Wisteria incense, Kayuragi, 40 sticks

At a glance

- Wisteria (fuji): soft floral with a cool, slightly green quality
- 40 sticks, burns approx. 25 minutes each, low smoke
- By Nippon Kodo (日本香堂), lineage tracing to 1575

Wisteria in early summer, clusters hanging heavy over a garden wall. The scent is soft and floral with a cool, slightly green edge underneath, the kind of fragrance that suggests light rather than warmth. One of the more interesting scents in the Kayuragi range: recognisably floral, but not in the way most people expect.

Kayuragi (かゆらぎ) is a modern incense series from Nippon Kodo (日本香堂), a house whose lineage traces to 1575 and the imperial court of Kyoto. The name joins kaori (香り, fragrance) with yuragi (揺らぎ, a gentle wavering), suggesting the way smoke drifts and transforms a room. Each slim stick burns for around 25 minutes with low, soft smoke, designed for everyday home use rather than ceremony. Nippon Kodo's production follows centuries-old methods: aromatic powders hand-kneaded into paste, rolled into slender sticks, dried naturally to preserve the oils.