Ikadenshin Incense, Plumeria, 20 sticks

At a glance

- The warmest, most tropical floral in the Ikadenshin range, useful if Magnolia's elegance feels too restrained
- Sweet plumeria bloom, fuller and more generous than the range's cooler florals
- 20 sticks, each burning 15 to 17 minutes
- Comes with a small incense holder, ready to burn straight away

Where most of Ikadenshin's florals stay cool and restrained, Plumeria is the one that leans warm and generous. If Magnolia's quiet elegance feels a touch too subtle for what you're after, this is the same range's answer: a fuller, sweeter bloom with more presence in the room.

It's part of Ikadenshin, a range built entirely around real flowers rather than abstract ideas of them, translating roughly as "conveying the heart through flowers." Each stick starts as the same hand-kneaded sandalwood-based paste used across Kousaido's range, worked with natural woods, resins and herbs, then rolled thin and dried slowly. Kousaido was founded in Kyoto's Karasuma district in 1994, continuing kōdō, the fragrance tradition the city has practised for over 400 years.

Twenty sticks come in the box, each burning 15 to 17 minutes, along with a small holder to burn them in.

The warmer choice, when restraint isn't what you're after.