{"title":"Frost Moon: November 2026 Aromatic Collection","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNovember 2026 Aromatic Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrost Descends .. Winter Begins .. Minor Snow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e霜降 Shuang Jiang · Oct 22 – Nov 6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e立冬 Li Dong · Nov 6 – Nov 21\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e小雪 Xiao Xue · Nov 21 – Dec 6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNovember begins with the last warmth of autumn. The fifth qi still brings ministerial fire into the season's dryness, but winter is approaching. On November 21, the sixth qi takes its place: Taiyang Cold Water hosts, Yangming Dry Metal visits. Beneath these seasonal changes, the year's underlying Water movement continues.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSu Wen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e calls winter 閉藏, closing and storing. The will is kept as though hidden, as though holding something privately. Not an extinguishing of life, but a gathering of it. The seed beneath the earth has not abandoned its life. It is keeping it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"for-the-buddha-供佛印象","title":"For the Buddha 供佛印香","description":"\u003cp\u003e2 Grams \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very unique scent good for focus and concentration.  The scent spreads wonderfully in a larger size room and lingers with herbal undertones, this batch a bit sweeter and brighter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"For the Buddha\" is a modern rendition of a recipe 供佛印象 from the Ming Dynasty incense manual called 香乘.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgarwood, spikenard, reiryokoh, patchouli, sandalwood, sweet grass, Angelica, and camphor (and others) are blended with skill to make this symphony of scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI spent quite a bit of time in undergraduate and graduate studies practicing classical Chinese translation.  Unearthing and bringing to life this ancient recipe was quite the joy and I am excited to share this unique incense with you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e供佛印香 : Translates as \"Offering to Buddha Incense Stencil\". There is a long history of time keeping and incense. This could have been used to make a formal offering of sorts in temples and would have been a powder placed into a stencil in ash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe chose the name \"For the Buddha\" as a way to honor the historic Buddha, and his profound influence on humanity as well as our studio.  We find much inspiration and effective practices from those teachings (Dhamma), and see our project as complimentary.  The dispelling of afflictions and brightening lives towards greater freedom. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi-Xin Craft Incense","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35143912882332,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0429\/1575\/8236\/products\/116269135_321553562584198_2741405078861791232_o.jpg?v=1598757738"},{"product_id":"ocean-gold-ambergris","title":"Ocean's Gold: Ambergris \u0026 Oud","description":"\u003cp\u003e2 grams approx 40 min burn time per stick \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis batch features a premium blend of Vietnamese Cambodian and sweet soil agarwoods and some sinking grade.  Due to rising costs and availability of such materials, Ocean's Gold is always not so easy to make and offer.  This particular batch has a slight shimmering of true borneo camphor.  The ambergris is blended to a rather perfect degree making for a soft perfume like quality undulating in the rich soothing sweetness of the Southern woods.  It burns slowly and sweetly in space.. truly a precious scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a poetic and spiritual note: from the first edition of this incense in 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA major part of the joy in pursuing my own PhD in artistry, aromatic and otherwise, is the integration and further fleshing out of my graduate and undergraduate studies. It is the honor of my life to make incense, to explore scented realms, imbuing thingness with consciousness - towards the Beyond and with Beauty. So much of my research comes to life in tangible ways through this art form - which then become offerings for everyone to enjoy and be effected by.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In Sterquiliniis Invenitur\" is an alchemical statement in Latin that means “in filth it shall be found” .. or maybe more simply “that which you most need to find is where you least want to look.” The profundity, gravity, and levity of such words go beyond the opportunity to describe here. In the process making “Ocean’s Gold” I dove into the expanse of this principle. This dictum pushes us through encouragement - for us to face whatever we are afraid of or disgusts us. