wooden stick centre that is often found in Indian and other incense sticks. They are normally pure incense right the way through the stick. They are often designed with meditation in mind. Due to the high quality manufacturing processes the incense goes through they can be a little bit more expensive than other incense on the market. To find out more read: The History of Japanese Incense