Why does my incense leave my skin smelling AWFUL?
By draconity
@draconity (55)
United States
October 12, 2009 4:40pm CST
I recently received some lovely stick incense from someone and I burned about half a stick last night. It smelled great and I very much enjoyed it. I discovered later, though, that my hands (just hands?? no soap will take it off) smelled terrible, as did some (only some??) parts of my hair. I didn't connect it to the incense at first because it smelled nothing like the incense I burned. Then I thought it might be a result of one of the resins in the incense, or perhaps the wood the stick is made from.
Can I avoid getting really smelly by using cone incense (meaning: is it the wood)? Or is this what always happens? If it's what always happens regardless of incense type, I'm sticking to my oils and getting a tart burner.
1 response
@lakerfanster (2577)
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13 Oct 09
The reason why this happens is probably to do with the fact that Incense sticks like other fragrances change their scent over time. When my mum has used them and the flame has gone out the smell can be quite bad especially compared to the original scent of the incense. One thing that might help is try to limit how long you actually have the incense burning for as the longer it burns the more the fragrance will change and ultimately worsen.
@draconity (55)
• United States
18 Oct 09
Thanks so much for your response. I'll give that a try. I'm a little shy to though, because that awful smell stayed in my nose for a week!
