KOUSAIDO Daikunkou Ambergris Incense - 20 Sticks / 香彩堂 大薫香 龍涎香

Kousaido (香彩堂) is a Kyoto-based incense maker with a simple but deeply felt philosophy — to colour your life with fragrance. Drawing on Kyoto's centuries-old incense traditions and the city's ever-changing seasons, Kousaido blends ancient Japanese craftsmanship with a modern sensibility to create scents that feel equally at home in a quiet morning ritual or an everyday moment of pause. Natural sandalwood forms the heart of every blend, layered with woods, botanicals, and florals to build fragrances that are both grounded and evocative. The range is wide and thoughtfully curated — from rare agarwood and kyara to playful contemporary series inspired by ukiyo-e prints, woodland creatures, and the colours of autumn leaves — all presented in packaging as considered as the scents within. Rooted in the belief that incense has the power to calm the mind, cleanse a space, and bring a quiet richness to daily life, Kousaido invites you to slow down and let fragrance do the rest.

Daikunkou — 大薫香, "great fragrance" — takes its name from the large-scale incense offerings performed in Buddhist ceremonies to purify a space, honour the Buddha, and create a sense of the sacred. These are generous, extra-long sticks designed to burn for around two hours each, long enough to fill a room slowly and completely.

Ambergris / 龍涎香 — Kousaido's own blend recreates the scent of ambergris: soft, rounded and faintly sweet, with a calm depth that suits a long, unhurried burn. Twenty sticks, presented in a slim navy box.

◾ Handmade in Japan

◾ What's included? - 20 extra-long sticks in a box

◾ Size: Width 36 cm × Depth 2.9 cm × Height 2.2 cm (box)

◾ Fragrance notes: Ambergris

◾ Burning time: approx. 120 min (per stick)

◾ Comes with a box. Great as a gift.