Reddit reviews Accessories - Brass Burners Screen Charcoal Incense Burner 3" Diameter with Wooden Coaster

Dollars to donuts it is mostly frankincense. Other aromatics may be added depending on who they're buying it from, and maybe they use different incense at different times. You can go to your local Catholic church to ask them what exactly they use and where they get it from, or you can just buy frankincense from any of dozens of online vendors. The region and quality of the frankincense will affect the aroma it produces, but you can buy a pound of quality for very reasonable prices. I personally like mine mixed with some rose.

To burn it you will need charcoal (self-lighting is most convenient) and an appropriate burner. Your burner should be open, if you use any kind of lid or cover it will smother the coal. Something like this works very well, is cheap and portable. If you're looking to replicate Catholic incense, do not, I repeat do not, waste your money trying to find stick incense. It just isn't the same.

Any Catholic or Orthodox supply site will have good stuff.

/incense snob

Hi Cat, I can help.

You'll need an incense burner, something like this (there are plenty of new age/pagan shops that sell these online, I just found it fastest on Amazon).

You'll also need charcoal and a wooden coaster to set the charcoal burner on.

Then you can pretty much follow these directions to get you on your way!

It's a charcoal incense burner. https://www.amazon.com/Accessories-Burners-Charcoal-Incense-Diameter/dp/B001AIT3Q8