{"title":"Gifts for Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eGift ideas for the man who has everything tend to fail the same way: they are a better version of something he already owns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat works is a present he would never have thought to buy for himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are incense beads. Agarwood and sandalwood, ground to powder in a stone mortar, bound into a paste, then rolled between the palms one bead at a time. Nothing is moulded, and no fragrance is sprayed on afterwards — the scent is inside the bead, which is why it does not wash off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery ingredient is listed. No proprietary blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBracelets, a ring, and a charm for a bag or a set of keys. Unusual gifts for men who are hard to buy for — a birthday, an anniversary, or a father who insists he wants nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"five-elements-meditation-beads","title":"Five Elements — Hand-Rolled Meditation Bead Bracelet","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeads of ground aromatic wood, rolled by hand, in four sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe formula\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgarwood\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eSandalwood\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eCassia Twig\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eBorneol\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour botanicals, listed in full. No proprietary blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgarwood is the resin the perfume world calls \u003cem\u003eoud\u003c\/em\u003e — among the most valuable raw materials on earth. Cassia twig is the young branch of the cinnamon tree, warmer and drier than the bark. Borneol is a crystalline camphor, named for Borneo, where it was first traded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow the beads are made\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlended incense, not carved wood. Several botanicals are compounded into one bead, rather than beads being cut from a single block.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey are selected, hand-ground to powder in a stone mortar, sieved, and weighed. The powder is bound into a paste, then rolled between the palms one bead at a time. Nothing is moulded. No fragrance oil is sprayed onto a finished bead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich is why the scent does not wash off. It is not on the bead. It is the bead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe beads come out in different tones because the blends behind them differ. Nothing on this strand is dyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe five phases\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWood · Fire · Earth · Metal · Water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn English these are usually called the Chinese five elements, which is where this bracelet gets its name. The older translation is the better one: five phases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClassical Chinese thought did not describe the world as a set of fixed substances. It described it as five phases that everything moves through — east to south to centre to west to north, spring to summer to late summer to autumn to winter. Not five things. Five stages of one thing turning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWood feeds fire. Fire makes earth. Earth bears metal. Metal carries water. Water grows wood again. It is a cycle with no end in it, which is what the bracelet is named for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe bracelet\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour bead sizes. 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This one is a 20cm bracelet, not a 108-bead counting strand — it is made to be worn, not counted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eContains borneol, a natural camphor. 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