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmbergris is a kind of whale sputum and fecal matter, yet it offers such a unique aromatic treasure - something that is at once a shadowy muck and ethereally sweet blessing in scent and sense. So I invite you to dwell for a spell in the realm of these sanguine depths. Wishing you all health and wholeness, inspiration and intrepid living - facing it all and mining gold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are interested in a good read and exploration into ambergris, check out \"Floating Gold\" by Christopher Kemp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis ambergris is beach combed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi-Xin Craft Incense","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35143947387036,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0429\/1575\/8236\/files\/Ocean_sGold.jpg?v=1762083746"},{"product_id":"synonyms-for-nirvana","title":"Synonyms for Nirvana","description":"\u003cp\u003eScents of the East: Blended Series September 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Grams per tube: approx 25 min burning time per stick - this batch has local, home studio processed Hawaiian sandalwood, turmeric and cloves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA recreation of an ancient recipe calling for equal parts clove, sandalwood, agarwood, turmeric, and Borneo camphor. It is normally quite crazy strong to put so much clove and camphor into incense. However, with KZ techniques those ratios can be managed in balance - to very pure effect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe underlying purpose of this incense is the transmutation of the five poisons. greed, hatred, delusion, arrogance and doubt are considered toxins or poisons that are to be understood and transformed through various consciously engaged practices.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis incense could also be called 五佛香 or Incense of 5 Buddhas. The traditional associations are also related to the “Five Buddha Families” from the Surangama mantra and other Sutra texts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCenter is elemental space and Buddha Vairocana \u0026amp; agarwood which transforms delusion. North is elemental wind \u0026amp; Buddha Amoghasiddhi - ingredient is turmeric and transforms doubt. West is the elemental fire, Buddha Amitabha, sandalwood transforming craving. South is earth, Buddha Ratnasambhava - borneol camphor transforming pride. East is elemental water and Buddha Akshobhya - clove transforming aversion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe name “Synonyms for Nirvana” was chosen due to inspirations from Pali texts that flesh out the layers of meaning that this often uni-dimensionally or superficially expressed term actually has. Some synonyms the Buddha uses for Nirvana are the further (shore), the subtle, very hard to see, without decay, firm, not liable to dissolution, incomparable, peaceful, deathless, excellent, auspicious, rest, marvelous, without affliction, dispassion, purity, freedom, shelter, protection, refuge, final end, the subduing of pride (or ‘intoxication’), elimination of thirst, cutting off of the round (of rebirth), empty, very hard to obtain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI have deep respect for these teachings and historical roots of incense tradition that bring humanity into harmony and Beyond.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Yi-Xin Craft Incense","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35144125448348,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0429\/1575\/8236\/files\/IMG_8942.heic?v=1725299390"},{"product_id":"mt-shasta-red-cedar","title":"Western Red Cedar","description":"\u003cp\u003e2 Grams per tube: Approx 25 min burn time per stick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(approx 5.5 hours)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScents of the West: Forest Bathing Series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThuja plicata heart wood and fresh needle from the Pacific Northwest of USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA refreshing and soaring western red cedar scent for all you lovers of the forest sanctuaries out there.  This batch has a small percentage of red cedar needle to give this version a slight vigorous boost and effect in aroma and potency.  Beautiful and full, \"forest bathing\" immersion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA review from our long time doctor and friend in Daoist medicine - \"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eComes out of Heaven, brings the mist; a heaviness or denseness of energetic something, which enters and is healing. Silence, presence. Mostly the denseness of energy; as if it is heavy with moisture. Almost takes me to sleep, to take my soul away into a fairyland, and will change or creative the narrative in my mind that I need to manifest my intention \/ request to the Heavens. Going from Heaven, one can enter into a mythical world and transform its elements; like taking the creative sphere into that world and enabling the transformational aspects. OK; psychological, it can take one into the mythic areas of the psyche: of demons and darkness and the play of good \u0026amp; evil; searches out my deepest fears within the subconscious, enables me to briefly note it, but then (as I do not hold) transforms, eradicates, dispels …. and then quickly, just more simple presence. Clarity or just state of mind of that which is their as origin.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrateful to have a seasoned practitioner's experience - to offer a lens to see how this incense might be used. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi-Xin Craft Incense","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35144132067484,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0429\/1575\/8236\/products\/116721225_3449276505107119_153882990156767810_o.jpg?v=1596694908"},{"product_id":"african-sandalwood","title":"African Sandalwood","description":"\u003cp\u003eForest Bathing Series: African Sandalwood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Grams per tube - approx 25 min burn time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo happy to be able to share this unique and rarely heard of \u003cem\u003eOsyris lanceolata \u003c\/em\u003esandalwood from Tanzania. The material was sourced by KyaraZen before making the journey to all of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt shares some scent characteristics with Himalayan cedar, woody yet soft and lightly sweet.  