Why temple incense never gave you a headache
The difference between fragrance smoke and fuel smoke, and how to tell what you are actually breathing.
पत्रिका · the journal
Notes on slow smoke
Occasional writing on ingredients, ritual and the craft of incense. Read with something burning.
Halmaddi: the resin that made nagchampa famous
A soft, honey-like resin from the Western Ghats that perfumers guard jealously, and why it is getting rare.
Setting up a morning ritual corner
A holder, a window that opens, and fifteen unhurried minutes: a small architecture for starting the day slowly.