Blended incense, worn on the wrist. Polished stone to follow.
Volume I
Hexiang 合香 is the Chinese craft of blending incense from several materials. Here the blends are powdered and shaped into beads by hand, to wear.
Four entries so far
香譜
Scent No. 01
Take the osmanthus in bud.
“Once open, they have no scent.”
Commissioner Sun’s osmanthus beads, from an incense register finished by 1322.
伴月木樨香
Sweet osmanthus first, then warm wood and the soft, vanilla-like resin of benzoin. For autumn evenings.
Materials Golden osmanthus, agarwood accord, sandalwood, benzoin.
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Scent No. 02
“The flowers here have no scent.”
Then jasmine arrived.
From a book on southern plants, traditionally dated to 304.
茉莉吹雪香
Small-flowered jasmine over a thread of tea, with sandalwood and agarwood beneath. The lightest of the four, and a good first one.
Materials Small-flowered jasmine, agarwood accord, sandalwood, dried tea.
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Scent No. 03
Hollow out ten goose pears.Fill them with agarwood and sandalwood.Steam three times.
A recipe from an incense register finished by 1322. Our beads aren’t made this way, but share three of its materials.
鵝梨帳中香
Crisp pear first, deepening into honeyed agarwood and creamy sandalwood. For long hours of reading or work.
Materials Agarwood accord, sandalwood, goose pear, Pu’er tea leaves.
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Scent No. 04
Dragon’s saliva, without the whale.
Song writers called ambergris dragon’s saliva. Ours is an accord: nothing in this blend comes from a whale.
Warm and resinous: frankincense and agarwood, the green, rooty edge of chuanxiong, a little rose and a soft ambergris accord. The richest of the four.
Materials Agarwood accord, sandalwood, frankincense, chuanxiong (Sichuan lovage root), rose dew, ambergris accord. The agarwood and ambergris here are accords: nothing in this blend comes from a whale.
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The Stone Register. Polished stone, with the origin, mineral and hardness entered for each piece. In preparation.
The materials register
Ten are the material itself. Agarwood and ambergris are accords, blended to recall them.
Sandalwood檀香
Golden osmanthus金桂
Benzoin安息香
Small-flowered jasmine小花茉莉
Dried tea茶
Goose pear鵝梨
Pu’er tea leaves普洱茶
Frankincense乳香
Chuanxiong川芎
Rose dew薔薇露Illustrations made with AI.
The seal 印
For more than two thousand years, Chinese seals have signed letters, books and paintings. Type a name, in Latin letters or in Chinese, and it is set as one.
Meridian Harmony 合脈方物
Entered in the register
Your name
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