Incense

[Pinkle]

My husband and I went shopping for a few hours yesterday, just to get out of the house for a while. Of all the stores we went into and everything we looked at, the only thing we ended up buying was incense. After we got home, we lit a stick in the bedroom and it was so relaxing!

Does anyone else like to burn incense?

 

[Lyra]

I have always loved the idea of incense, but a lot of the ones I've smelled burning are too heavy. Plus I don't have a holder, and I don't want to spend money on one if I don't end up liking it.

 

[PrimroseLane]

I love it but don't burn a lot of it around the house because we have cats. I have heard that some of the aromatherapy oils can be very toxic to cats. Their respiratory system isn't the same as dogs and I don't 'think' it bothers them.

 

[Luvkenny]

I never burn incense and I don't really know why. I can remember my aunt burning it when I was a child. I can remember when I got too close to the burning incense my nose burned a little. That is probably why I don't use it.

 

[jason]

A bit too much according to some. But that someone likes to burn candles. I think it is because of the smell that they do not like the incense.

 

[Primrose]

I used to burn incense and candles all the time. However, the older I get the more sensitive I am to scents. The heavier the scent, the bigger the headache. I'm just about scent free in my house now.

 

[Valerienne]

Whenever I tried to burn incense, I failed miserably. I don't know what I did wrong but my room smelled like I'd been burning the furniture, not incense.

I didn't know it was bad for cats. Thanks for the warning, PrimroseLane.

 

[Pinkle]

Well, incense and aromatherapy oils are two different things, so I'm not really sure if incense is bad for cats or not. However, incense sticks do give off smoke, so I can see where they might give some people headaches. We chose a rather strong scent, so we only burn about half the stick at a time. It makes the room smell so good!

 

[Valerienne]

Oh, you're right. I read that wrong. You're also right about smoke, it can't be pleasant for the kitties. As for oils, I'm not sure if I believe they can affect cats. For instance - I've read everywhere that lemon and orange will keep cats away. Nope. Fun fact: when I put lemon-scented air freshener on my cat's transporter, the cat crawled in even though the only association he usually has with that thing is sheer terror and painful shots.

Well, I probably won't experiment with other oils. Better safe than sorry.