How to Store Incense Sticks
From patchouli to sandalwood, incense sticks add a fragrant smoke aroma when burning. Burned during religious ceremonies as well as for personal uses, incense comes in many different aromas. Incense can be purchased from grocery stores, specialty health food suppliers or made at home. Properly storing incense sticks will increase the life span of the stick. Quality incense may last from 2 to 3 years, if stored properly. Take the extra steps to store incense the right way to enjoy hours of rich fragrance. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Do not wrap the incense in plastic bags for long-term storage over several weeks. Avoid the chemical reaction the incense oils, made of essential oils, and plastic, made of petroleum products, will have. Understand the plastic will break down the essential oils and take away from the aroma.
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Wrap the sticks in wax, rice or cello paper. Use a storage container such as a cardboard box or tin.
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Keep the incense out of direct sunlight and heat, suggests Incenseguru.com, a Web site devoted to incense. Store the incense in a cool, dark place for increased shelf life.
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Tips & Warnings
Masala and dunbar incense is occasionally too fresh to burn. A masala is a finely ground paste made up of several ingredients rolled onto a stick. A dunbar incense stick is made out of a gummy, sticky material that never dries according to Incense Guru. Lay out these types of incense to increase the freshly rolled material to slightly dry out.
Poor quality incense will not retain the aroma no matter what storage method is used.
