About UsThe term agarbatty originates from the "agar" or aloes wood, the original incense which became synonymous with the word and "bathi" meaning stick. Agarbatty/incense stick is an item manufactured from aromatic biotic materials consisting of powdered wood, charcoal, barks, seeds, leaves, roots, rhizomes, flowers etc. With some essential oil, mineral oil, resins , gums and aromatic chemicals, the paste of which applied on to a bamboo core stick or dipping an unscented "blank" (non-perfume stick) into a mixture of perfumes and/or essential oils. Throughout the history, a wide variety of materials have been used in making incense. the term dhoop originates from the dhoop tree, found in eastern india?whose chips give out a rich fragrance when burnt. Dhoop or dhoopbatti or dhoopbathi differs from agarbathi/incense stick in many senses. Physically, the two are completely different. Sticks are not used in dhoop and dhoop is a paste of the combustible material only. This paste is slightly damp unlike the incense sticks, which are completely dry. The chemical composition of dhoopbatti is also different. But the popular dhoop?black-colored putty?is essentially a mixture of ghee, herbs and wood chips. It is, in effect, a miniature form of havan. |
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