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 ### Articles
 * [*A New Incense Bibliography Part 1*: History & Art, Incense Apprentice](https://incenseapprentice.substack.com/p/a-new-incense-bibliography-part-1)
 * [*A New Incense Bibliography Part 2*: Worldwide Incense Traditions, Incense Apprentice](https://incenseapprentice.substack.com/p/a-new-incense-bibliography-part-2)
+* [*Agarwood - The Hidden History of Scented Wood*, Eric Hansen](https://www.mermadearts.com/i/agarwood-the-hidden-history-of-scented-wood)
 * [*An Introduction to Japanese Incense*, Tezumi](https://www.tezumi.com/blogs/tezumi-insights/an-introduction-to-japanese-incense)
 * [Ancient Chinese kneaded incense recipes translated from Zhou Jiaxuan's *History of Incense* (香乘 / xiāng shèng)](https://web.archive.org/web/20230216230731/https://talesofincense.com/scent-materia/)
 * [*Bakhour (Turaren Wuta) In Nigeria*, Dr Ruqayya Abba Tofa](https://www.fragrantica.com/news/Bakhour-Turaren-Wuta-In-Nigeria-21456.html)
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 * See the [incense, fragrance, and perfumery section of my blogroll](/blogroll/#incense-fragrance-and-perfumery) for a list of blogs with writing on incense and related topics.

 ## Videos on Incense and Related Topics
-* [Baikundo's incense-stick making process (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbQ8sNcQdcg)
+### History
+* [The Frankincense Trail](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2056414/)—Kate Humble follows the ancient frankincense trade route from Oman to Palestine. I have linked to the IMDB page, but this documentary series is well worth sailing the high seas for.
+### Ingredients / About
 * [Business Insider's *So Expensive*: Agarwood (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVupYzrCjmM)
 * [Business Insider's *So Expensive*: Bulgarian Rose Oil (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26pEG7Ghgpg)
 * [Business Insider's *So Expensive*: Ceylon Cinnamon (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzOcZlmeaH0)
 * [Business Insider's *So Expensive*: Frankincense And Myrrh (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LMioQGsFFw)
 * [Business Insider's *So Expensive*: Jasmine Oil (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt16uOqImI0)
 * [Business Insider's *So Expensive*: Sandalwood (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPRpWg_wU0A)
-* [*Fragrant China* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m96m2WPGDJA&list=PLJeSQ7Rl5tC-bgdowqRLjFyAVowKYkOK-)
-* [*Incense Making in Hong Kong* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzzvi6Cqqu8)
-* [*Introduction to Japanese Incense | Types and Styles* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6G-azPGMcA)
-* [*Japanese incense made with a waterwheel* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy8nnTPQ5M0)
-* [*Nag Champa - A Documentary Film* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN3wLhZFXmQ)
-* [New China TV: *Traditional incense-making helps Tibetan villagers live better life* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDqGwKNCLfc)—a short look at traditional Tibetan incense making.
-* [*Sacred Tibetan Incense* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWEg7FtBLKw)
+### Ingredients / Convervation
 * [*Saving the scent that may soon disappear from Earth* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqqzdI0wVQc)—a documentary on New Caledonian sandalwood.
 * [*Scent From Heaven* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv69pYSm2oo)—a documentary from Al Jazeera on agarwood.
-* [Shoyeido Factory Works (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQRxB4Gz-JM)
-* [The Frankincense Trail](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2056414/)—Kate Humble follows the ancient frankincense trade route from Oman to Palestine. I have linked to the IMDB page, but this documentary series is well worth sailing the high seas for.
-* [*The Scent of Heaven: Inside Vietnam’s Incense Village* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy8pDpIH31g)
+### Introductory
+* [*Introduction to Japanese Incense | Types and Styles* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6G-azPGMcA)
+### People & Culture
+* [*Da Ching Incense Making Factory* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1fzySbNUiA)
+* [*Explore 500 years of Tibetan incense making at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj0sy-RmubQ)
+* [*Fragrant China* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m96m2WPGDJA&list=PLJeSQ7Rl5tC-bgdowqRLjFyAVowKYkOK-)
+* [*In the Heart of Shambhala Ep.2: Tibetan incense-making* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ3Xtt0Z794)
+* [New China TV: *Traditional incense-making helps Tibetan villagers live better life* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDqGwKNCLfc)—a short look at traditional Tibetan incense making.
+* [*Sacred Tibetan Incense* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWEg7FtBLKw)
 * [*'The Scent of Sakai' 堺の香り - Handmade incense stick craftsman* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4vOPSJYvX4)
+* [*Tibetan Incense Making | 香格里拉藏香制作* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Epjx5PBuEs)
 * [*Turf Peat Incense* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F7Xvdpq-GE)
+### Production
+* [Baikundo's incense-stick making process (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbQ8sNcQdcg)
+* [*Japanese incense made with a waterwheel* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy8nnTPQ5M0)
+* [*Nag Champa - A Documentary Film* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN3wLhZFXmQ)
+* [Shoyeido Factory Works (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQRxB4Gz-JM)
+* [*The Scent of Heaven: Inside Vietnam’s Incense Village* (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy8pDpIH31g)

