Good Morning

People often ask us which incense works in the morning.

What we recommend:

• Ispalla | Incense Sticks (Good Mornings)
• Ispalla | Incense Sticks (Palo Santo & Tangerine)
• Topaz | Tumbled

What they smell like. Both are from Ispalla, which makes palo santo into stick incense: a sweet smoke, somewhere between citrus and wood. Good Mornings blends it with jasmine and lemon, so the lemon opens and the jasmine stays underneath, floral but light. Tangerine leans on tangerine peel, drier and more citrusy. Both are open-window scents, not closed-room ones.

When you light it. The smoke rises thin and the citrus arrives first, while the coffee brews. The wood comes in later, quieter, and stays in the room a long while after the stick has gone out.

A night incense, sweet and thick, does just the opposite: at seven in the morning it leaves the room heavy. That's why these two and not others.

The topaz comes polished and pocket-sized. Each one differs in shade and shape, so yours won't look exactly like the one in the photo.

Light the tip, blow out the flame, and let it smoke on a heat-resistant plate. The smoke goes into the air of the room.

Never leave it burning unattended. Keep away from children, pets, and anything flammable. Aromatic and decorative product; no medical or therapeutic benefit is attributed to it.