This business idea taps into the growing trend of aromatherapy and also a bit of nostalgia too.
Some people have traveled or used to live in different countries, and having a scent that they can burn in their home that reminds them of an enjoyable vacation or a place they loved that was once their home could be a unique idea to earn extra money.
Incense is commonly used today with great interest in all parts of the world.
Different countries have their own particular traditions, work, food, and popular spices and fragrances.
These are typical smells of the country.
You could actually collect oils and herbs from a particular country and create common scents that evoke the unique smells of a particular region. After smelling each scent, people will feel as if they are really traveling or living in that country.
You would want to keep your price competitive but still enough to make a profit, so do some research to see what would is a reasonable rate for a good quality incense.
And you might be aware that high quality incense is hard to find so you would not have much competition if you create a truly unique and high quality product.
In my research I found a high dissatisfaction with most of the incense commercially available because the quality of the ingredients is so low.
Creating incense is a meditative and enjoyable way for you to exercise your creativity.
You just have to create exotic fragrances with which you will be able to ease the troubles of the day, purify the indoor space of you customers and entice them to relax.
When creating incense, you have to powder the ingredients by using a mortar and pestle or coffee grinder. However, electric coffee grinders are not suggested for use because the heat they produce leads to loss of chemicals in the ingredients.
It is better if you freeze your resins for about 15 minutes before pulverizing, as it then gets easier to powder or ground the resins.
In the beginning, use incense mixtures with only three ingredients, perhaps a wood and two herbs.
With experience, you can increase the ingredients. You will have to first powder herbs and wood and then mix it with the resin mixture, then grind these two mixtures together to create the required incense.
The mixture then should be left to age for a couple of weeks.
To make incense pellets, you have to add resins that help mold pellets like labdanum and even dry fruits. To make incense cones and sticks, add gum Arabic or tragacanth used to bind the sticks or cones.
You can find all the necessary ingredients you will need on the internet.
Of course, you will need some original investment for this business, but as home business start up ideas go, the costs for this will be relatively inexpensive.
However, in the process as you create incense that people like, use, and will buy, you will find that this is one of those money making ideas that allows you to fill a unique niche and is a great business idea to invest in and generate a source of income.
Here are some great books from Amazon on how to make incense to help you get started:
You just have to create exotic fragrances with which you will be able to ease the troubles of the day, purify the indoor space of you customers and entice them to relax. 