It is strongly similar to other sandalwoods in that there is a warming, soothing, and richness that we all love about sandalwoods.  A rare scent and treat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi-Xin Craft Incense","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35144152318108,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0429\/1575\/8236\/products\/117215925_928631260970276_4313820896026434579_n.jpg?v=1596742377"},{"product_id":"fiji-sandalwood","title":"Fiji Island Sandalwood","description":"\u003cp\u003e2 Grams: burns for approx 20mins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully evocative, uplifting sandalwood - \u003cem\u003eSantalum yasi\u003c\/em\u003e, sustainably grown and harvested\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eon the island of Fiji. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has its own place in the sandalwood varieties, its own soothing and floral woody element that keep the senses curious. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi-Xin Craft Incense","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35144196522140,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0429\/1575\/8236\/products\/117821098_2781366755426889_1052689784856637123_n.jpg?v=1606641547"},{"product_id":"sovereign-frankincense","title":"Sovereign: Frankincense \u0026 Sandalwood","description":"\u003cp\u003eScents of the East: Blended Series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 2 grams and approx 30+ min burn time or 4+ hours of aromatic vapors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCustom blend of Mysore sandalwood making for a unique undulating dynamic with the sanctifying expression of our specially processed B. Sacra \"Hojari\" grade frankincense. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEthereal and pure - uniquely processed and beautiful expression of frankincense that isn't gummy or smoky.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi-Xin Craft Incense","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35144213823644,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0429\/1575\/8236\/files\/IMG_0408b.jpg?v=1733026675"},{"product_id":"gifts-of-the-magi-frankincense-myrrh","title":"Gifts of the Magi: Frankincense \u0026 Myrrh","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlend of our custom made \u003cem\u003eBoswellia sacra\u003c\/em\u003e Hojari grade ingredient with \u003cem\u003eCommiphora myrrha\u003c\/em\u003e on a base of Mysore and Vietnamese Aloes.. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 grams per tube\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 30 minute burn time 4+ hours of total burn time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBiblical interpretation evokes gold as virtue, frankincense as prayer, and myrrh as suffering and the death process. 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The late fire of autumn has receded. Cold Water takes its seasonal seat, and Dry Metal visits. What autumn gathered, winter must now learn to keep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaiyang Cold Water hosts. Yangming Dry Metal visits. Beneath them the year continues its underlying movement of Water, addressed in the classical arrangement to the Heart. Dryness also governs the second half of the year. Cold and dryness appear at two levels each, and the challenge is not merely to create warmth, but to preserve it without exhausting what has been stored.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCold Moon is built around that distinction. Its movement is inward, but never meant to become inert. Agarwood and sandalwood give it depth, conifers leave a narrow opening above the woods, and small measures of spice keep warmth moving through the darker materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgarwood, sandalwood, benzoin, black spruce, weeping cypress, myrrh, jiang xiang, ambergris, clove, cinnamon bark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWinter: Closing and Storing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Su Wen names the three months of winter 閉藏, closing and storing. The will is held 若伏若匿, as though hidden, as though concealed. This is not the stillness of something finished. A seed beneath the earth has not abandoned its life. It has gathered what it needs and stopped spending itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour movements shape this final qi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the floor. The annual movement remains Water, operative beneath the turning seasons. In the classical stem-and-branch account its influence is addressed to the Heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe half. Since July 22, Yangming Dry Metal has governed the second half of the year. Its movement is inward, contracting, and drying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe season itself. On November 21, Taiyang Cold Water takes the host position. Winter's own movement is to close and store.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd what visits. Yangming Dry Metal returns as the guest. The dryness governing the half now meets winter's Cold Water in the seasonal position.