Forget About the Scented Candle: Incense Is In Again Inline
Photo: Courtesy of apparatusstudio.com1/5Apparatus Studio
Known for its elegantly spare lighting fixtures, Apparatus Studio recently debuted a brass-and-porcelain censer that doubles as a chalice-reminiscent vase and bowl. Designers Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson also developed an accompanying line of incense sticks with Cinnamon Projects, redolent of elements like ginger and vetiver.
Apparatus Studio Censer, $820; apparatusstudio.com
Photo: Courtesy of Neiman Marcus2/5Fornasetti
Fornasetti’s playful surrealism doesn’t skip a beat on its handmade ceramic boxes. Lina Cavalieri, the designer’s now-iconic muse, appears to be smoking incense like a cigarette between her crimson lips in one design, while she’s wrapped in lush florals that surely portend the fragrance to come in another.
Fornasetti Incense Box, $245; neimanmarcus.com
Photo: Courtesy of astierdevillatte.com3/5Astier de Villatte
The beloved Parisian ceramics brand famous for its tongue-in-cheek censers—such as its Marie Antoinette design featuring a woman’s head on an austere white plate—worked with artist and Balthus widow Setsuko Klossowska de Rola for its latest cat censer, where a plume of smoke snakes out of the animal’s mouth in mystic fashion.
Astier de Villatte censer, price upon request; astierdevillatte.com
Photo: Courtesy of shophorne.com4/5Harry Allen for Areaware
Industrial designer Harry Allen cast his own hand in resin and marble for a censer that can be mounted on the wall. The censer, which calls to mind the hand hooks seen in Willy Wonka the Chocolate Factory, catches ash as it falls right into the palm.
Harry Allen for Areaware Om Hand Hook, $65; shophorne.com
Photo: Courtesy of blackbirdballard.com5/5Blackbird
Blackbird’s incense pyres are packaged in a smart, compact, and portable way. Its cones rest on the inside of the lid and come in custom scents emulating leather, amber, fruit, and even black licorice.
Blackbird Incense Pyres, $28; blackbirdballard.com
