{"product_id":"black-gold","title":"Black Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack beads veined with rust brown, 14mm, ground and rolled by hand. The marbling is the blend itself showing through — no two beads carry the same grain.\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\u003eMusk\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eAmbergris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese four have a name of their own in Chinese: \u003cem\u003echen, tan, long, she\u003c\/em\u003e — agarwood, sandalwood, ambergris, musk. They appear together in incense manuals and in poetry for the better part of a thousand years, always in that order, as the four against which a serious blend was measured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere the name comes from\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack gold, the great four-part blend.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second half of the name is not a poetic flourish. It is what a formula built on that quartet was called — the four combined, as opposed to a blend leaning on one or two. Naming a recipe after its four corners was a way of saying there was nothing cheap hiding in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack gold is the colour it comes out: black through the body, with the rust-gold grain running across the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe bracelet\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20cm · 14mm beads · 15.8g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade by the blended-incense method. Botanicals are selected, hand-ground to powder, sieved, weighed, bound, and rolled into beads one at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWear it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCold weather. Dark coats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the scent\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a perfume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo alcohol, no spray, no projection. The oils live in the beads and wake with the warmth of your skin. Someone across the room will not smell it — that is the point. It is a scent for the person wearing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is strongest in the first weeks and softens over the months that follow. Keep it dry; moisture is the one thing that shortens its life. If the scent quietens, warm the beads between your palms for a moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eShipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade and shipped from our workshop. Arrives in 7–15 days.\u003cbr\u003eFree shipping on every order, no minimum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"qwiex","offers":[{"title":"Standard","offer_id":46502753763425,"sku":"CJSL275407805EV","price":44.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/7856\/0865\/files\/d498ebc9-12ed-4fd1-ab1e-b15e207c3815_4f51c373-b33a-4aac-9ce3-7b4b0a5c5f14.jpg?v=1788258061","url":"https:\/\/qwiex.com\/products\/black-gold","provider":"qwiex","version":"1.0","type":"link"}