40 Balsam Sticks and Holder - Paine's Fir Balsam Incense

If you want your place to smell woodsy, PAINE'S FIR BALSAM is the Incense for you. I have been using it for years.....20 years.... to welcome guests to our log cabin and other times just because I love the scent. It is a warm, welcoming aroma that feels like the forest and camping and all those wonderfull activities and memories.

I was really surprised to find such negative reviews on these (& on the company's other products). I've had nothing but good experiences. That said, they're a little different than the incense you might be used to. First, they smell great, but they're not perfumed at all. They smell just like wood smoke, which, if that's what you're after, is perfect. I'm not sure what to make of the folks who bought these and then complained in their review that they smell like smoke. Check the description and the ingredients, folks. They light well, they have a decent burn time (not incredibly long, but not too fast either). The little wood block holder that comes with them works fine. A suggestion for anyone who found their stand got "plugged": Just take a phillips screwdriver and use it to grind out the char from the last stick. There you go, good as new.

Love these! Found them doing some research on long burning, smokey incenses. It smells like a fire burning in a cabin! So many reviews saying they are hard to light.. I just hold a lighter to it continuously until you get a little orange glowing ring on the top. Then it stays lit for 30 minutes or more. I’ve used more than half the box with zero issue! Definitely not a normal incense, but such a pleasant woodsy smell!

Little to no "balsam" scent. Smelled simply of generic burnt wood. Big holiday disappointment.

Meh. Not nearly as fragrant as I was expecting baes on some reviews. When burning they mostly smoky versus the nice fir smell in the box. On the positive side, they burn slowly. No problem with lighting it. Overall, prefer the smell of the brand, incense of the west.

I recently bought some balsam incense that cost a bit less. I was immediately disappointed and ordered some more Paine's Fir Balsam Incense. IT arrived today and I am not disappointed with it at all. Paine's Fir Balsam Incense is the best in my opinion. Thanks for making it real!

I made the mistake of lighting one and waiting for magic to happen. Unfortunately, lighting it on fire can overpower the delicate fragrance! It did go out (even when I had it on a slant instead of straight up on the holder). From other reviews, that seems to work for some. For me, the smokiness overtook the delicate fragrance of Balsam Fir. This is what I ended up doing: I did find that lots of heat can burn the wood without releasing the aromas. Unfortunately I had to learn that through experiment as the box doesn't really have any indications on proper usage. I found that using a charcoal and crumbling a little bit of it right on the hot coal will release a small amount of smoke that can easily fill a small room. Repeat as necessary. If I used an entire charcoal disk, it would get too hot and burn right through the scent. If I broke the disk into halves or quarters, I could crumble just a bit of it and it would be a better combo of heat and smoke. For a large area, you can crumble half of a stick onto half or a whole charcoal. All in all, it's not a bad smell but does take practice in burning it properly. I'm sure that 40 of these logs will last quite a long time

This incense is exactly what it advertises to be. It smells exactly like you are in a warm cabin with a roaring fireplace. It burns at a decent rate and leaves a natural clean smell behind. The packaging is original and high quality, the product itself is even better. The price for this product is below what it should be because of the high quality of the product that you receive. When you open the box it smells as if you are standing in a forest with pine trees. The simple stand that is provided with the incense is a classic looking block of wood that you would find in a wood shop. Everything about this product is better than you expect and after lighting just one stick you could swear that you are near a cozy fireplace. 100% the best incense that I have ever purchased.