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Visit Incense Village, Learn from artisans, capture vibrant photos & support local families in this serene, off-the-beaten-path experience & Make your perfume. Or Visit Incense Village & Hat Village.

Highlights

• Immerse yourself in the art of incense-making at Quang Phu Cau Village
• Learn the traditional craft from skilled artisans and try it yourself
• Capture stunning photos of vibrant incense fields and colorful landscapes
• Immerse yourself in the rich cultural heritage of Vietnam at Chuong Hat Village
• Enjoy a peaceful, off-the-beaten-path experience away from the city

Description

Option Private Tour: Incense Village & Perfume Workshop Begin your experience with a smelling test, picking all the scents you love. Then, learn how to calculate a professional formula and trial the formula at least two times. Next, pick a perfume bottle from the collection (choose from 10ml or 30ml bottles) and blend the ingredients at the perfumer station. Receive a perfume bag as a full package and take your perfume home immediately. Learn about the incense-making tradition that originated in Phu Luong Thuong village and later spread to Dao Tu, Cau Bau, and Xa Cau villages in Quang Phu Cau commune. In the past, incense was made entirely by hand. Craftspersons would go through multiple steps to create each incense stick—starting with splitting bamboo (or rattan), crafting toothpicks, dyeing the incense bases, shaping the incense sticks, then drying and packaging them. In recent years, however, modern machinery and technology have been introduced, significantly boosting production efficiency. Today, the Quang Phu Cau Incense Cooperative includes over 3,000 households involved in production, with several OCOP (One Commune One Product) offerings earning 3-star ratings, such as incense sticks, incense buds, and incense coils, as well as 4-star rated products like cinnamon buds, agarwood buds, and Tram buds, all crafted from “bi huong”. Despite modern machinery, artisans at Quang Phu Cau Incense Village uphold traditional incense-making methods. Option HALF DAY Group Tour : Visit 2 Villages: Conical Hat and Incense Craft Village + Train Street (optional) Duration: ~ 6 hours Morning from 7:45~13:30 Afternoon from 11:45~17:30 Start with a pickup from Hanoi’s Old Quarter and head to Chuong, a village that has been well-known for the craft of conical hat-making for over 300 years. Get an observe how conical hats are made and decorate a hat by painting it then bring it home as a souvenir. Depart for the Quang Phu Cau village, which has been producing incense for more than 100 years. Take a walk to the center of the village and see how locals make incense on the artisanal, family scale. First place for drop off: Hanoi Train Street. If you don't want to get drop off here, please wait in the car.

Includes

2-hour perfume making class offlactions (smelling test) professional formula calculation perfume bottle selection blending ingredients perfume bag Bottled water 01 free conical hat for painting in the hat village and take it home as a personalized souvenir Some free incense sticks after you made incense sticks yourself All entrance fees Professional local tour guide Hotel pickup and drop-off at your hotel in the Hanoi Old Quarter area.

Important Information

• The workshop involves handling various scents and ingredients. Participants will have the opportunity to create their own perfume. The class is suitable for beginners and those interested in learning about perfume making.

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund