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The Four Masters - Incense sticks-Kin Objects
The Four Masters - Incense sticks-Kin Objects
The Four Masters - Incense sticks-Kin Objects
The Four Masters - Incense sticks-Kin Objects
The Four Masters - Incense sticks-Kin Objects
The Four Masters - Incense sticks-Kin Objects
The Four Masters - Incense sticks-Kin Objects
The Four Masters - Incense sticks-Kin Objects
The Four Masters - Incense sticks-Kin Objects

The Four Masters - Incense sticks

$36.00 USD - $84.00 USD

The Four Masters |四合香   「A Re-interpreted Blend」

As its name suggests, this incense is made from the four grand masters of traditional Chinese incense – aloeswood (also named agarwood, jinko, oud), sandalwood, camphor and musk (substituted with musk grass).

From the Tang dynasty (beginning c. 7th century) onward, these four ingredients have been the pillars of Chinese incense, and the blend of these four is a true classic, with various versions documented in the History of Incense《香乘》.

This is a true no brainer – from the moment we first lit the prototype in the studio, we agreed unanimously that it was a blend for the final collection. The warm complexity of the aloeswood, the refreshing milkiness of the sandalwood, the gentle coolness of the camphor, rounded off with the smoothness of the musk – it all co-exists in perfect harmony.

Due to the cost of the raw ingredients, The Four Masters is only available stick form.

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The Four Masters is part of the Kin Premium Collection, a collection of incense exclusively hand-made in small scale studios including our own. All incense in the Premium incense collection are enclosed in Wutong wood boxes painted with traditional Chinese red ink.

Full length: 21cm | 8.25 inches

(60-70min burn time/stick, total 20+ hours for 20 sticks, 50+ hours for 50 sticks)

Half length: 10.5cm | 4.125 inches

(30-35min burn time/stick, total 10+ hours for 20 sticks, 25+ hours for 50 sticks)

Ingredients: Sandalwood, Aloeswood, Camphor, Musk Grass, Nanmu

All stick incense are enclosed in a glass tube and a Wutong box; Wutong is a type of wood popular for storing incense in East Asia due to its superior anti-mold and anti-moisture properties.

Please note that as every piece is handmade, the size, shape and color will have irregularities depending on the batch. As raw ingredients vary batch by batch, the smell of the incense will also vary by batch. These are a part of the handmade process and not considered defects.

Over time, we may continue to tweak the blend as we are continually searching for better ingredients, and improvements to our processes.
Customers rate us 4.7/5 based on 251 reviews.
  • 5 stars: 24 (86%)
  • 4 stars: 2 (7%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 2 stars: 1 (4%)
  • 1 star: 1 (4%)
Some of the reviews shown are from related products the merchant grouped with this one.
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Brandon Lupardo
Fantastic

my first experience ordering incense online and they have a new regular customer in me

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Yuting Yin
Great Incense

This is by far my favorite place to buy incense. They are so slim and natural that no other chemical incense matches its quality. I also love that these objects are so thoughtfully crafted connecting with traditions!

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Amanda

Gorgeous smells that settle into a room kind of nicely. You have to be careful with the incense sticks since they're delicate but they are packaged so thoughtfully - made me wiish i was giving this away as a gift!

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Psi Vinio
2 wood incense

Nice and I have to try it a few more times to really understand it

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Jan Potgieter
Thank you for the beautiful scents.

I am enjoying the scents you put together and will continue to do so. The packaging also makes it extra special and respectful, not just for the receiver, but also towards the hands that put it all together. Thank you again!

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Salam Alhamdy
Beautiful design flawed execution

I love the design and color. The incense is ok. It smells average and does not fill a room like many more incense brands I’ve tried. The biggest let down is the incense holder - the brass ball can’t hold anything more than a light small incense stick, otherwise it falls. So anything you buy from anywhere else will likely not work. A shame because I wanted this to be the center piece of my dining table.

Hi Salam - thank you very much for taking the time to review our products. We appreciate the feedback on the incense, and would just like to caution you that all natural incense will smell gentle compared with artifical scents, especially at the same price point. Incense made with essential oils will also smell strong in comparison to those made only from ground powders - although high quality essential oils are also costly (eg, the cost of high quality sandalwood essential oil alone is high), and those with good oils should not be available at a cheap price. We would ask you to bear these in mind when you make comparisons. Unfortunately, based on our experience in purchasing incense from the market to do research, 95% off what is available contains artificial ingredients or questionable essential oils.
Thank you also for the feedback on the incense holder's balls, this is a limitation of this incense holder, which we write in the product description. We will try to make this more obvious to customers going forward.

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Reagan Pimentel
Great scents and packaging

They take great pride in creating a great product. The wooden box and the vial it comes in makes using this incense ritualistic. Would recommend to anyone interested in having a luxury experience.

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Blain Howard
Smells great and lasts a long time

The smell for these incense sticks are so wonderful and they last a LONG time, lingering well around the home.

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Hannah

Smells delightful. Has gentle, lovely scents. This is a wonderful Chinese incense. Also love the box, the easy to remove tape, and the tubes for each sample.

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Wolfmaster Wonder
This does not smell like it should.

I had a sampler pack of incense that made me want to purchase a full set of the variation on the sandalwood scent. These incense that were sent to me were expensive and barely havr a smell.

Hi Wolfmaster, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We use exactly the same incense for the sample set as we do for the full sized product, although as this incense is handmade, the scent will vary from batch to batch. For issues like these please feel free to contact us at care@kinobjects.com.
We would also just like to caution you that all natural incense will smell gentle compared with artifical scents. Incense made with essential oils will also smell strong in comparison to those made only from ground powders - although high quality essential oils are also costly (eg, the cost of high quality sandalwood essential oil alone is high), and those with good oils should not be available at a cheap price. I am not sure what incense you have been using recently, and if smelling those has made a difference to your perception of our incense. When I smell our product, I truly believe we have a very good sandalwood product, the smell fills the room (I can often smell it from up a flight of stairs), and it is unmistakably sandalwood.

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Christopher Ibarra

High quality and premium incense. I enjoyed the fragrance of each. It did not overpower or overwhelm and each of the four incense aroma was pleasant. I would highly recommend!

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Christy

Love this incense!

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Hyoah Jeon
Service and detail

Besides the amazing product, the service was exceptional. Courier seemed to have lost the package and support addressed the issue promptly and resent my items asap. Easy and hassle free, will be looking forward to more purchases in the future

M
Merran

Great quality incense with a range of wonderful aromas

M
Merran Clark
So beautiful and restful

The incense burner is so elegant and is a joy to watch while when burning the high quality Kin incense stick's. Thank you

C
Cyrus Schleifer

The Premium Incense Mix Box - Incense sticks

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Kristi Lewis
Incense good, holder not so much

In getting the end of the stick out of the moon holder, the holder broke into pieces.

C
Cyrus Schleifer
Awesome

Crazy good Incense

D
Dana Macek
High quality and lovely scent

Bought the Incense sticks as a gift for my son. He loves them! Great gift idea.

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Theera Piroonratana
The quality is excellent.

It has a clear, unique scent. I could smell it from the moment I opened the box.

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zahir sutarwala
Red aloeswood

Superb sublime purifying healing

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zahir sutarwala
four masters- rarified air

Four Master's is herbaceous and earthy - in short grounding. Try incorporating into your nighttime routine with a favorite herbal tea - and give yourself the deep rest your body needs. The quality of the incense is apparent from the beginning - the slow burn and rich but subtle fragrance soothes after a hectic day.

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Mary Fearon
Beautiful incense!

I worried about ordering incense online. I didn’t know what the quality would really be. This is the real deal. Hardest choice for me will be what to buy next.

A
Alexander Dvinanin

Nha Trang Aloeswood - Incense sticks

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Jessica

Amazing scent for incense lovers ~!

J
Jude

Absolutely beautiful incense - refined and subtle in its aroma. Very evocative.

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MD
Fantastic

What a lovely aloeswood scent, and the quality is outstanding. Loved the red wooden box as well!

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Robyn Robinson
Lovely incense

The perfume and packaging of the Evening Stroll are both lovely. However I do notice a burnt/smoky smell after.

Behind-the-scenes in our studio -

The making of all natural incense sticks for the Kin Premium Collection

The Kin Premium Incense Collection

The Kin Premium Incense Collection

A Collection of Handmade, All Natural Incense

A Collection of Handmade, All Natural Incense

The Kin Premium Incense collection is a collection of premium incense exclusively hand-made in small scale studios. Part of the collection is from our own studio, the remainder is hand-selected from experienced Chinese artisans that we know and trust.

Like all of our products, the Premium Incense collection is rooted in thousands of years of traditional Chinese incense culture. Part of the collection closely follows traditional recipes from the archetypal Chinese incense book History of Incense《香乘》, written almost 500 years ago in the Yuan dynasty; these we call the Re-interpreted blends. Part of the collection are our own creations, using ingredients and blends with modern, non-Chinese influences – these we call the Imagined blends. There is also a focus on precious single scents like aloeswood (otherwise known as agarwood, oud or jinkoh) – these we call the Classic single scents.  

The Kin Premium Incense collection is a collection of premium incense exclusively hand-made in small scale studios. Part of the collection is from our own studio, the remainder is hand-selected from experienced Chinese artisans that we know and trust.

Like all of our products, the Premium Incense collection is rooted in thousands of years of traditional Chinese incense culture. Part of the collection closely follows traditional recipes from the archetypal Chinese incense book History of Incense《香乘》, written almost 500 years ago in the Yuan dynasty; these we call the Re-interpreted blends. Part of the collection are our own creations, using ingredients and blends with modern, non-Chinese influences – these we call the Imagined blends. There is also a focus on precious single scents like aloeswood (otherwise known as agarwood, oud or jinkoh) – these we call the Classic single scents.  

The Perfect Accompaniment for Daily Rituals

The Perfect Accompaniment for Daily Rituals

The Kin Premium Incense collection contains no artificial ingredients or enhancements. They are made from all natural, hand-selected ingredients, chosen because they were the absolute best we could find at reasonable prices.

The binding powder used is Indonesian nanmu powder, a wood-based binder popular in Chinese incense, and where the Japanese makko or tabu no ki powder derives from.

All of the Kin Premium Incense are carefully enclosed in Wutong wood boxes painted with traditional Chinese red ink. Wutong is a type of wood popular for storing incense in East Asia, due to its superior anti-mold and anti-moisture properties.

Indulge in a stick of natural incense, gift yourself a moment of calm.

The Kin Premium Incense collection contains no artificial ingredients or enhancements. They are made from all natural, hand-selected ingredients, chosen because they were the absolute best we could find at reasonable prices.

The binding powder used is Indonesian nanmu powder, a wood-based binder popular in Chinese incense, and where the Japanese makko or tabu no ki powder derives from.

All of the Kin Premium Incense are carefully enclosed in Wutong wood boxes painted with traditional Chinese red ink. Wutong is a type of wood popular for storing incense in East Asia, due to its superior anti-mold and anti-moisture properties.

Indulge in a stick of natural incense, gift yourself a moment of calm.

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