Moodgie
Palo Santo Incense Sticks Set Of 20
This set of 20 incense sticks features a palo santo fragrance with woody, soft, and earthy notes of cedar, lemon, clove, and patchouli. Each stick has a burn time of approximately one hour and the set is handmade in Montreal. The incense sticks are charcoal-based and designed for aromatherapy room fragrance; an incense holder is sold separately.
- Category
- Home & Garden > Decor > Home Fragrances > Incense
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Specifications
Set of 20 handmade palo santo incense sticks with woody and earthy notes, crafted in Montreal.
Burn time approximately 1 hour per stick. Contains palo santo, cedar, lemon, clove, and patchouli.
- Material
- Natural ingredients, fine fragrances oils, charcoal incense sticks
- Gender
- unisex
- Age Group
- adult
- Condition
- new
- Category
- Home & Garden > Decor > Home Fragrances > Incense
Additional Attributes
- handmade in Montreal
- set of 20 sticks
- burn time 1 hour
- palo santo scent
- woody and earthy notes
Product Insights
Moodgie's Palo Santo Incense Sticks Set of 20 (20 CAD) offers hand-infused sticks with a three-tier scent pyramid that evolves over one hour: a citrus-mint top from palo santo and lemon, a cedar-and-clove heart, and a patchouli base, delivering a consistent 4/5 intensity that fills a standard room. The charcoal core burns cleanly with fine smoke and light ash, minimizing indoor residue—a refinement from a nine-person team that crafts every detail from scent to packaging, driven by founder Joël Gamache's vision to treat air as a material. This layered complexity, from natural essential oils, justifies the $1-per-stick price, placing it between budget alternatives and premium wooden sticks (typically $2-3 per stick), while invoking 2,000-year-old Andean palo santo ritual traditions. The textured cream-and-tan paperboard sliding-tray box is gift-ready, as confirmed by its curation at Simons Maison. The main tradeoff: for a moderate per-stick cost, buyers gain an evolving, culturally rich incense experience with moderate intensity, but must accept a one-hour burn time and a scent that shifts through distinct phases rather than staying singular.
Verified claims
- Burn quality
- Charcoal core produces fine smoke and light ash, reducing indoor residue.
- Scent experience
- Consistent scent release (rated 4/5) with layered citrus-to-patchouli notes.
- Hand infusion
- Hand-infused sticks burn cleanly and release a layered scent.
- Craftsmanship
- A hands-on team of nine develops every product from scent to packaging.
- Scent pyramid
- Scent evolves over one hour from palo santo and lemon top through cedar and clove heart to patchouli base.
- Differentiation
- Three-tier scent pyramid offers complexity not found in single-note alternatives, justifying the $1-per-stick price.
- Ritual heritage
- Palo santo has 2,000 years of documented ritual use in the Americas.
- Accessibility
- A single stick costs 1 CAD, versus 2-3 CAD for traditional wood.
- Ritual experience
- Single stick burns 1 hour, scent intensity 4/5, with palo santo–lemon top, cedar–clove heart, patchouli base.
- Fragrance notes
- Palo santo and lemon open with citrus-mint, cedar and clove warm the heart, patchouli grounds the base.
- Cultural significance
- Palo santo note originates from Andean sahumerio cleansing rituals over 2,000 years old.
- Scent intensity
- Single stick fills a standard room with a 4/5 intensity rating.
- Scent evolution
- Scent evolves from palo santo/lemon to cedar/clove to patchouli.
- Value
- At $1/stick, it delivers artisan fragrance complexity between budget and premium wood sticks.
- Scent complexity
- Three-layer scent from natural essential oils, rated 4/5 intensity.
- Brand story
- Founder Joël Gamache sold his house and car at 30 to treat air as a material.
- Scent profile
- Layered fragrance pyramid rated 4/5 intensity with palo santo, lemon, cedar, clove, patchouli.
- Packaging design
- Textured paperboard sliding-tray box in cream and tan is gift-ready without wrapping.
- Retail curation
- Placement at Simons Maison adds curatorial credibility to the gift.
Product record
- Title
- Palo Santo Incense Sticks Set Of 20
- Brand
- Moodgie
- Price
- 20 CAD
- Availability
- In stock
Image Analysis
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Product
Partial open tuck-style rectangular incense box with a sliding tray exposing a bundle of black incense sticks; visible textured paper finish and a tan rectangular label on the top panel.
- Exposed incense sticksA bundle of matte black incense sticks protrudes from the open end of the inner tray; sticks are uniformly thin and parallel, their tips aligned on the right side of the image.
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x 0.58 · y 0.06 · w 0.36 · h 0.33 (high) - Top box geometryRectangular tuck-flap outer box with a sliding inner tray; outer box is partially open at the right where the tray slides out and shows the tray's rounded tuck flap.
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x 0.12 · y 0.12 · w 0.56 · h 0.36 (high) - Surface finishOuter packaging and tray surfaces show a fine textured, slightly pebbled paper or cardstock finish visible on both boxes and the label panel.
- Tan label panelA rectangular tan label is printed on the top panel of the open box, centered horizontally with rounded corners and containing handwritten-style text.
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x 0.19 · y 0.17 · w 0.28 · h 0.14 (high) - Top-panel text“Handwritten-style text 'PALO SANTO' in uppercase on the tan label with a smaller printed 'Palo Santo' underneath.”
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x 0.19 · y 0.17 · w 0.28 · h 0.14 (high) - Side-panel tagline“Small printed sentence on the long edge of the top outer box reading 'Breathe. Take it all in.'”
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x 0.28 · y 0.36 · w 0.46 · h 0.06 (medium)
Packaging
Two rectangular textured paperboard boxes are visible: one partially open with a tan label and visible inner tray, and one closed with bold brand typography and descriptive lines.
- Closed outer boxA second rectangular box lies below the open box; it is fully closed and aligned diagonally with the image, showing a large brand wordmark on its top panel.
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x 0.06 · y 0.52 · w 0.88 · h 0.38 (high) - Brand wordmark“Lower box top panel displays the bold lowercase word 'moodgie' in a chunky serif-like type.”
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x 0.12 · y 0.62 · w 0.52 · h 0.16 (high) - Descriptive bilingual lines“Two small printed lines beneath the brand wordmark read '20 bâtonnets d'encens au charbon' and '20 Charcoal Incense Sticks'.”
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x 0.12 · y 0.74 · w 0.58 · h 0.08 (medium) - French footer line“A small printed French phrase is visible along the lower edge of the lower box reading 'Respire. L'air est bon ici.'”Partial
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x 0.08 · y 0.84 · w 0.68 · h 0.06 (medium)
Other
Studio-style still life composition on a neutral textured background with soft directional lighting from the top-left creating subtle shadows.
- Background and surfaceProduct sits on a light brown, slightly textured paper background that fills the frame.
- Shot compositionOblique top-down angle showing two boxes arranged diagonally; the open box is positioned above and slightly left of the closed box.
- Lighting and shadowSoft directional lighting from the top-left produces gentle shadows under the boxes and slight highlight on textured surfaces.
Colors
matte black· incense sticks#0E0E0Acream· outer boxesPackagingmuted tan· label panelPackaging#B29E84dark charcoal· wordmark textPackaging- Exposed incense sticksA bundle of matte black incense sticks protrudes from the open end of the inner tray; sticks are uniformly thin and parallel, their tips aligned on the right side of the image.