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether: Water below and in the season; dryness governing the half and visiting above. The question is no longer how to draw untimely fire downward, as it was with Osmanthus Moon. It is how to keep warmth present within a movement already turning inward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Aromatic Composition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack spruce and weeping cypress give the opening a little evergreen air without the sharp, dispersing brightness of a conventional perfume. Jiang xiang moves through the center, where myrrh, clove, and cinnamon bark hold a restrained warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelow them, agarwood and sandalwood form a deep foundation. Benzoin offers a gentle resinous softness, while ambergris lends continuity and space to the woods. The intention is not a heavy fragrance merely because winter is deep, but a quiet composition with enough interior movement to remain alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpening: Black Spruce · Cypress\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeart: Jiang Xiang · Myrrh · Clove · Cinnamon Bark\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBase: Agarwood · Sandalwood · Benzoin · Ambergris\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnergetic Directional Core: Descend → Receive → Hold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePathodynamics: Cold Water repeated at annual and seasonal levels, Dry Metal repeated through the half-year and visiting positions. Cold gathers while dryness contracts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrienting Principles: Warm without drying. Gather without weighing down. Descend without stagnating. Hold without becoming inert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to Wear It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the morning, one light spray at the centre of the sternum, or on the clothing over it. In this year's climatic arrangement, the annual Water movement addresses the Heart. The gesture is to gather warmth there rather than send it outward. Let the spruce and cypress open briefly before the agarwood and sandalwood begin their slower descent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the day, a little at the wrist or inside the elbow. Return to it when the cold air and dryness seem to draw everything tight. Smell it before adding more. The opening gives way to wood, resin, and a small warmth of spice. The intention is movement within contraction, not more heat poured on top of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the evening, try a trace on a scarf or on clothing over the lower abdomen, in relation to the lower dantian. Where the morning begins at the Heart, the evening gesture goes toward storing below. The darker woods and balsams can be allowed to linger without asking the fragrance to rise or fill the room. Test fabric first, as natural extracts may leave a mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarm without drying. Descend without stagnating. Hold without extinguishing. These are not merely notes of winter, but the alchemical direction of the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e30 percent extrait in natural perfumer's alcohol. All natural materials, no isolates and no synthetics. Hand composed in small batch on Hawaiʻi Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApply sparingly. Avoid eyes and sensitive areas. Patch test before use. 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The Su Wen says of winter: let the will be as if hidden, as if concealed, as if holding a private intention. 若伏若匿.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat does not mean putting the will out. It means intention gathered inward rather than always seeking outward expression. Xuan Dong is made to stay quietly alive while withholding its full expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sixth Qi of the Bing Wu Fire Horse year is cold water with dryness laid over it. Taiyang Cold Water hosts. Yangming Dry Metal visits. Beneath it the year still runs cold, and its address is the Heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSandalwood, agarwood, jiang zhen xiang, patchouli, dang gui, gan song, benzoin, licorice, clove, cinnamon, \u0026amp; others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarm without becoming acrid. Deep without becoming heavy. Gathering a room rather than filling it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour things are happening at once between late November and the middle of January.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the floor. The whole year moves as cold water and has since January. It works internally, it does not change with the season, and its address is the Heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe half. On July 22 the second half of the year took over, and its quality is dryness. It has held since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe season itself. From November 21 cold water holds the seasonal position. Winter's own qi, closing and storing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dryness of the half takes the guest seat. Dry Metal laid over Cold Water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnergetic Directional Core: Warm → Gather → Withhold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePathodynamics: Dryness laid over cold water, over a year that has run cold since January.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrienting Principles: Warm rather than sharp · Deepen rather than weigh down · Gather the room rather than fill it · Nothing that scatters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Craft Incense","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48207339749532,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0429\/1575\/8236\/files\/ColdMoonOverSnowyPines.png?v=1793557729"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0429\/1575\/8236\/collections\/2728FB83-75B9-422A-838C-94E9C762E073.png?v=1793519777","url":"https:\/\/craft-incense.com\/ru\/collections\/november-2026.oembed","provider":"Yi-Xin Craft Incense","version":"1.0","type":"link"}