 ## Reputable Suppliers of Aromatics
 * [Apothecary's Garden (Canada)](https://apothecarysgarden.com/)—Absolutes, Extracts, Herbs, Tinctures, Oils, Resins, Woods
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 ## Studies on Incense and Related Topics
-* [*Key Issues and Challenges in Spice Grinding*, HPramod P. Aradwad, Arun Kumar T V, P.K. Sahoo, Indra Mani (PDF, 3.7 MiB)](/documents/key_issues_and_challenges_in_spice_grinding.pdf)
+### Health
+* [*Reducing Air Pollutant Emissions from Burning Incense with the Addition of Calcium Carbonate*, Chi-Ru Yang, Ta-Chang Lin, Yen-Shun Peng, Sun-Zone Lee, Yih-Feng Chang (PDF, 262.3 KiB)](/documents/Reducing_Air_Pollutant_Emissions_from_Burning_Incense_with_the_Addition_of_Calcium_Carbonate.pdf)
+### Ingredients
 * [*Odor Tenacity of Perfumery Materials*, Hayato Hosokawa and Takayuki Shibamoto (PDF, 158.8 KiB)](/documents/odor_tenacity_of_perfume_materials.pdf)
+* [*The History of Tabu Powder as an Ingredient in Incense Sticks and Mosquito Coils (Machine Translated)*, Hiroaki Fujii (PDF, 1,011.3 KiB)](/documents/The_history_of_tabu_powder_as_an_ingredient_in_incense_sticks_and_mosquito_coils_machine_translated.pdf)
+* [*The History of Tabu Powder as an Ingredient in Incense Sticks and Mosquito Coils (Original Japanese)*, Hiroaki Fujii (PDF, 2.5 MiB)](/documents/The_history_of_tabu_powder_as_an_ingredient_in_incense_sticks_and_mosquito_coils.pdf)
+### Production
+* [*Key Issues and Challenges in Spice Grinding*, HPramod P. Aradwad, Arun Kumar T V, P.K. Sahoo, Indra Mani (PDF, 3.7 MiB)](/documents/key_issues_and_challenges_in_spice_grinding.pdf)
+### Use
+* [*The Scent of Time: A Study of the Use of Fire and Incense for Time Measurement in Oriental Countries*, Silvio A. Bedini (PDF, 6.8MiB)](/documents/scent-of-time.pdf)

 ## Forums / Discussion Boards
 * [Reddit (/r/incense)](https://reddit.com/r/incense)—Unfortunately, this is currently *the* place to discuss incense and incense making on the English-speaking internet. If you would like to avoid a platform that spies on you and uses your writing to train AI, you are welcome to help me bring some life to the following alternative option (currently pretty much only populated by me):