• Lit palo santo stick inside the Cinder burner with smoke rising through the chimney
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  • Cinder burner labelled with chimney draw, flat stick chamber and 12.5 cm by 9.7 cm size
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Cinder™ Palo Santo Burner

Cinder™ Palo Santo Burner

The chimney keeps the stick burning.

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Sticks stay litChimney drawNo holder neededGlazed ceramic

Why the stick keeps burning

Chimney flue keeps the ember litStick lies flat in the moving airNarrow spout gathers one smoke ribbon
Glazed ceramic2 cm chimney spoutFlat oval chamber
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A small glazed ceramic palo santo burner with a wide oval mouth at the front and a narrow chimney spout on top. The two openings work as a flue: air comes in low across the chamber, feeds the ember, and leaves through the chimney, so a stick laid flat inside keeps burning instead of dying out after thirty seconds. The smoke leaves as one thin upright ribbon rather than spreading sideways off a dish. Chalk White or Charcoal.

Product Info

Glazed ceramic, one-piece body with a 2 cm chimney spout

Material

12.5 cm wide × 9.7 cm tall

Sizes

Overview

Palo santo is the one thing that never seems to stay lit: you blow the flame out and thirty seconds later there is no ember, just a warm stick. Stood upright it starves; laid on a flat dish it smoulders on one side and dies on the other.

Cinder is built around the draught instead. A wide oval mouth and a narrow chimney spout make a flue — cool air comes in low across the chamber, feeds the ember, and leaves hot through the spout, the same reason a wood stove needs a chimney. The stick lies flat where the air moves, and it keeps going.

Care

Let it go fully cold (20–30 minutes) before moving or emptying it, then tip out the ash and wipe the chamber with a dry cloth. The chimney will darken with soot — that's normal; a damp cloth with a little bicarbonate lifts it once cold, then dry it fully before the next burn. Never soak it or use a dishwasher, and always burn it on a heatproof surface without leaving it unattended.

Materials

Glazed ceramic, formed as one hollow piece — a wide low belly, a horizontal oval mouth at the front, and a narrow chimney spout on top.

  • Chalk White: Glazed outside, bare clay inside the chamber
  • Size: 12.5 cm wide, 9.7 cm tall, ~2 cm chimney, ~0.44 kg
  • Use: Palo santo, sage or resin laid flat — not upright joss sticks (not included)
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Cinder palo santo burner on an oak shelf with palo santo sticks and sage

Sits flat, no stand

Low enough for a windowsill

About the width of a spread hand, and shorter than the palo santo sticks it burns. It sits flat on its own foot with no stand and no legs, so a shelf edge, a windowsill or the corner of a desk is enough to keep a ritual corner going.

Lit palo santo stick inside the Cinder burner with smoke rising through the chimney

Clean, low smoke

One ribbon, not a haze

Everything leaves through one narrow opening, so the smoke rises as a single thin line you can actually follow instead of rolling off the edges of a dish. The room takes the resinous palo santo smell without turning grey, and you can sit with it in a small space.

Cinder burner labelled with chimney draw, flat stick chamber and 12.5 cm by 9.7 cm size

The material

Ceramic, not brass

The glazed body does not conduct heat out to the surface the way thin metal does, and it never gives the room that hot-metal edge a brass censer can. Inside, the bare clay floor takes soot and ash without it ever showing on the outside.

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Palo santo finally stays lit

I own three incense holders and not one of them works for palo santo - the stick just dies within a minute. This keeps going eight or nine minutes off a single light, which is the first time I have managed that at home. You do have to lay the stick right down on the floor of it rather than leaning it against the back wall, which took me two goes to work out.

Marisa T.

Verified buyer

★★★★★

Understated on a windowsill, in the best way

It's about as wide as my hand and quite low, so it disappears on a windowsill rather than being a centrepiece. The white glaze is a warm off-white, not a bright white, which I prefer. The inside is bare clay and does go sooty after a few burns; I stopped worrying about it by week two.

Jonah K.

Verified buyer

★★★★★

The chimney is the whole point

I assumed the chimney was decorative. It is not - the draught keeps the ember alive and the smoke leaves in one thin line instead of drifting everywhere, which matters in a flat with no extractor. I use it for sage too, broken up small so the pieces lie flat. Give it half an hour before you pick it up, the base holds heat.

Elin B.

Verified buyer

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Frequently asked questions

Do palo santo sticks fit, or do I have to break them?
A standard palo santo stick is around 10 cm long and the chamber floor is a little over 10 cm across, so most sticks lie flat inside exactly as they come. Longer or thicker ones you snap in half, which you would probably do anyway - half a stick is plenty for one sitting. Lay it flat on the floor of the chamber rather than leaning it against the back wall, or the airflow never reaches the ember.
Will it take incense sticks, cones or coils?
Loose sage and small pieces of resin, yes - anything that can lie flat on the chamber floor. Upright joss sticks, no: there is no hole to hold one and a stick would foul the chimney. Cones and coils belong in a closed censer with an ash bowl, which is a different job. This one is built specifically for palo santo and sage.
Will repeated burning discolour the outside glaze?
No — the outer glaze is fired ceramic, not paint, so heat and smoke won't touch it. Only the unglazed interior of Chalk White develops a soft patina from soot over time, which most owners come to like.
Does the outside get hot?
It gets warm, and the base gets properly hot after a long burn. Glazed ceramic does not carry heat out to its surface the way thin brass does, so it is less fierce to the touch than a metal censer, but it is still a fire. Keep it on a heatproof surface, never leave it burning unattended, and give it twenty to thirty minutes to go cold before you move or empty it.
Will the chimney block up with soot?
The inside of the spout darkens - that is soot and it is normal. At any realistic rate of use it does not restrict the draught. If you want it clean, wait until the piece is completely cold, then a damp cloth with a little bicarbonate lifts it. Dry it fully before the next burn: water trapped in unglazed clay turns to steam and can crack the piece.
What is the color?
Chalk White, it is glazed on the outside with the clay left bare inside the chamber, so the interior reads as a warm pale tan and shows soot over time. Fired ceramic - neither is painted, so the colour cannot chip off.

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