Yakushima Incense Sticks

Astier de Villatte’s incense sticks evoke the distinctive characters of a variety of different destinations around the world – an effective way to imbue spaces with a lingeringly atmospheric scent.

The remote island of Yakushima is primeval and otherworldly, its rainforest-thick landscape dominated by thousand-year-old cedar trees, wild azalea flowers and furry coverings of rare mosses. These artisanally-made incense sticks from Astier de Villatte evoke the island’s fairy tale setting with their earthy and delicate fragrance – mirroring that of Yakushima’s dense and luxuriant vegetation, with its enormous yakusugi trunks and limpid waterfalls.

“We ask people to produce with a good spirit so the pieces look almost alive.”
Benoît Astier de Villatte and Ivan Pericoli, Astier founders

• Scented incense sticks
• Made in Japan
• Box of 125
• Each stick burns for approximately 30 minutes
• Notes: Floral, Earthy, Green

HOW TO USE

Place the incense stick in a holder before lighting, blowing out the flame to leave a glowing ember. Once lit do not leave the incense stick unattended.

Founded in 1996, Parisian-based artisanal workshop, Astier de Villatte is an utterly unique and unmistakably French homeware brand, praised for its milky white ceramics, scented candles and distinctive incense. It is the one and only major studio to preserve and modernise the art of stamping, alongside age-old, French manufacturing traditions. Cherished in homes across the globe, Astier de Villatte’s exquisite and meticulous crafting techniques set the brand apart from its competitors. Discover durable ceramics and the studio’s distinctive scent collection, described as an olfactory world tour.